After our short flight from Adelaide to Melbourne we were picked up by our private coach and delivered to our hotel, The Crown Promenade.

A delicious lunch was held at the BearBrass Restaurant near our hotel.  Later afternoon we travelled two hours to Phillip Island where we witnessed the nightly ritual of the fairy penguin parade.  Hundreds of little penguins emerge from the sea and waddle resolutely up the beach to their nests.  The parade takes place like clockwork a few minutes after sunset each day.  They can travel about 2 kilometers each way to their nest daily and can swim up to 100 kms each day.  Not bad for little penguins who are about 33 cms in height.   Pictures of the penguins who are coming out of the sea are not allowed because they are disturbed by camera flashes but we were able to take a picture of the babies in their roost waiting for mom and dad to return with dinner.   Here are few highlights of our penguin adventure.