Today was the last of the planned excursions. We started the day with a quick breakfast at the hotel and wandered around the complex a bit while we were waiting for our transportation. It really is like Las Vegas with its miles of passage ways and each of those littered with stuff to purchase. Not a bad thing, just unexpected.<\/p>\n
Our transport arrived a tad late and we were off to see more wildlife with the promise of penguins parading. First stop was the Moonlight Sanctuary for a bit of lunch and observing a variety of wildlife which had been tamed to a large degree. The wallabies and wallaroos would eat out of your hand. The second stop was a colonial farm with showed had a partly working farm where you could see what life was like in the 1880s. Next up was a koala sanctuary with a boardwalk which was elevated to get you closer to the koalas. At this point we were getting overloaded with koalas and wallabies — enough already! On to Nobbies with had a bunch of Silverwing seagulls nesting with a large portion of the eggs had hatched. The was very strong coming in off the ocean and at points I had difficulty standing still to take pictures.<\/p>\n
Finally, off to the Penguin Parade which is super cute on a number of levels. First, as they’re making their decision whether or not to come ashore. Then if they’re going to make a run for it to get to the nesting areas across the beach. And finally as they waddle off to their nesting cubbies scattered around inland. I’ve added a pair of Little Penguins to my list of birds I’d like to smuggle back to the PNW.<\/p>\n
Arrived back at the hotel late.<\/p>\n
Pictures are still uploading to the server and probably won’t be done before we travel home. I’ll work on it some more with our time left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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