It turns out that the best place to rent a car was the airport, so off I went first thing in the morning to retrieve our transportation to Phillip Island. After all the driving in New Zealand and the days before in the Snowy Mountains, it was great to have company.
We cruised right on down to Phillip Island in about have the projected time, roughly an hour and a half.
This gave us ample time to check out the local cuisine, especially Dr. Food's famous “Maca Pies”. This is basically Mac & Cheese in a crust with a type of sloppy joe meat combo held in the bottom of the crust. It may sound a little strange but our unanimous consensus was “yum”.
After lunch Monica and I headed for a walk along the shoreline, and then visited a Koala nature preserve prior to “checking in” to the Youth Hostel.
At the Koala reserve we were treated to kookabura, koala, even saw a few kangaroos in their native environment. (Yep, you're right that kangaroo isn't going anywhere... haaa... nice action shot.)
The fairy penguins were an amazing sight, making their timid trek out of the sea and into the sand dune grasslands. Once in their safety zone, they made a huge racket basically saying “hello” to each other after a day in the sea. These little guys and gals are no more than a foot tall and can’t help but evoke empathy. (I would definitely recommend showing up an hour early to get seats in the first three rows and as far to the right as possible. Otherwise, you will be in “nose bleed” stadium seating and in serious need of powerful binoculars.) Sorry, no photos of the little guys, as it was not permitted.
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