Phillip Island, Australia.

Hello hello there mates!!

I'm back, after a loooong holiday =) A very enjoyable one.

As the joy of this trip is indescribable, I shall post more pictures so that you can virtually join me in this trip.

During the July holidays, my family + TW went to the Philip's Island. There was this 3-day pass on promotion, which is Penguine Parade+Churchill Island+Koala Conservation Centre at a discounted price.

We left home by noon and reached Philip's Island in the evening. So here goes our first stop.

Penguin Parade: can't expect much pictures here, as we are prohibited from taking pictures of the penguins, especially during the night time.

Reason: Penguin eyes are sensitive to bright lights, and the flashes from our cameras may blind their eyes. Still, some inconsiderate people didn't care about the eyes of the little penguins. >.<

Well, we reached the penguin beach at around 5.30pm, as stated in the brochure. We grabbed some really awesome seats (front rows), but to our despair, all we saw were just several penguins quickly climbing up the shores. I think I can count them using my fingers+toes.

OMG, what a waste! TW went to chase the little penguins and followed them all the way, only to see that there were more penguins coming up from the other side of the beach, which was labelled "Penguin Plus Ticket Holders only".

That totally explains why the Penguin Plus tickets was about double the Penguin Parade tickets. I swear I'm gonna go for the Penguin Plus the next time I go check the little penguins out. They were so very cute that I'd love to see more of them!

Fun facts: The Little Penguins in Australia are the smallest kind of penguins in the world. They grow up to 6-8 inches in height.

Couldn't take pics with the real ones, so I'll just settle with some posters!

While waiting for the penguins:

My lovely grandma+ever loving mother.

Next day:

At the Koala Conservation Centre, we saw:

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Koalas

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Wallabies

Fun fact: Koalas sleep for 21hrs/day and spend their 3hrs crawling and looking for food.

Group Photo:

In the afternoon, we hit Churchill Island, my fav place throughout the trip.

There was only one thin road to drive through from Philips to the Churchill. and on the 3km way from the main destination, we drove passed:

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Two really big-sized Highland cows.

I was so worried they would chase me behind my car. GG. >.<

When we reached, there was this schedule shown on the billboard. It was so nice that all the activities were scheduled, one after another, making ones visit there a fruitful and interesting one.

The cow-milking:

Apparently, the guy explained that he has to squeeze out around 2 litres of milk/day to ease the cow's 'boobies'.

TW wasn't really into farms and animals, unless its Farmville; so there he goes, enjoying the breeze in the old horse cart.

and then to the horses.

With some camera skills + angling, I managed to make it

as though TW was standing near the horse.

TW happily taking pics with a carved horse.

The olden water pump, which is actually still working until today.

*Alert* The handle was really hard to push, so as you can see,

in the olden days had to really work their ass off to pump water.
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Next stop: Working dogs (Border Collie in the working)

The targets

A demonstration of the Border Collies chasing the lambs back to their paddock.

Followed by: Whipping and Boomerang session

Day 2 ends.

Last stop: Nobbies Centre - Beautiful Scenery+Strong winds to mess up your hair.

Supposedly, you are to see seals at the rocks, but I didn't see any. Bad luck I guess =.=

Terrific view.