So we learned a few lessons in day 3, the most important being that if we're going to be late for dinner time, we're probably not going to want to chase dinner down. So we started the day by getting some take out Indian food from
Nirankar and leaving it in the fridge, so it would just be waiting on us upon our return. What would we be returning late from today? Quite possibly the cutest day of tourism allowable. Our day would be a trip to phillip island for a perfect trio of koalas, seals, and fairy penguins. We started with the
Phillip Island koala conservation center, which let's you get really
close to koalas in a really natural environment. You walk along a path and on a boardwalk, so you're basically eye level with them, while they do their half dazed daily activities. It turns out they don't move around a whole lot, so they're pretty easy to keep confined to the area without fences or walls or the other ugly stuff you'd associate with a zoo. We spent a lot of time there, just kind of hanging out with the koalas, watching the little ones hang on their mothers, and spending a lot of time just admiring their cuteness. Next we were off to the
Nobbies Center to check out the seal
colony. It's not exactly the up close seal experience they make it seem like, as the colony is way off shore and only visible with binoculars or the high powered video feed in the center (which requires coins to use) I do recommend stopping in for a coffee though, and the views are very good from there. From there it was off to the main event, the
Penguin Parade. Their policy on photography is strict and well enforced, so you'll have to follow t
he link, but the experience of watching these little guys cautiously waddle up the beach is really more than any still camera is going to bring you. We just went for the general admission ticket and waited around close to the front of the line to get good seats. Of note here is the penguins were late the night we were there, so the tour-bus groups saw a few come in and then left early leaving lots of good seats for those who were patient. In other words, don't panic if you're not in those very front seats, you'll get there eventually. Even cuter are the little babies who come out of the nest at night and greet their parents when they arrive. If I could have gotten a few in my pocket without anyone noticing I would have. We took the drive back into Melbourne, and enjoyed our delicious take out Indian, and got ourselves ready to head back to Sydney the next day.
So we learned a few lessons in day 3, the most important being that if we're going to be late for dinner time, we're probably not going to want to chase dinner down. So we started the day by getting some take out Indian food from Nirankar and leaving it in the fridge, so it would just be waiting on us upon our return. What would we be returning late from today? Quite possibly the cutest day of tourism allowable. Our day would be a trip to phillip island for a perfect trio of koalas, seals, and fairy penguins. We started with the Phillip Island koala conservation center, which let's you get really 
close to koalas in a really natural environment. You walk along a path and on a boardwalk, so you're basically eye level with them, while they do their half dazed daily activities. It turns out they don't move around a whole lot, so they're pretty easy to keep confined to the area without fences or walls or the other ugly stuff you'd associate with a zoo. We spent a lot of time there, just kind of hanging out with the koalas, watching the little ones hang on their mothers, and spending a lot of time just admiring their cuteness. Next we were off to the Nobbies Center to check out the seal
colony. It's not exactly the up close seal experience they make it seem like, as the colony is way off shore and only visible with binoculars or the high powered video feed in the center (which requires coins to use) I do recommend stopping in for a coffee though, and the views are very good from there. From there it was off to the main event, the Penguin Parade. Their policy on photography is strict and well enforced, so you'll have to follow t
he link, but the experience of watching these little guys cautiously waddle up the beach is really more than any still camera is going to bring you. We just went for the general admission ticket and waited around close to the front of the line to get good seats. Of note here is the penguins were late the night we were there, so the tour-bus groups saw a few come in and then left early leaving lots of good seats for those who were patient. In other words, don't panic if you're not in those very front seats, you'll get there eventually. Even cuter are the little babies who come out of the nest at night and greet their parents when they arrive. If I could have gotten a few in my pocket without anyone noticing I would have. We took the drive back into Melbourne, and enjoyed our delicious take out Indian, and got ourselves ready to head back to Sydney the next day.
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