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| Phillip Island |
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| Phillip Island |
Now - most of you will know of the three great loves in my life (not including my family of course!) So during our 6 days on Phillip Island in Victoria I came face to face with two of the three - both on the same day … a day made in heaven - the ‘bestest’ day of my life - fandabbydosey - can we do it again - I don’t want this day to end - … etc etc
If you’ve read previous blogs you’ll have heard my gripe about the cost of chocolate in Australia - and it doesn’t even taste like proper chocolate! Honestly it’s got a different taste - not as creamy and yummy - which is probably a good thing coz of my diabetes. (Think they put something in it so it doesn’t melt in the heat they’re supposed to have here!) However, on Phillip Island there’s this Chocolate Factory called Pannys … Willy Wonka has nothing on this factory! (A few more doses of insulin and I’ll be fine!) This chocolate is proper chocolate. Absolutely gorgeous. Yummy. Deeeeelicioussssssssss! I’ll let the pictures do the rest of the talking!
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| Michelangelo's 'David' - made of solid chocolate |
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| Mosaic of Dame Edna Everage - made from individual chocolates |
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| Train set - yes completely made of chocolate |
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| A ton .... full ton ... of solid chocolate ... yummy!!! |
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| Happy Happy Happy .... got a free sample! |
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| Chocolate Penguins! |
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| My chocolate - made by me .. Geoff says that's why we don't have cats! |
The same evening we went to the Penguin Parade … we’d been warned it would be cold so I had on a pair of leggings followed by tracky trousers, 3 tee-shirts and a sweatshirt, and the scarf I knitted the other week! Geoff was well wrapped up too - but we were still cold! Anyway - there must have been about 200 people sitting on these concrete steps on the beach from about 5.30 pm waiting for the sun to set when the fairy penguins (or little penguins as they are also known) would come out of the sea and make their way to their homes for the night. You heard them before you actually saw them - making a right racket they were for such tiny animals. They waddled across the beach in little groups - very very carefully, looking out for danger. Any sudden noise, or bird flying overhead they would stop and wait, dead still, until they were sure they were not in any danger. It was a bit difficult to see them with it being so dark and them being so tiny and black - or actually more like a bluey colour, but you could make them out waddling up out of the sea and across the beach like little old men - they just needed miniature zimmer frames to help them along!! We then walked along the board walks and watched the penguins slowly making their way to their little homes along their own little paths through the bushes etc. The fairy penguins are only about 13 inches tall, and some of them walk 2 kms once they're out of the sea to get to their burrow. Tough little fellas they are!
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| The penguin houses |
The whole area is a big conservation area and the penguins are very well protected - hence no photography was allowed so I’m afraid there’s no actual pictures of the Penguin Parade - sorry. There is one of a penguin in his little house which we were able to snap a couple of days previously when we’d gone for a walk and were fortunate enough to spot him.
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| You can just make out the penguin inside his little house |
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| In the shop! |
I know you’re all now wondering what my third love is …. unfortunately Cliff Richard wasn’t holidaying on Phillip Island this week …. (Can I hear the groans and moans now??!!)
Ruth sounds like you are in heaven! Penguins and chocolate!
ReplyDeleteAfter our adventures in America, which I have to say the blog barely does justice too, because as you know it is so time consuming writing them up and posting pictures often with limited or poor internet too, I am so envious of your time in Oz.
Keep posting your adventures so the rest of us can feel we are partaking in some small way!
PS I hope Cliff pops by soon :) xx