Finally after a long day we made it to Phillip island and to where the penguins live. At the visitor centre they have some burrows built into the building and a few penguins have moved in. Their burrow roofs are clear so you can see if they are home. Except there are spider webs on top so you can’t really. We couldn’t take any pictures of the penguins coming in, this was to prevent too much disturbance.
We got front row seats as the penguins came in. They swam in and popped out by the crashing waves, waiting for friends to come and form a group so they can all run across the beach together. They would run back into the water a few times because they thought it was unsafe and then pop back out. Once they decided it was safe they all waddled up to the bushes. Except one, who decided a seagull was a terrifying threat and ran back into the sea. He missed about 3 groups before he finally braved the seagull and ran across.
The slope from the bushes down to the beach was very steep, so they had to hop up it one at a time. That looked very funny.
Then they waddled up to their burrows. The elevated people paths went over the penguin paths, so we got to watch them. They don’t waddle as fast once they are safe in the bushes, they take their time.
