March of the Penguins

What a cool night! We spent a couple of days on Phillip Island with the main attraction being the Penguin Parade. You wait patiently (or in Adam's case impatiently) for the first sign of a flock of penguins coming out of the water. At first they peer around looking for predators, take a couple of steps towards the beach until one of them chicken's out, then the whole group beelines back into the water. They do this three or four times until the lead scout determines the coast is clear and they start marching towards their nests just off the beach. The whole time we're sitting on the beach (with about 500 other people) within a few feet of the critters. Apparently, they don't consider us predators as they could care less about our presence. Unfortunately, no photos or video are allowed so I had to borrow these photos from the net!



This is how close we sat while the penguins marched by!