On my last day in Melbourne Rachel, Jon and I rented a car and drove down to Phillip Island on the southern coast of Victoria. It's famous because they have a giant penguin colony that comes onto shore every evening. They have bleachers and sell tickets to it everyday. We didn't do that though since we saw penguins in St. Kilda already.
Rachel was really nervous to drive on the left side of the road but she did really well! It was about a 2 hour drive down and we got out at this really nice beach full of black rock. They said it reminded them of Jeju Island in Korea, so now I don't really feel like I HAVE to see it before I leave.
After the beach, we piled back in the car and went to the main town on the island, Cowes, for lunch. We ended up at a burger/fish and chip place. It was good, although I'm sure it was overpriced as most food is in Australia.
After lunch, we drove to the Koala Conservation Center. There were koalas everywhere. It wasn't quite wild, but it wasn't quite a zoo either. They're just kind of there in the park.
I thought I would die from cuteness overload.
Then we drove down to The Knobbies, which is a bunch of rocks just off shore and a big colony of Australian Fur Seals lives there. I had just swum with a bunch of them a few days earlier, so I wasn't freaking out over them. It was also crazy hot that day and there were lots of dead seagulls and we even got to see one panting. It was sad.
We were excited because there was a cute little penguin under the boardwalk just trying to escape the heat. I got a good picture of it, but not before suffering from burns from lying down on the insanely hot boardwalk which was covered with a metal grate.
As we were leaving The Knobbies, we saw one of those kangaroo crossing signs and then lo and behold, there was a wallaby crossng the street!
We drove for about 2 hours and finally found the place called Dandenong. It's supposed to be one of the most reliable places in Victoria to see kangaroos. We drove around for a while. It was a big place and we were wondering how we'd know which area to go to to see the kangaroos? But we didn't wonder for long as we saw a big herd of them in a clearing. Oh exciting! We got out of the car and went over. We were a little nervous to get close since they can disembowel you, but we got close enough to take some good pictures.
After that we returned home and I packed up once again, getting ready for my last day of my Australian Odyssey.
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