As my dad looks through all the brochures we took from the tourist information center, we decided on the GoWest to take us on the penguin parade tour...
The GoWest Brochure...
We arrived Melb Central at 11am, and took a stroll on Swanston towards St. Paul's church to wait for the bus to arrive. A cold morning, predicting a very cold remaining day...
The clock of Melb Central...showing 11am [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
St. Paul's Church... [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
The post box in front of the church...which is where we waited for the bus... [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
The first stop of the tour: The Gurdies Winery...due to the season, there are no grapes that can be seen in the vineyard...however, we were being offered to taste a range of wines. Sad to say, none of them are nice... =S
However...the scenary is nice, the atmosphere is comfy (although it was freezing), and the whole feel of it is extremely relaxing...worth a visit =)
The Winery [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
Wine Tasting [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
Jan + Jia + Jon [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
The Vineyard, look beyond it and you can see the sea [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
Us [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
License Plate: VINES 1 [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
A real, fire burning, heater [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
Me & Sis [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
The Second Stop: A center where they adopt injured and orphaned animals...which includes wombats, kangaroos, dingoes, cows, sheeps, wallabies, koalas, all kinds of birds, and some others...
It was raining quite hard when we were there...had to walk in the rain, feed them in the rain, look around in the rain...bleh...but still...was quite a good experience and a nice walk around... =)
Wombat [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
Me feeding Wallabies [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
Sleeping Koala [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
Emus [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
Kangaroo [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
The Third Stop: We left the center tired and stinky-ish and head to our next destination, the Nobbies, which is located on Phillip Island itself.
It is basically a very very big rock located out at the sea, but is able to be seen from the coast...however, the coastal line is mainly cliffs, thus walk ways are built for tourists to walk on and enjoy the view...and the darn cold wind
Drove past cows grazing on grassland [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
The Nobbies [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
Family [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
Me n Jia....and yes, im freezing my ass off [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
The GoWest bus...which is the bus we were on [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
The Final Stop: Finally, the main show of the day...the Penguin Parade! As cameras are not allowed to photograph the penguins...there will be no pictures of those cute little creatures...we were led to a stage (like a football stadium, only that we are staring at the beach instead of the field), and we waited, in the cold wind, for the penguins to return from the outer sea from their hunt...the first group that returned had triggered chaos among the spectators as those penguins are incredibly small, yet amazingly smart...they would actually wait till each group member is present before they continue walking...else they would just stand there n wait, or swim back into the sea, until that missing member is back...
All i can say abt them is cute...extremely cuteeee...
The Penguin Parade [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
Us Again [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
Gotta check under ur car before u leave...just in case those lil penguins takes it as their burrows ;) [Photo Courtesy of Jan]
The tour ended as we hop on the bus and head back to CBD...i slept through most of the journey, as most of the people did...as we arrived in the city...we had dinner in the Vietnamese Restaurant Merkong, which is also the first for me...and i have to say that the food there is just fantastic...even though there are rumours that the soup are actually being "recycled" >.<...
Even though everyone is tired...the day is still being rounded up by a trip to Max Brenner Chocolate Bar...with a satisfying meal of hot chocolate, cinnamon chocolate bun, and waffles with chocolate and strawberries... =)
Hug Mug, only in Max Brenner[Photo Courtesy of Jan]
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