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<\/a><\/p>\nThe next morning we took a walk along the waterfront along the edge of the beach.\u00a0 Beautiful spot!<\/p>\n
These interesting rock formations were everywhere along the shoreline.<\/p>\n You have to watch your step along the pathway, as we almost stepped on this little skink.\u00a0 I had to actually pick him up to get him off the path, as it was quite crowded.<\/p>\n Our travel agent, Kylie Luttrell from The Travel Notebook<\/a><\/strong>, was in Lorne for the weekend so we ended up having lunch with her and her fiance Simon.\u00a0 Nice couple, but we didn’t get a photo!\u00a0 We are having dinner with them in Melbourne, so hopefully I can snag a shot then.<\/p>\n The next morning the wind was HOWLING, and the seas were quite rough.\u00a0 It even rained quite hard for a bit.\u00a0 It made for a dramatic setting before we had to depart.<\/p>\n Not a good day for the beach!\u00a0 We saw a couple dozen surfers the day before, but you could see the police patrolling the beach to keep people out of the water.<\/p>\n I was worried that the weather would impact a ferry ride we had from Queenscliff to Sorrento, but by the time we made it to Queenscliff the sky had cleared up.\u00a0 Here’s a shot of what must be a fairly new ferry terminal.\u00a0 Cool design!<\/p>\n The ferry as it docked in Queenscliff.<\/p>\n Once in Sorrento we had 2 hours of driving to our destination, Phillip Island.\u00a0 When we booked a cruise for 2020, one of our excursions from Melbourne was a full day trip to this island so we could see one of the most famous tourist sites in Australia, the “Penguin Parade”<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 We had signed up for the “Ultimate Adventure Tour”, where you forego the huge crowds and get a private audience with the “Little Penguins” (that’s their actual name) on a different beach from the rest of the tourists.\u00a0 You also get to see some other wildlife on the way to the beach.<\/p>\n Here are two Cape Barren Geese next to a Wallaby.\u00a0 There are always two Geese together as they mate for life.\u00a0 They also don’t move out of the way of cars, so you have to be careful when you are driving!<\/p>\n This is the viewing area for the bulk of the tourists (I took this the next day.\u00a0 The stands are pretty much packed full each night).<\/p>\n Here is our guide taking our small group of 8 down to the private viewing beach.\u00a0 This tour is normally for a group of 10, but a couple didn’t show up.\u00a0 Man did they miss out!<\/p>\n Sitting on the beach and waiting for dark, when the Penguins start waddling ashore.<\/p>\n Now for the bad news.\u00a0 The penguins have very good eyesight, and any light will disorient them, so no photos are allowed, as just the light from our phones screen would be an issue.\u00a0 The following photos were taken recently by a professional photographer and let you see the penguins waddling ashore.<\/p>\n The next two photos and video are courtesy of the visitor center.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n