Penguins and other bit's....a bit out of order....

Dan and I went for our nightly walk last night and on the way back he decided that we should do the penguin tour, the others didn't want to go so it was just the two of us....when we got there the guy said that there was only one penguin spotted the night before and that we may not see any.....as they are all out at sea fattening themselves up ( that must be what I am doing, going to moult) to come in and moult...they stay in for 3 weeks when they moult and as they are not waterproof until they finish their moult they can't go out to sea to feed....Usually I am the bearer of doom when we are trying to spot an animal ( try platypus, they hide as soon as I am looking for them)....anyway we walked down the coast where they usually are and back again and then bingo we heard one, off we all went in search of it.....it was so windy and very cold but we soldiered on and we were rewarded with not one but three penguins....the guy was pretty happy as he was very concerned that we wouldn't see any...they usually come in around February for their moult and then in Spring to lay their eggs...it takes the babies 8 weeks to be able to go out to sea....because of the big seal colonies there the penguins are getting fewer than in previous years....

Because it is dark and you need a red torch to see them and not hurt their little eyes the photos turn out like this.

Mulberry picking, that was from three of them, so juicy and delicious...Greg thought that Dan had fallen over and cut himself....

The boys room here in Adelaide.

Windy much....

Cassowary cam...

A better photo of the panda...

Hello gorgeous one...

Sea otters...

Tawny frogmouth Owl sitting on a nest...those eyes are just beautiful...

Well goodbye Kangaroo Island....in the other ferry it has a deck on top of the cars....this one doesn't as it can take the big trucks...that means that the seating on the deck isn't as good as the smaller ferry...this ferry is the Spirit of Kangaroo Island...