Hands (and cameras) Off Please!

Phillip Island's Wildlife features that you can see and observe, but never, ever touch (and in the Penguin's case, can't photograph either)

1. Koalas at the Koala Conservation Center. They are within arms reach, no walls or gates or cages separate you from them...only the site of their claws and the warning signs make you think twice about hugging these bears.

2. Seals at Seal Rock. They have an island filled with sunbathing Seals. You can hear them from the Nobbies which is approximately 2 kilometers away, and looking through the telescopes, they pretty much cover the entire island.

3. Penguins at the "Penguin Parade". At sundown, these fairy penguins return from a day of swimming and fishing to their burrows. The Center is built in such a way that you have two viewing areas where you can see them come in pairs (that eventually turn into small groups of 8 or 10 since they seem to be waiting for each other). Whats nice about the place is that they built walks around the burrows so that when you walk back to the main building after watching them swim and wobble to shore, you can actually still see them walking here and there...heading to wherever they're spending the night. And you can hear them snore too! Or at least I think that's snoring...it could very well be their mating call...

more photos here.