At first, I was wary about booking this trip because recently in New Zealand I partook in penguin viewing and let me tell you for the penguin part the New Zealand experience was better. Although this all day trip included so much more. We started by bussing out of Melbourne to Moonlit Wildlife sanctuary. Here we were given an Aussie lunch of sausages and then had an hour to explore. I got to experience Kangaroos up close and feed them, I even got to hold one’s hand. We also got to pet a dingo, saw some koalas, and many other animals.
Next, we boarded the bus and drove to Churchill island where we wandered around a little farm area, some of the girls got to try using a huge horsewhip (not on an actual horse). After that, we experienced a sheepdog round up a few sheep and learned it gather around 500 sheep! After this, we experienced sheep shearing which is a lot more aggressive than you would think. The sheep shearer basically wrestles the sheep as it sheers it and even though it looks painful the sheep must feel better at the end as it loses its heavy stinky wool coat.
With that stop done we were off to a koala sanctuary where we walked among the treetops and saw koalas hanging about in the trees. Here we spent 30 minutes walking around and experiencing the cuteness then we were off to find some dinner.
We spent an hour in a little town called Cowes here we were supposed to get dinner but after lunch and a snack on the bus, I was not feeling that hungry so I hit this little Gelato place in town and got Tim Tam/Cookies and Cream gelato which was delicious. I took my gelato down to the pier walked around a bit and lounged on the grass watching the seagulls devour someone’s leftovers on the beach until it was time to head back on the bus to go see some penguins.
We drove to a spot called the Nobbies, here we could walk and look at the waves crashing against the rocks along the coast, the sun was slowly setting and with the views along the ocean, it was a spectacular spot to hang out for a while. One plus we got while here is we got to see some penguins with the sun still out only a few feet away from us. Apparently, this does not always happen and we were very lucky. Next, it was on to the penguin viewing area. Now as I previously mentioned this was not the best part of the day there were huge crowds and not a lot of information verbally given on the penguins. Although we still did get to see them waddle up out of the water and across the beach as they went home to sleep for the night. This all happened around 8:30-9pm at night so after we finished this up it was a 2-hour ride back home where we arrived back a little after midnight. Overall the experience was very fun and I am glad I participated in it as there was so much more to do than just see the penguins.
It's All About The Journey 