Magnificent Phillip Island

Phillip Island is a fantastic place and we love going there. We had a good run down to the Island, sometimes you can get stuck in traffic and it can be a bit of a drag, but I love it when we go over the bridge at San Remo, it makes the trip worthwhile.

It’s the first time we’ve been down there for a while when it’s been holiday time and you can notice difference, there was a lot more people around. People looked at me funny as Sebastian like taking me around to see the sights. 

When we arrived it was just before it was pelican feeding time at San Remo. I had to make sure Sebastian held on tight because I was worried one of them would mistake me for their lunch. We also saw a huge stingray under the jetties. 

We headed down to the Nobbies for some beautiful views of the rugged coastline and the blowhole was pumping out some great sprays. We even saw a few penguins that were sheltering in their boxes. We also did some rockpooling around the rocks at Surf Beach and Sunderland Bay. The sun was shining and it was hard to keep Sebastian out of the water.

Another first this trip was walking to the shipwreck near Kitty Miller Bay. SS Speck was sailing from Peru to Sydney in 1906 when it hit the rocks. Not much is left but it is a great little walk.

We went on a cruise to Seal Rocks. This was the first for all of us. Even though the Captain said it was a calm day, you really noticed the rolling waves once you hit Bass Straight. There are over 30000 fur seals out on the rocks. The inquisitive ones love to come up to the boat for a closer look. Kylie liked this because she got a few close up pictures. The only bad part was the smell when you got to the rocks, but you soon got used to it. The whole trip took 2 hours. Check out the Seal Rock Cruise website. www.wildlifecoastcruises.com.au

As usual I got dragged around to lots of coffee shops, including the Silverleaves General Store and of course Mad Cowes (our favourite breakfast haunt) www.madcowescafe.com.au We went to Café Blue Bamboo. They had the biggest coffees we had ever seen. 

It was another great trip, wish we could have stayed longer.

A Visitor From New Zealand.

New  Zealand has lots of mountains. New Zealand is very close to Australia. New Zealand has volcanoes, it has earthquakes too. New Zealand has a sky tower in the city called Auckland. New Zealand like's cricket and rugby. In New Zealand there is a mountain higher than the clouds. In New Zealand they do wood carving. My mum and dad have been to New Zealand before. My mum and dad have seen wood carving in New Zealand before. The sky tower is 328 m tall.