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Showing posts with label Rockingham. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rockingham. Show all posts

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Eighth and Last Entry - Rockingham!

Well this is it! The last post from the trip! Kind of nice having these posts to write because it reminds me of our great adventure. On our final day we woke up early, or rather, got up early since none of us got very much sleep, and set out for Rockingham. After a quick breakfast we boarded the boat and went out to Penguin Island. 



We didn’t really spend that much time on the island exploring so we only saw the penguins that lived in the discovery center (these were birds deemed unfit to survive in the wild.) 



Video of a little penguin cleaning itself!












At one point the penguins seemed to get upset about something and a street fight broke out. No rules, anything goes ... until they forgot what they were yelling about halfway through.


And for those of you interested in what a baby seagull looks like:



They start off so cute! What goes wrong!?
After watching the funny little penguins we boarded another boat and sailed up to Seal Island. You are not allowed to go on to the island, but we saw numerous sea lions playing and lazing about. 





Sleepy little baby seal...




Sleepy baby!





Couldn't tell if I liked the faded color version or the full color version better... 








Again subtle difference but couldn't decide on which one I liked better.




Bouncing seal!
Very very sweet looking creatures (although they can be pretty aggressive.) Apparently, they are dangerous even when they are playing with you because they start to think you are a seal and nip and bite you the way they would to another seal. 
Here's one last video of a seal waddling out of the water.
After a leisurely swim and some shell seeking, we got back into Winston for the final leg of the journey. The final count was 3501 KM! Quite the journey. 



Zoomed out so you can see how much of Western Australia we covered. Going up to Coral Bay in October so will have covered just about the whole thing before I leave.
Here is a picture of Winston the Big Mean Fly Eating Machine.


Winston you dirty boy you.

Hope you all have enjoyed the posts. This has been such an adventure for me, for sure a trip I will never forget.