ADVENTURES IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA 

JULY 13-14, 2004

Tuesday, July 13 - A day in the outdoors, 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. 

Mercure Grand Hotel       Crimson Rosellas, Green Parrots, Rainbow Lorikeets, & Cockatoos

downtown Melbourne                                         in the Dandenong Mountains

Flying Cockatoo                 Cockatoos                    Gulahs & Crimson Rosellas

Puffing Billy      Fern Tree      Farm House    Aussie Grand      Lucy the       Lucy at Work    Another Koala

                                                                         Champion Bull   Sheep Dog                                   Sanctuary

                                                 <-------------------Warook Farm----------------------->

Fairy Penguins at Phillips Island.  These little birds stand only 12 inches high when fully grown.  They mate for life and live about 7 years.  I did not take these photos; they are from tourism brochures.  Personal photos are forbidden during the penguin viewing because flashes can blind the penguins permanently.  These are the smallest species of penguin and are actually dark blue and white rather than black and white.  Each evening they come ashore on Phillips Island--at dusk and into the night--usually in groups of 25 or 30 to return to their burrows.  They travel in groups and in the dark to avoid predators.  You may read more about them and see a picture that shows their blue color at http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/wildlife/penguins/fairy.shtml .

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - A Day in Melbourne

 Chinatown         St. Paul's      Hall of Remembrance    Yarra River      Bridge detail

  Downtown     Flinders St. Station         Museum         Royal Exhibition Hall

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