Today was all about animal experiences around Launceston.
We had a leisurely morning, sleeping a bit late and getting to breakfast around 9. At 10 we headed out for our first adventure, spending time with Monotremes at The Platypus House in Beauty Point, TAS, which featured two unique species of animal only found in Australia. Platypus and Echidna are mammals that lay eggs!
We watched a film about the platypus, and then got to see 4 of them playing in the water and eating live feed. Echidnas were next. Sitting in a habitat room with four echidnas waddling around and we watched them devour their little bowls of food and then poke around looking for more. It was really fun because both animals were very different and entertaining.
We had lunch at a small local winery instead of a formal meal we had a glass of wine and shared a charcuterie board with a variety of cheese and cold meats with crackers and bread and sauces, while looking out over the vineyards.
Later in the afternoon we drove back to the coast to Georgetown, here we had a quick dinner and then arrived at our penguin experience at Low Head Penguin Tours just before six. We spent about an hour in a preserve, watching the little penguins ( also known as little or fairy penguins) come in from the sea in groups to pass the evening in their burrows on land. It was a very amusing hour or so. These little penguins are very cute.
Another full and interesting day.
I've always thought penguins were entertaining. Your post validates my opinion.
ReplyDeleteFrom Margie - I love the closeups of the penguins. Did we miss a day?
ReplyDeleteWe combined two days because on was a travel day.
ReplyDeleteThe penguin experience was wonderful. It was so much fun to see them all waddling towards us, then stopping to be sure it was safe then continuing to flow forward. They made a lot of different sounds. Very noisy.
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