Philip Island

Yesterday Luke and I went to see the world's smallest penguins at Philip Island.  They were under a foot tall, and were so cute waddling up the grass to their burrows!  Unfortunately flash photography makes them upset, and regurgitate all of the food they hunted for, so we weren't allowed to take any photos.  So, Luke and I found another pair of people from our bus, and took a green screen picture with the penguins.  Cheesy, but definitely one of those "memory moments".

 

Wednesday we convinced a fellow hosteler Gareth (from London, UK) to go see St. Kilda, a beach community south of Melbourne.  I'm sure it would be super popular in summer, but in winter it's pretty dead.  We then went to the Shrine of Remembrance, which is designed in such a way that on Nov. 11 at 11 am, a light passes across a stone in the center which reads "Greater Love Hath No Man".  They recreate it with a spot light every 30 min while they play taps.  It was really moving!  Later that evening we met up again with Gareth to go have seafood and kangaroo at a cafe on Brunswick Street.  Kangaroo must be eaten fairly rare, otherwise it's too tough.  I wasn't a fan of the blood dripping from my meat, but I did manage to eat a piece of kangaroo.  It was pretty good, surprisingly!  It tasted like a cross between beef and black bear.  Chewy beef essentially.  (Yes, I've eaten bear.  Thanks to my Mennonite friends, aka "The Boys": Keith, Mike, and Ryan) 

 

Tonight we'll probably end up at "Trampoline" a homemade gelato store near our hostel, and then a game of scrabble in the games room.  Who knows though.  We could end up at an Aussie Rules Football game, or at least watching it at a pub.  I can't believe we've been gone for a week already!

 

Love you all,

Andrea