We spent the kids holidays from school trying to do and see as much of Western Australia as we could. We found places we will never forget and got to spend time just enjoying everyday life in Australia.
On one adventure we went to Penguin Island, a small island off the coast, south of Perth. Here a population of Little Penguins (that's their actual name) live and breed. This is the only place they are found in Australia. You can walk to the island via a sandbar if you don't mind getting wet and having to swim a distance, otherwise you need to kayak there or take the ferry. The little penguins were molting when we were there, when you look at the pictures you can see the old feathers turned brown and fluffed out from the new black feathers. There are some native lizards to the island and they are large and harmless except to your picnic. Nathan had a fever the day we went and we left him with all our gear, picnic lunch etc... to rest under a tree while we went snorkeling and exploring. He covered himself with a towel and fell asleep. While we were away, and he was asleep, the lizards found our picnic lunch and began helping themselves to the food. When we got back one lizard was crawling over Nathan's face as he lay asleep guarding our belongings.
I have included a smilebox more pictures of Penquin Island - I dedicate all slideshow to Kyle, Carson's friend, from back home - who was an avid penguin enthusiast.
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