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| Bicheno fairy penguins |
After checking into our beach chalet, we headed up the east
coast towards the Freycinet Peninsula and Nine Mile Beach. Further north at
Bicheno we met the tour bus to take us into the penguin rookeries. Leaving just
on dusk, we were treated to a display of the fairy penguins making their way up
the beach. Not at all perturbed by our presence, they just waddled on by with
their little knee-less legs. Fairy penguins can remain at sea for up to 12
months at a time, only coming ashore to rest and breed. They are capable of
taking power naps out at sea for as little as 40 seconds. Collectively they are known as a parcel.
Whilst very cute, they are also very noisy…not unlike
someone else I know.
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| Bicheno fairy penguins |
A relative of ours has a house by the water in Bicheno. A house made almost inhabitable by bloody fairy penguins nesting underneath it!! You move them on and put up barricades but then, in a very short space of time, the little darlings come back at nesting hour, (approximately 4 a.m.), and the struggle for territory begins anew. I can't wait to visit them! It looks/sounds like a wonderful trip. What lovely memories you are making with Lily.
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