sometimes when we get too intrigued by capturing the moment, we forget how beautiful the big picture is.
penguin island was just beautiful, the one big thing i'll miss about here is how everything looks postcard perfect. i'm a nature junkie but i hate getting dirty. kirke says i'm terribly ironic.
it was like a 45 min drive to take the ferry, and we stopped by some lake that was dried up during summer and it will be a lake during winter again.

the guys we happily tumbling into bushes. and we had fun at the beach cam whoring before the ferry departed for like a 5min ride. shalini says that if we left early enough (like at 7am) we can walk across during low tide. but seriously what if we walk across half way and the tide rises? i'll be the first one to drown! hopefully the penguins will come and save me.
Then we went to the
penguin experience discovery center where they house 10 penguins. SO CUTE!
little penguins. (this is really their name, i'm not being a bimbo)

and guess what? they all have their own names and they line up for food and wait for their turn. They all have attitudes, some are shy or grumpy, some are greedy, some love to swim. etc etc.
then we went for our picnic lunch while kirke went for a swim.

and that was us climbing trees, me being damn loser because my feet were too short. KNN!
then the treking began, and i was seriously the slowest (loser) because my tiny feet kept getting submerged into the very fine sand.

and the beach was super awesome. we didn't get to see the pelicans nest because some idiot scared them away and according to kirke, when u get too close, the chicks get scared and the jump down the cliff. so they have changed thier nesting site to another part of the island.

then we saw the natural rock formations that were erroding with the wind and water, which cause fossilised roots of trees that used to stand above us.
and then there are the caves which have a really really weird history.
The first person to have lived on the Island was an eccentric New Zealander by the name of Seaforth McKenzie. Several of the limestone caves on the eastern side of the island were hollowed out and crudely furnished for use as accommodation, a library and a small store where visitors could manage their own account. McKenzie also excavated a 'grand ballroom' known as the palace where he was crowned the 'King of Penguin Island' at a grand ceremony.
McKenzie left the island in 1926 and returned home to his wife Sarah and six children in New Zealand after an absence of 45 years! Apparently he left home to go to work one day and failed to return- his explanation being that he had only just regained his memory of his family!janice.
get back to books!