Maria Island

Just came back from 3 days on Maria Island with Sam and Brian. It was brillant! I've never seen such concentration of wild fauna before. And they're all so tame. It's not unusual to be able to get within a metre or two of a pademelon. Strangely enough, the larger wallabies and red forester kangaroos tend to hop away before you can get really close to them. And the wombats will just go right up to your tent of they think they can find food in it.

Sam's father gave us a ride over to the island on his boat and it was an absolute treat, firstly cos of the chance to take a small boat across the channel to the island and secondly we saw bottleneck dophins along the way. Never was to close to wild dophins in my life.

Finally saw penguins in the wild. The smallest species of penguins. A guide took us to their landing site and watched a flcok come in at dusk. Went back to the same spot the next night and follow a penguin all the way up the hill to it's nest. Very unique experience.

Brillant trip, well worth the fifty-odd bucks I spend on it.