Cape Paterson Day 3

The kids all woke up early today – well it was not really all that early – it was around seven am but it seemed much earlier as it was still so dark.
After breakfast we decided to head off towards Phillip Island today. After a quick stop at the chemist to get some medication for Gemma who was a very grumpy little girl (gotta love teething!) we continued our drive.
First stop was the Penguin Parade complex. Paid a nominal fee to be allowed to wander around their information galleries, down to the nigh time parade observation deck and their exhaustive gift shop with just about every penguin related item you could ever possibly not wish to own.
The kids enjoyed watching a cute little penguin through its observation hole in the gallery. Gemma was convinced it would hurt her and once assured it would not hurt her she was then convinced it therefore must want her to cuddle it!!
Grabbed a quick snack for lunch and continued towards The Nobbies. It has been fairly recently re-furbished and has an equally exhaustive gift shop with the main focus being the Australian Fur Seals. Entry here was free so in we went! Kids had a lovely time playing on their indoor playground and we enjoyed a coffee overlooking The Nobbies and the floor to ceiling glass windows.
Went for a walk along the boardwalk and saw a family of penguins hiding under the boardwalk. There were a couple of young ones there too as they still had their grey – brown down feathers. Walked back up the boardwalk towards the blowhole, however as the ocean was relatively calm we did not really get to see it “blow”. Did also see two groups of penguins peering out of thier burrows at the people walking up the boardwalk peering at them!!
Began driving back towards the van and all three kiddywinks fell asleep so we kept driving up the coast towards Inverloch to have a look at some of the many signposted beaches along that stretch of road. Eagles Nest, Twin Reefs etc…. We did stop at one called The Caves where there were dinosaur bones found many years ago. As the tide was out we were able to go walking, climbing and splashing through some rockpools and towards the Caves. Darrin and Zac managed to get into one of the caves while Jeanette, Ethan and Gemma went looking in rockpools. As the tide started coming in we hiked back up to the car and headed home for a BBQ dinner, bath and bed.