Fairy Penguins at St. Kilda Pier

After having 2 hot days in a row we went out to ice cream before heading to the St. Kilda Pier to see if we can see the fairy penguin colony. The temperature was over 105 Degrees Fahrenheit and there was humidity. The summers here are so crazy because the weather changes so much. Some days are in the 60s and 70s and then there are a few days where the temperature gets over 100. The only AC in the house is in the bedrooms (which is nice for sleeping), but the house gets hot. We usually try and head to the beach when the temperature gets so hot. They do temperature in Celsius here so 37 Degrees Celsius to 40 is VERY hot (98.6 Fahrenheit). Ironically that is the temperature I do hot yoga at. LOL.

Walking out to the pier with St. Kilda beach behind us.

City of Melbourne in the background with kite surfers.

These are the cute penguins we were hoping to see. There is no flash photography allowed and the penguins come out after sunset. We had no idea if we would be able to get any pictures of them, so i snapped this one. 

We found a few penguins who were hiding in the rocks. These penguins are fairy penguins, or little penguins, not the penguins that live in the Antarctic.

We waited for over an hour sitting in this cove as the sun set. People kept coming and coming. Good thing we got there early and got a seat along the boardwalk. When we went to leave the place was packed.

We played lots of games while we were sitting there to keep the kids entertained. 

We finally saw a few penguins swim towards the shore. One penguin swam not too far from us. It was super cool! and totally impossible to get a picture of because it was dark!