If you are ever in Launceston, try to catch a night tour of Low Head Peninsula for the Fairy Penguin Sightings Tour (during 2001, this was A$35). Just fantastic! Compared to Philip Island (Melbourne) and its mass commercialism, this is very scaled back, rough edge affair. You actually follow the guide as they themselves follow the penguins back to their burrows. No barriers, no side lamps along the trail and you only have your own tour group as companions. (Guides used red lamps, which do not hurt the eyes of the penguins) At one point as you climbed up a little hilllet, you may get (if the skies are clear) a sea of stars above your head, and just off the little corner of the peninsula, a lighthouse sweeping its ray across the bay. Pretty romantic spot too! Come ready packed for the cold, as it can really get chilly. Doubt it’s an experience anyone would forget.
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