Penguin Island
Small island refuge for a shrinking little penguin colony, sea lions and snorkelers off a five-minute ferry ride.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Penguin Island near Rockingham, Western Australia, follows a stretch of water that has doubled as hunting ground and holiday playground. It traces how early twentieth century day-trippers treated the little penguin colony as sport, and how one naturalist's count of the island's birds in nineteen forty six began to change that. Along the way it touches on the sea lions, snorkelers and kayakers who share these waters today. Best heard standing at the southern lookout, looking toward the mainland.
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