Moments that cameras cannot capture

24 Jan 2012

Dear one,

I went to Philip Island to watch the Penguin Parade tonight. Unfortunately, the park management doesn't allow camera use at all. I suppose it's because they couldn't control the tourists from using the flash so they've completely prohibited photography and videography.

This is one of those times when I wish I could have taken a video of the moment - every second of it - so that I could have shared it with you. I know you would have been as delighted of those little penguins as I had been. These are the world's smallest penguins. At sunset, they emerge from the sea and make their way across the beach to their sand dune burrows. As these are untrained animals, it's the visitors who have to adjust to their timings. So we had to wait awhile in the cold while the penguins gather up in their small groups. Oh, you have to see them lining up and walking with their heads first, their little round butts swaying fast - just cute!

And then we treaded through the boardwalk (Ohhh... The wind was blowing real cold!) to view the penguins finding their own burrows. A lot of my friends know I'm not a fan of birds but oh my, I could hold and cuddle these cuties anytime!

Sigh... This whole trip - every beautiful thing I've seen - I wish I could have captured everything on video to share with you and with everyone important to me. Well, I wish I could have been seeing these with you but we haven't met yet. There's always that part of me that knows (and hopes) when we're finally together, we'll be visiting new places and re-visiting others and making our own memories, sharing moments that are always more precious than anything a camera can capture.