Australia -Little penguin (Eudyptula minor)

Little penguins live along the southern shores of  mainland Australia as well as New Zealand, Tasmania and Chatham Islands. They featured in the recent Australian stamp series of Road Trips where you can see a family driving to Phillip Island in Victoria, where they can easily see the penguins which  come ashore each evening to roost in the tussocks on the sand dunes.

Australia-Little Penguin (Albury)

Albury is on the grand Hume Weir which reportedly holds more than six time the amount of water as Sydney Harbour. The pictorial postmark shows the wall at the weir, unfortunately its not very clear but you get the idea. Cancelling another of the popular Little Penguin stamps from the recent Road trip series.

Australia- Little Penguin

The latest in bird stamps from Australia, the famous Little penguins of Phillip Island. They are of course in more places than Phillip Island but this is a popular place where the small feathered penguins can be observed at close range. 

Notes on the stamps...on the left is the lick n stick version, on the right is a self adhesive.

Many thanks to my friend Robin for sending this with a good clear postmark of Seymour South.

The Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) also known as fairy Penguin  is  the smallest species of penguin growing to an average of  33 cm (13 in) tall and 43 cm (17 in) tall.  Found on the coastlines of southern Australia and New Zealand .