If you don’t have time for a trip to Phillip Island for the Penguin Parade, you can catch a boat ride from downtown Melbourne on the south bank of the Yarra River to see the little blue penguins. I found this ornament in a news shop not far from where the penguin boats were docked. I bought another penguin — not a Christmas tree ornament but a framed ceramic tile of a little blue penguin — at one of the craft market booths that stretch along the river on the weekend. And not far away from all this is Melbourne Park where they’re playing tennis now at the Australian Open.
Small plush musical penguin that plays “Jingle Bells,” red feet and beak, red Santa hat.
Acquired: November 2004, south bank of the Yarra River, Melbourne, Australia
Number: 251
Price: 2.95 $AUS
Size: 4 inches tall
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