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	Penguin Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Penguin Island, is one of the State's premier ecologically sustainable nature-based tourism destinations.
		Penguin Island is home to one of the few breeding colonies of Australian pelican (Pelicanus conspicillatus) known along the Western Australian coastline and offshore islands.
		Spear guns and gidgees are not permitted on the island or in the waters that surround it.
	www.calm.wa.gov.au /tourism/penguin_island.html (940 words)

	Encyclopedia: Penguin Island, Western Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Penguin Island is an island off the coast of Perth Western Australia, near Rockingham.
		It is home to a colony of fairy penguins.
		Binomial name Eudyptula minor (J.R.Forster, 1781) Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) are more commonly known as Fairy Penguins due to their small size.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Penguin-Island,-Western-Australia (153 words)

	BP - Survivor: Penguin Island & MXC Style
		Penguin Island is inhabited by clans of mutated giant penguins who feed on human beings.
		The guard penguins have large boulders at their disposal, which will be rolled towards the contestants.
		With that, you have premise of Survivor: Penguin island.
	www.bastardpenguins.com /articles/81 (621 words)

	San Francisco Zoo \| Exhibits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		While most people's image of penguins is of tuxedoed birds padding about on the ice floes of Antarctica, actually only two of the world's 17 species of penguins are native to the polar continent.
		Penguin Island has one of the most successful captive breeding colonies in the world, with over 160 penguin chicks fledged since the old reflecting pool was renovated to accommodate penguins in 1984.
		At that time, the central island was landscaped with 35 tons of fl volcanic rock similar to that found in the penguins natural habitat and fitted with custom-made fiberglass burrows for the birds to use as nest sites.
	www.sfzoo.org /cgi-bin/exhibits.py?ID=43 (300 words)

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		Unceasingly, as she advanced, fresh penguins, descending from the paths of the mountain, coming out of clefts of the rocks, and emerging from the water, added to the size of her retinue.
		It was the Beach of Shadows, and the inhabitants of the island never ventured on it for fear of the serpents that lodged in the hollows of the rocks and lest they might encounter the souls of the dead who resembled livid flames.
		The Penguin people were enjoying the fruit of their labours in perfect tranquility when suddenly a sinister rumour ran from village to village.
	eserver.org /fiction/penguin-island.txt (21492 words)

	Penguin Pals - Information about the Snares Island Penguin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hooker's sea lions and leopard seals are the predators of adult and juvenile Snares Island penguins.
		The Snares Island penguin breeds from September to January exclusively on The Snares, which are a group of islands approximately 124 miles south of New Zealand.
		The islands are a mere 620 acres and are closed to the public.
	www.pandaproducts.com /penguins/snaresisland.htm (463 words)

	Penguin.net.nz - Snares crested penguins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		As with most crested penguins, both chicks are seldom raised successfully, many pairs lose an egg during incubation and should two eggs hatch, one chick usually dies before the end of the guard stage.
		Although there is no immediate threat to the Snares penguin, the conservation status of the species is listed as "vulnerable", primarily because the the population is limited to one small island group.
		The Snares islands are the only NZ subantarctic islands completely free of introduced land mammals and their accidental introduction would be disastrous to the islands wildlife.
	www.penguin.net.nz /snares/snares.html (613 words)

	Walkabout - Phillip Island
		However, development of the island was slow as a number of early settlers were forced to abandon their land owing to drought.
		The woodlands of the island's north-west feature the fascinating gnarled trunks of the island's stands of moonah, or melaleuca, trees which are 400-500 years old, and there are a few koalas in the manna gums - although they are now so scarce that only the very lucky visitor is likely to see them.
		Phillip Island has traditionally had a reputation as a place to see koalas in the wild but, in recent years, diseases, road accidents and degradation of the trees has seen their numbers decline.
	www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/locations/VICPhillipIsland.shtml (5520 words)

	Fat Little Fairies - March - Scribbly Gum - ABC Science Online
		The penguins here are almost three months out of phase with those on Phillip Island, meaning that the peak time to see them when they are breeding and raising young chicks is in the middle of winter.
		Many penguins pair up with their previous year's partner, although the penguin divorce rate is quite high - ranging from 18 to 42 per cent, but up to 50 per cent in some years.
		Penguins lay their eggs in burrows half a metre deep, which are usually dug by both parents.
	abc.net.au /science/scribblygum/march2003 (1890 words)

	Penguin Island (book) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Penguin Island (L'Île des Pingouins) is a satirical novel by Anatole France first published in 1908.
		The book details the history of the penguins and is written as a critique of human nature, and is also a robust satire on France's political history, including the Dreyfus affair.
		Morals, customs and laws are satirised within the context of the fictional land of Penguinia, where the animals were baptised erroneously by the myopic Abbot Mael.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Penguin_Island_(book) (125 words)

	Penguin Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Little penguins breed in burrows on Penguin Island shared with breeding colonies within the marine park of silver gulls, fairy terns, bridled and Caspian terns.
		Penguin and Seal Island Cruises can show you the marine park that encompasses incredibly rich and diverse marine environment, but also surrounds a chain of unique limestone islands.
		These island nature reserves are significant in the ecology of a number of bird species.
	www.pengos.com.au (270 words)

	Snares Island Penguins - Wildlife of Antarctica - Antarctic Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The seclusive Snares Island penguin inhabits and breeds along the sheltered, forested beaches of the Snares Islands, off the southern coast of New Zealand.
		Members of the crested penguin group (Genus Eudyptes), which also includes: Rockhopper penguins, Fjordland Penguins, Macaroni Penguins, Erect-crested Penguins, and Royal penguins, Snares Island penguins are considered a very vulnerable species.
		Breeding season for Snares Island penguins begins in early summer and there is often much fighting and jockeying for territory and resources within the colonies.
	www.antarcticconnection.com /antarctic/wildlife/penguins/snares_island.shtml (543 words)

	WhaleTimes:Fishin' for Facts-Snares Island Penguin
		These penguins are found south of New Zealand on, you guessed it, Snares Island.
		Snares Island penguins are one of the crested penguins.
		Snares Island penguins breed in the forest or in shaded vegetation.
	www.whaletimes.org /snaresisland.htm (90 words)

	Penguin & Seal Island Cruises
		The shoalwater Islands Marine Park, located only 45 minutes south of Perth, offers spectacular coastal scenery supporting an abundant variety of plants, marine and birdlife in their natural surroundings.
		Penguin Island is an important breeding ground for the largest colony of Little or Fairy Penguins on the west coast of Australia.
		The Penguin Experience Island Discovery Centre opens at 10.00am and allows visitors to learn about these unique creatures through commentaries and displays as they dive about in their pool.
	properties.worldtourism.com.au /Penguin&SealCruises (260 words)

	Penguin Island - Anatole France
		This island is perpetually buffeted by the winds.
		The islands of Morbihan were more numerous in those times than they are to-day.
		The nuns of the island of Gad, sadly fallen from their former virtue, continually came in boats to the coast of Yvern.
	www.classic-novels.com /author/anatole_france/penguin_island/penguinisland001.htm (1543 words)

	Penguin island - Grant and Tracey's Lighthouse Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Penguin Island (1908), a work available on the 'net', is a humorous critique of customs and laws, rituals and rites, its subject is human nature,
		Penguin Island, Antarctica, December (31606) Deception Island, Antarctica, December (34383).
		Penguin Island viewed from near the Cape Martin Lighthouse.
	www.sbbbs.com /?q=penguin-island (213 words)

	Penguin Island - Chapter III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It was formerly called an island, but for a century it has been decreed that it shall bear the name of insula.
		And to the west a larger island which raises to the sky a long range of sharp teeth; for this reason it is called the Dog's Jaws.
		Trinco extended the Penguin dominion over the Archipelago of the Turquoises and the Green Continent, subdued the gloomy Porpoises, and planted his flag amid the icebergs of the Pole and on the burning sands of the African deserts.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/historical/PenguinIsland/chap33.html (518 words)

	Phillip Island Victoria, Australia. The official COMPLETE Website for Accommodation, Cowes, Rhyll, Lodging, Bed and ...
		Phillip Island grown and prospered in the 200 years since it was first discovered by Europeans.
		The Little Penguins (fairy penguins) who are native to Phillip Island were soon also bringing in many thousands of tourists to watch their nightly return from the sea.
		To protect and promote the Island's natural wonders and wildlife, the Phillip Island Nature Park was formed in the late 1990's, combining the resources and management of the Penguin Parade, the Koala Conservation Centre, Churchill Island and many other significant eco-tourist and conservation locations.
	www.phillipisland.net.au (624 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Penguin Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Penguin Island in all its peculiar glory: this is the tale of the enchanted island island where the nearsighted Abbot Mael baptised penguins in error.
		A monk visiting an island populated by nothing but penguins accidentally baptizes them, and the saints in heaven debate what is to be done, since baptism can only be done to those with souls.
		The remainder of the book is a history of Penguin Island, which is a clever parody of European history.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1587155486?v=glance (1170 words)

	Phillip Island Penguin Parade. Official tourist guide to the Phillip Island Nature Park
		This is the Phillip Island Tourist Road, and you stay on it till you hit a 100km speed sign, not long after which a very obvious fork in the road appears.
		This is when the penguins cross Summerland Beach to return to their sand-dune burrows.
		Phillip Island Nature Park is the semi-government body that manages on behalf of the community our world famous Penguin Parade, Koala Conservation Centre, Seal Rocks and Churchill Island.
	www.phillipisland.net.au /penguinparade.html (676 words)

	Penguin Island - Chapter III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		he island did not preserve the rugged appearance that it had formerly, when, in the midst of floating icebergs it sheltered a population of birds within its rocky amphitheatre.
		Whilst the monk, Bulloch, was pronouncing these words a big penguin with a fair skin and red hair went down into the valley carrying a trunk of a tree upon his shoulder.
		And having delivered himself of this stout utterance he brought down his club on the head of the little penguin, who fell dead upon the field that his own hands had tilled.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/historical/PenguinIsland/chap11.html (1201 words)

	Rockingham, Western Australia - Penguin and Seal Island Cruises (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		There are also an estimated 500 - 700 pair of little penguins on Penguin Island, making it the largest breeding colony in Western Australia.
		45 minute cruise to Seal Island and Penguin Island with an informative commentary, landing on Penguin Island and entry to the Penguin Island Discovery Centre.
		Snorkel in the clear waters around Seal Island and the reefs of Penguin Island.
	www.annabella.net /seatours.html (246 words)

	Pampered penguin parade / Chicks have tough time getting their ducks in a row on way to S.F. Zoo island
		It was, instead, a group waddle, in which the birds' 14-minute amble from the giraffe exhibit to Penguin Island repeatedly veered off course.
		The 13 penguin chicks, a record number hatched in May and yanked from their parents' burrows in June, spent the summer at the zoo's Avian Conservation Center, a combination preschool and finishing school.
		Soup, the "worst housekeeper on the island," and Why Not is son of Hey You and brother to Whatever.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/04/BA73535.DTL (882 words)

	Penguin Island - Audio format
		First published in 1908, and widely regraded as his masterpiece, Penguin Island is Anatole France's most searching and satirical novel.
		A humorous critique of customs and laws, rituals and rites, its subject is human nature, but its characters are penguins in the mythical land of Penguinia.
		The story of the strutting penguins and their virtues and vices is not merely a burlesque allegory of French history, it is a satire of the history of mankind.
	www.ezcomputers4u.com /audio2/Penguin-Island-2375.htm (136 words)

	Phillip Island Nature Park
		Phillip Island Nature Park is renowned as home to one of Australia¹s most popular wildlife attractions, the Penguin Parade.
		Phillip Island Nature Park is totally committed to providing outstanding tourism experiences and contributing to the ongoing conservation of Phillip Island's wildlife and its habitat-all funds from visitors go toward achieving this aim.
		Penguin Sky Box: Enjoy the Penguin Parade from the comfort of an exclusive, elevated viewing tower whilst interacting with an experienced ranger.
	www.visitmelbourne.com.au /displayObject.cfm/ObjectID.00004BD3-6F1E-1D92-960B80C476A90000/vvt.vhtml (400 words)

	Penguin Island - Anatole France
		After a voyage of ninety days I landed at the vast and deserted port of the Penguins and travelled over untilled fields to their ruined capital.
		After a succession of amazing vicissitudes, the memory of which is in great part lost by the wrongs of time and the bad style of historians, the Penguins established the government of the Penguins by themselves.
		The learned Penguin, having disembarked, was waited on by automatons in a hotel forty-eight stories high.
	www.classic-novels.com /author/anatole_france/penguin_island/penguinisland019.htm (1545 words)

	Penguin Island Eco Adventure - Kayak, Walk, Snorkel - Perth Western Australia
		Penguin Island is home to Western Australia's largest colony of Little Penguins.
		After an energizing bakery delight we walk to the Penguin Island lookout for a 360 degree views over the islands before checking out the Penguin Experience run by the island's rangers.
		including your best chance to see penguins, dolphins and sea lions in their natural environment.
	www.westernblue.com.au /WB_penguinisland.html (158 words)

	Travel Downunder - Penguin Island Hideaway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This double story, artistically decorated, fully self contained holiday home has everything you need for a great weekend or holiday and there are loads of extras including wave ski, games, buckets and spades also a library for children and adults.
		Plenty of local activities to experience, swim with the dolphins, snorkel with seals, kayak, wind surf, catch the ferry to Penguin and Seal Islands, fish from the jetty or just relax enjoying spectacular views of Penguin Island.
		Mandurah is also a convenient 20 minutes South which makes Penguin Island Hideaway a great base to explore both the Peel and Perth Regions.
	www.traveldownunder.com.au /Western_Australia/Perth/Penguin_Island_Hideaway.asp (350 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: Treasure Island (Penguin Popular Classics) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Treasure Island is arguably one of the greatest works of storytelling in the English language.
		Stevenson created other novels, with greater depth and insight, but the highlight of Treasure Island is the combination of color and poetic prose that distinguishes his tale of piracy and boyhood adventure from the rest of the field of other adventure books.
		Most people tend to view Treasure Island as a story for children, but it can be enjoyed by anyone longing for a rollicking adventure.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0140620834 (535 words)

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