Penguin 'adventure': Bird rescued far inland in Sydney after passers-by hear 'weird little footsteps'

A young fairy penguin has been rescued from a stormwater drain in Sydney's inner west after two passers-by discovered the distressed bird far from home. 

Josh Pirini and Scott Martin were walking under a train overpass in the suburb of Summer Hill when they heard a strange noise.

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