Perth Day 2: Caversham Wildlife Park, Bell Tower and Kings Park

11^th November 2015

On the second day, I decided to go to Caversham Wildlife Park. I catched Midland Line train from Claisebrook Station to Bassendean Station as early as 0800 and I catched Bus 955 to Whiteman Park. I arrived at the entrance of Whiteman Park at 0908 and I dialed for a pick up using the intercom provided at the entrance. Less than 5 minutes, the shuttle showed up. You can also opt to trek 1.6km under the blazing sun into Caversham Wildlife Park if you insist.

I bought the entrance ticket for $27 and got myself a map. 

I headed to the Feed the Kangaroos zone first since the farm show started at 1000. Without grabbing the food provided in the feeding bins, I walked closer to the Kangaroos. Most of them were asleep and a few were hopping around. They were very responsive to the camera. At this zone, visitors are free to feed the Kangaroos.

Finally had the courage to feed the Kangaroo

After having enough of Kangaroos, I went to Molly's Farm for a live farm show. The farm show was entertaining. As I had no experience with all these farm activities, I found it really captivating. At the beginning of the show, the farm guy made the dog to run after the sheep. Then, the farm guy demonstrated how to shear a sheep in a complete whole wool piece and how to do a whip-cracking.

They also invited the audience to take part in every part of the show. They started to pick volunteers from the audience randomly for the whip-cracking. Then, the kids were asked to feed the baby sheep but only one kid volunteered to participate. 

They also offered the visitor to milk a cow at the end of the session. We could even come closer to have a look at the sheep after the farm show. 

I went to visit Pony and Ilama after the farm show.

I proceed to Meet the Wombat & Friends. One thing I liked about the place was that, I could really get super close to the animals and this might be an advantage for you if you're an animal lover. The park rangers were everywhere to supervise the animals and they were helpful and knowledgeable to provide you with a good answer. So, do not hesitate to ask them any questions.

On my way to visit Koalas, I saw them.

Meet the Koalas zone. They were all sleeping happily on branches.

I loved the experience at Caversham Wildlife Park. I definitely appreciate the personal and close experience with Australian native wildlife.

After spending three hours at Caversham Wildlife Park, I headed to Perth to do city tour. From Perth Station, I walked towards the Bell Tower. On my way, I passed by the park and Supreme Court building. 

I then went to the Barrack Street Jetty, where one can hop on the ferry to Fremantle.

Later in the evening, I catched Bus 37 to Kings Park. I spent my rest of the day here, walking and taking photos of Australia's unique flora, including many rare and threatened species.

DNA Tower at Kings Park

Boab Tree

Featherflower

The view was stunning as I could see the Perth skyline from here. Thus, I decided to stay until sunset without realising the bus service ended at 1845.

From Kings Park I walked down the road to Northbridge to meet my dear childhood friend, Zahira for dinner with the help of Google map.