Saturday morning we got up early and took a bus about 45 minutes away to a wildlife park. Caversham specializes in animals that are native to Australia. We got to feed and pet kangaroos while in thier pen. We also saw emus, wombats, crocodiles, many more- of course koalas. Finally, we got to ride on camels- you may say they are not in Australia, but they are actually used extensively in the arid Outback.
There are many more pictures including Tasmanian Devils, dingos, emus, etc. but you get the idea.
After that, we stopped at a chocolate factory on the way home. It is located in a well known wine producing region of West Australia- Margaret River- and we will have to go back to explore that part of the region in more depth.
It was 99 degrees outside, so we headed to the beach for a few hours. One of the girls in our group had an American football shipped here, so we made our presense known as Americans even more by tossing around the pigskin with "that funny shaped ball". FYI - in this country soccer is called "soccer", American football is called "gridiron", and Aussie Rules football is called "football" or "footy" for short.
We finished the night by heading in to the city of Perth on the train. Public transportation to and around the city is great. We headed to some cool bars and clubs in Northridge, one of the rowdier sections of town.
All in all, not too shabby of a Saturday.
*Special* Click on this provided link below to watch a video clip showing the walk from the dorm to the beach, the marina, and the harbor. Please let me know if this works.
(the link wasn't working for a while but it should be fixed now - let me know)
The video didn't work. Here is the error message I received: "This video has been removed because it is too long. Regular YouTube videos must be 10 minutes or less." Even so, I enjoy reading about your adventures. I hope you don't mind that moms of friends read it too!
ReplyDeleteIt has since been fixed and I have tried it- it works. Thanks
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the video! It worked fine and look forward to seeing more of them. It gives us a great idea of the area.
ReplyDeleteit looks cold. i hope you are wearing your coat.
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