Perth Darul Awesome trip - Day 2

We woke up early to a lovely morning for our next agenda, Caversham Wildlife Park. It was cold early in the morning, the temperature reached 4 Celsius. We had to wear our jacket to warm ourselves all the time even in the house.

Caversham Wildlife Park is a private park housing many Aussies exotic animals. We need to be there early to get to the 10 am show. Oh just so you know, the park got two interactive shows, the first is The Farm Show where they demonstrate on how to sheep shearing, and the other one will be Meet the Wombat Show. The farm is approximately 40km away, so I figured it might take around 1 hour to get there.

Nice view of the park. Reminds me of Taman Tasik Taiping though.

After having some lovely breakfast (thanks Mas), we headed to the park. Unfortunately we got lost on the way there so we missed the show. We then decided to wait for the 1 pm show, so we got plenty of time to browse through the park.

The entry to the park will cost us AUD22 per person. Crossed our fingers hoping it worth the penny.

Upon entering the park, we found out there's plenty of birds and animals that you can find here. Some were let free, some were in cage. Pretty impressive considering this is a private park.

A koala. Lazy bastard. Sleep 22 hours a day, and only eat eucalypt leaves. Cannot be easily touch or else it will feel depress and then die. 

Feeding the Llama

Picture of the day. While waiting for my wife who went to the toilet, the donkeys suddenly decided to.. you know. Having sex. In public. Shame on you. Bloody donkeys.

A fox

Of course, the main attraction to the park is called Mingle Around with Your Friendly Kangaroos. Ok I made up that title. The activity is pretty much, ermm how do I say this, you socializing with some very docile kangaroos. You got to touch them, you got to feed them. You got to take picture with them. They wouldn't mind, trust me.

My wife with the kangaroos. Don't be fooled by the smiley face. She was actually freaking out.

Us, with the kangaroos. Man than white kangaroo followed us to anywhere we go.

At 1 pm, we had a sandwich for lunch before heading to the Farm Show. 

Halal food served here. Convincing enough for me.

The show was entertaining. The farmers started the show by introducing two dogs that being used to guide the sheep into a containment, where they will select a sheep to be sheared. There was also a demonstration on how to use a whip, the funny fact is I always thought the whip is being used to whip the animal, but I was wrong. Actually the whip is used to generate a very loud noise to frighten away the animal. It didn't even touch the animal's skin. And it wasn't easy like you see on the TV. A guy who volunteered to demo practically whipped his own ass. I mean literally. 

The two farmers, briefed us on the demonstration. 

Poor sod. But not to worry a sheep can only be sheared once a year. The product will be shipped mostly to China.

The sheep after being sheared. Their skin will produce a melanin in order to protect them from the cold weather. It is said that the melanin is good for our skin too. There were a lot of products base on the melanin being sold here.  

Some kids excitedly feeding the baby sheep.

The next activity, Meet the Wombat. Well it is not that interesting though. The workers there will display some exotic animals and you got to touch them and take pictures with them.

The wombat. Ugly bastard. No idea why the Aussies fancy so much about them.

No idea what that is. But it does look pretty cute. Not the guy.

After the wombats activity, we browse through the park until the end before we left at around 2:30 pm. Which means we've been in the park for approximately 4 hours. Worth every penny.

Next stop, we drove to Scarborough Beach. Initially it wasn't in our plan, But hey we got some time to kill so why not. Heard that Scarborough Beach is a popular tourist spot too, especially during the summer. But never crossed in our mind that we will find some crazy Aussies surfed, in this cold winter weather! Crazy Aussies.

Nothing interesting. It was freezing by the way. No idea how these Aussies still manage to surf in the cold weather.

Tried my luck to look for any topless chicks, but to no avail. Maybe the weather is just too cold for anybody to get naked in the public. 

We left the beach at around 4:00 pm. It was already getting dark, we need to check in to our stay before it getting darker.

For the first 2 nights, we will be staying at Fremantle Bed & Breadfast. Cost us around AUD125 dollars per night. According to Travel Advisor it is a highly recommended B&B, and just a walking distance from Fremantle port itself. 

And Travel Advisor was right. It was lovely.

The B&B is a privately operated inn managed by an old but sweet couple. It has three floors including the ground floor, and each floor has 4 rooms with 2 shared bathroom. Not a problem at all because we barely stumble upon anybody from the same floor. 

The living room at the ground floor. Designed with an English concept. Lovely.

The dining hall. They also threw in free breakfast, juices and milks free flow whenever you want. 

The shared bathroom. Got a Jacuzzi some more.

Unfortunately our room was a twin bed. The king size bedrooms have been fully booked. Not a problemo.

That night we decided to take a walk around the Fremantle port. Read somewhere that there were some restaurants serving good fish and chips, and we decided we gonna try it and make a judgement. 

End of Day 2.