Caversham Wildlife Park, Perth

Caversham Wildlife Park

B/99 Lord Street, Whiteman 

WA6068 Australia

Website: http://www.cavershamwildlife.com.au/

Just look at this picture... The sky is in different gradients of blue! 

The skies in Perth never ceases to amaze me.. It's so much bluer than Singapore! I think there's a perfectly scientific explanation.. but my guess is the further away from the equator you are, the bluer the sky is because the Earth is round.. blah blah.. something to do with the way the sunlight travels through the atmosphere. Also, there's lesser ozone in Australia so maybe there's one of the reason why too. 

Did I mention before that Tabby always reminds me to wear sunglasses and sunblock whenever I visit? She said that there is a high rate of skin cancer and cataract problems because of the UV rays in Australia... So please remember to wear sunglasses and put on sunblock!!

Main entrance to Caversham Wildlife Park!

I visited a few years ago and it was AUD22 per person. Now it's AUD26 per person. Inflation inflation inflation. Haha! It includes all the shows and exhibits so you don't have to pay extra.

Le hubby has never visited this place before so I thought it will be a nice place to spend the afternoon. We went to Cohunu Koala Park in July 2012 which was during our first trip together to Perth and also the first time I met Tabby's then boyfriend - now husband - Doug! OMG TIME FLIES!!!!!

There is an enclosed area where the kangaroos roam freely

There is a "Meet the Wombat & Friends" show at different timings:

11am, 2pm, 3.45pm

You can get up close and personal with many animals. They will let you stroke some of the animals, and even allow you to carry some of them!

After the show we walked around the park and viewed the animals in their exhibit. There were birds, reptiles, etc. Walked over to this sheltered area that has ponies and also rabbits in pens.

Only young children are allowed in the rabbit play pen.

Free ranging chickens..

These chickens look different from the ones I am used to...

This chicken looks like the usual ones I know. 

It is so tame and cooperative, but it don't look too happy about Kitty on it's back.

There was a fenced area where the goats, chickens and turkeys roamed freely.

Most of them are sleeping though..

And they didn't seem to care or mind me putting Kitty-chan on them. 

This baby goat is so cute, it's a crime!

Took us a long time before we could get a photo of one of us with the turkey because it is a very suspicious turkey who refuse to turn it's back against humans. Maybe he is afraid we will pounce on him and eat him. Maybe he is ashamed of his butt (very ugly). Maybe he is just weird.. who knows.. but we got the picture in the end!

These two goats kept following Le hubby around and harassing him for food. He kept telling them "no food!" but they just nudged him with their heads and sniffed his pockets. After a while they got bored and went to harass another guy. He was holding the map of the park and one of the goats actually bite the map and ate it! He looked at us helplessly and said "it's not me! it's the goat!". Wahahahahaha!

"FEED US!!!"

We went for the Farm Show too!

I took a video of Le hubby swinging the can (he was called out by the presenter) but I can't find the video. It's lost in my massive photos folder.. :(

The highlight of our visit is definitely the koalas! Too bad we were only allowed to stroke them on their backs instead of carrying them. They are just so cute!!

There are timed entries, so you have to take note of the timings:

10am, 1pm, 2.30pm, 4.30pm

If you ask me to choose, I think I will prefer Cohunu Koala Park because we can hug the koalas (for an extra fee)... But Caversham is bigger and it has 2 animal shows plus they have more animals here...  If you really have to choose between the two I will say go for Caversham, especially if you have young children.

2nd Wedding Anniversary Trip!

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Happy 2nd Year Wedding Anniversary to us!

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Actually it's belated already cos our wedding anniversary was on 28 September. Hahahaha! Last year we went back to Grand Hyatt Singapore (our wedding banquet location) for a staycation celebration and I blogged about it here. This year we decided to go for a holiday! We went to Perth from 24 - 29 September 2015.

It felt so good to escape the haze because this year the haze situation is so bad, you can't even see the blue skies anymore. I actually forgot how blue skies look like because for a few weeks, the skies are perpetually grey and there's this horrible chao-ta smell that lingers and refuse to go away. Thanks ah Indonesia. Thanks.

See what I mean? This was taken at Changi Airport before our flight at 12noon. Where is the sun?? Where is the blue skies? It looks like a storm is coming but it is just hazy. 

#EverythingAlsoSG50

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Selfie time!! ◦°˚\(*❛‿❛)/˚°◦

We have never flown on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner before and we are very excited! Hahahaha! The Airbus A380 is still the best plane IMHO, but the 787 Dreamliner is very close to the top spot in my list because it is so quiet! The noise cancelling is so awesome that we barely hear the engines at all! An awesome feature of the plane that Le hubby can't get enough of is the tinted windows. At first I saw that the windows don't have window shades and I found it weird... then Le hubby pointed out the button at the bottom and told me to press it.

1. Before pressing the button

2. Few seconds after pressing the button

 3. The final effect!

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It really blocks out the sunlight and it's so amazing.. Ok lah.. I suaku ok? Hahahahahaha! We played with it for a while. Luckily the guy sitting at the window seat is patient with us and did not give us dirty looks. Hahahaha!

I love flying Scoot. It's my favourite low cost carrier. Actually it's not really low cost/budget to me. It's more like in between a low cost carrier and a full serviced flight. When they have promotions, the price is really really good. I got our tickets at SGD300 per person for 1 way Economy and 1 way Business (on the way back) plus baggage and seat selection!

There is no in-flight entertainment system so Le hubby loaded our phones with lots of shows and music. Plus selfies to self-entertain ourselves. #actyoungonly

Food is not included and I did not preorder any food cos I thought I won't be hungry... but when they start serving the food I decided that I was hungry (or bored.. or both) so I ordered the Braised Chicken with Rice. It is not nice. :( Overpriced too. Well, it's airline food... what can I expect right?

Arrived in Perth Airport I am so amazed by the ePassport self service option that is offered to selected nationalities (including Singaporeans!). I have not been here for more than a year and there's so many changes to the airport! The last time we visited, they were undergoing massive renovations. They have not completed their renovations yet but there's already so much improvements!

You scan your passport and a ticket is printed out. Hold onto the ticket and head to the machine where your photo will be taken and you will be let through. My tips is to remove your glasses and don't smile too much and don't move too much because apparently reject entry if the photo is not up to it's satisfaction. It's mainly work in progress lah. I was rejected on my first try and asked to go to the normal queue with the immigration officers but the queue was so long so I went back to scan my passport again to get a 2nd ticket (it works!), went back to the camera, took off my glasses and looked sternly at it.. It took my picture and let me through. LOL!

Even though it is a short trip, we brought along our full sized luggage because we are preparing to buy lots of stuff back! Well, there's a lot of things to buy in Perth! There is a box of SupaMop because my manager relocated to Perth and she did not bring her mop along. She said she tried buying similar mops in Perth but they are expensive and doesn't do the job well and when I asked her what she wanted from Singapore she said "PLEASE HELP ME BUY A MOP!". Hahahahaha!

Tabby and Doug came to the airport to pick us up! They are so sweet lah! Always willing to come and pick us up no matter what time we arrive. I remember once our flight arrived at 6am or something and they were already there waiting for us with a big smile and big hugs!

I really miss both of them a lot that's why I try to go back to Perth as often as I can because whenever they come to Singapore they are super busy hanging out with Tabby's family & relatives. Nevertheless, we always try to squeeze time for a coffee or dinner when they are in Singapore unless they are doing a short stopover before they go to Penang where most of her father's relatives are staying. Sometimes we even go over to their place and just chit chat for a while before leaving. 

They brought us to Bistro Guillaume at Crown Perth Hotel. I blogged about Bistro Guillaume when we visited was in December 2013! Time flies!

As usual, Tabby & Doug over ordered! Hahahahaha! I will never ever be hungry when I am around these 2. The dinner was soooo awesome! Super love the french food here cos it tastes authentic, just like what I had in local restaurants in Paris. 

Benji & Coco!

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My favourite, absolute favourite part about visiting Tabby & Doug's home is their 2 dogs! They are the most well-trained and sweetest dogs I ever known. Chloe should learn a thing or two from them.

Coco is the sweetest dog and somehow she prefers women to men so she stuck very close with me and eyed Le hubby suspiciously when he tries to pet her even though she has seen him before. She kept avoiding eye contact with him and kept her distance away from him... Poor le hubby. LOL! 

That's the end of Day 1! More entries coming! :)