Caversham Wildlife Park

On Sunday Nic and I went to Caversham Wildlife Park.. Caversham is a small park that gives people the opportunity to see some of the animals of Australia up close. Anybody can go and touch and feed the kangaroos, pet the koalas, take a picture with a wombat, etc. I have wanted to go to Caversham since day 1 of arriving here. I especially wanted to go with Nic here. 

This was our last day at Scarborough, so after we checked out and moved our luggage back to Currie Hall we hopped on the bus. Before leaving, I mapped out our trip on the Transperth website. This is the farthest I have ever travelled on bus and I obviously don't know the area so I was nervous we wouldn't find Caversham. Transperth said it would be about an hour and 3 buses to the park. We successfully found the first 2 buses of our trip but when the bus driver dropped us off our 2nd stop he could tell we were lost. He was nice enough to stop and pick us up again and took us to the right bus stop. If it weren't for him we would have never found Caversham. We had really bad timing though.. On Sundays the buses only run every hour instead of every 15 minutes like on Monday-Friday. The bus to Caversham left just 5 minutes before we were dropped off so we had to wait an hour for the next one. Luckily there was a Subway down the street so we went and grabbed lunch and watched a netball game (which is like basketball except you don't dribble and there is no backboard) on the TV.

After the hour, we hopped on the right bus. Luckily this was a direct ride to Caversham so there was no chance of getting lost. The entire trip there took about 2 1/2 hours but we eventually made it and even had plenty of time at Caversham. 

The AU definition of wild animal park is much more true to its name than in the U.S. We literally walked right up to kangaroos, koalas, and even a chubby wombat they call, "Big Bubsy."  The first stop of the day was the kangaroo habitat/exhibit, which is basically just a huge enclosure with a fence around it.  There were literally hundreds of kangas of all sizes and colors in this large area.  They were very relaxed and you could tell they are use to people coming to visit.  I immediately began scoping out any of them that may have joeys either in their pouch or along side them.  We found one little guy right off the bat, but mommy was very nervous about us coming so close so we backed off for a bit.

Enjoy the pics.. I know there are a lot (especially of the kangaroos).    

We didn't want to disrespect the kangaroos in any way..

I'm pretty sure the joey in this mom is way to big to still be in her pouch.. I think it is about time she cut the cord (:

You can see the joeys feet sticking out

I loved the albino ones

High five!

Nic in between the big daddy's 

Me and Kanga

Lazy sit wallaby.. Just like Kona!!

Nic, Big Bubsy, and Me

The donkey was hoping we would toss some food in its mouth

At the petting zoo

My new bff's!

Watching a sheep getting sheared

Milking a cow

This was Nic's favourite part of the day (:

Looks like I had a pretty tight grib..

Ran into Steve Irwin at Caversham.. Crikey! 

Koalas have the best life ever.. eat and sleep all day long.

"A dingo ate my baby"

Here is a picture of a kookaburra mama (: I'm sorry he had to be eating a baby chick... I'm still looking for one in the wild to take a picture of. I hear them all the time.. but as soon as I have my camera they disappear. 

Tazmanian devils.. vicious little guys.

They are on the same diet as the kookaburra.. dead chicks.