Family Vacation (Perth) - Day 2

The first itinerary for the day was to drive half an hour down south to Roleystone. It was a 40 minutes drive down to the south of Perth. This area is full of orchards and home to Araluen Botanic Park.

That's our rental parked in front of the stall

Our first stop is the Raeburn Orchards. It is a family owned farm which goes back to 1948 and it grows many fruit trees such as apples, peaches, avocados, mandarin oranges, pomegranate etc. We can also purchase some freshly picked fruits at their stall in front of  the farm. The apple season was over during our visit. March/April is the season for persimmons, avocados, plums, mandarin oranges and mangoes. This farm is not pick-you-own farm however we were allowed to visit and walk in the orchards as well as taking pictures with the produce...the owner said 'just pretend touching the fruit'.

The address is as follows:

4 Raeburn Rd
Roleystone 6111WA

Source: Own Waze Driving Record

Could not recall what trees are these...

Nice ripe plums...how I wish!

About 5 minutes drive or 3.5km from Raeburn, we entered into Araluen Botanic Park. It situated in the Perth Hills and a home to many beautiful Australian and international flowers and plants. First, we went to the Rose Garden and the flowers are enormously big like a party plate or a big teacup. They smell so nice and you can tell beforehand judging by the bees flying around them.

Hydrangae

Lavender

The address is as follows:
362 Croyden Road
Roleystone WA 6111

By noon, everybody was tired and hungry so we drove back to Perth while munching some apples and grapes bought at Raeburn earlier. We stopped by at Perth Mosque for Solat Jamak. 

Perth Mosque address:
427 William St, 
Perth WA 6000

After solat, we drove into Perth City, parked our mpv inside one of the multiple storey parking at Queen's Lane and just walked to Murray St. We bought some kebabs from one of the stall there for lunch. Australian Souvenirs shop is next door, so we also did some souvenirs shopping afterwards. By then, everybody was so tired and sleepy so by 5pm we headed home to our apartment. Before reaching the apartment, we stopped by at IGA Kooyong Rd which was like 2 minutes drive from Tanunda Drive to buy some groceries. This IGA sells halal chicken called Steggles Chicken. So, I bought some rice, chicken and frozen veges for dinner. Good walk, good dinner...good night sleep...zzzzz.