Family Vacation (Perth) - Day 3

We woke up to a cloudy day with a bit of drizzle in the morning on the third day of our vacation in Perth. Quite a nice weather actually because it was very hot the day before. After taking our breakfast, we started our itinerary by driving for half an hour to Whiteman Park. Western Australia is very well known for their parks which homes to all kind of wildlife, birds, wildflowers and local plants. Whiteman Park is located about 20km north of Perth and Caversham Wildlife Park inside the park is the main attraction. 

The park is also another family owned business which opens everyday from 9am - 5:30pm. Beside watching the animals in their enclosures, there are also some shows and meet-and-greet session featuring the animals. You can watch the sheep shearing, bottlefeeding the baby lambs and sheep dog mustering the sheeps in the Farm Show. You can also hand feed the kangaroos and meet the koalas who appeared to be sleeping all day.

Sheep shearing

Bottle feeding the baby lambs

Sleepy head

There were a lot of things to see and do in this park, we spent at least 3 hours in here before moving on to the next agenda. The address of the park is as follows:

Caversham Wildlife Park
Whiteman Park, Whiteman, WA, 6068

Whiteman Park is in Swan Valley region. This region is very famous for its wineries and local produce. There are many family owned farms that grow and sell all sort of fruits such as grapes, olive, melons and strawberries. We stopped by at Margaret River Chocolate Factory outlet where we  sampled and purchased some chocolate products.

After that, we visited Mondo Nougat and Morish Nut which was not very far from Margaret River Chocolate. Then we stopped by at Range View Vineyards to buy some freshly picked Crimson seedless grapes. Oh my! they were so crunchy and sweet and very cheap! A basket of 3 types of grapes which I thought weighing almost 3 kg was sold at AUD8. Since there are no other customers or tourists when we arrived, we asked permission from the owner to walk by the vineyards and take photos. There are still some grapes on the trees and the olives are heavily producing their fruits. In WA, olives harvesting is between April to July.

From Swan Valley, we continued our journey to Hillarys Boat Harbour but before that we stopped by at Al Majid Mosque in Padbury. The mosque is located in a suburb residential areas in Padbury Boulevard. A very clean and well maintained mosque, I guessed there are a lot of Muslims nearby. It also has a proper and plenty car parks which surrounded by well trimmed olive trees.

We reached Hillarys Boat Harbour around 4pm. The wind and waves were very strong that day. There are people doing fishing and some are mending their boats.

Nothing much to do there, just walked and admiring the boats at the harbour. There are also some restaurants and small shops if you would like to do some shopping. Bought some more souvenirs there too.

On our way home, we stopped over at Scarborough Beach for a while. On a clear day, it was supposedly one the best spot to see the sunset. On a windy day, it was perfect for surfers.

Lesson learned: Aussies are very good in preserving their national treasures....the land.