Caversham Wildlife Park
Caversham Wildlife Park at Perth; quite a fun place for kids.
We went to the farm show. These are the wool sheared from the sheep. I wonder why they shear sheep in winter. Won’t it be cold for the sheep?
If you heard of the song “Waltzing Matilda”, you would know about billy tea. We were shown how to make billy tea from a billy can.
The guy grabbed the handle and swung the can quickly in a full circle three times. The reason for doing this is to sink the tea leaves to the bottom of the pot so you can pour a drink without filling the cup with tea leaves. The amazing thing was not a drop of tea spilled out even when the can was in mid air.
Shearing a sheep. With the machine, the shearer can shear more sheep and so takes lesser days to complete the whole flock. The contraption that is around him is to protect injury to his back. It’s like a spring and will support his weight while he bends and moves about. Invented by a shearer for the shearers.
Looks so clean and adorable. But its wool stinks. The body will secrete lanolin to keep the sheep warm. And the lanolin can also be used for dry and chapped skin.
Rabbit pen. The rabbits really enjoy eating. Look how fat they are.
Isn’t he/she adorable?
But none can be compared to this grossly overweight wombat. Do all wombats grow so big and fat? Both of them look quite miserable huh…strangely with the same kind of expression.
Blue tongue lizard.
Forgot the name of this species. It was trying to eat a nut by breaking it’s shell.
White kangaroo. Not afraid to come near us for food which I had none. We were warned at the entrance not to run as the kangaroos may start running after us. It’s not hard to imagine how fast kangaroos can run, how strong their tails and hind legs are, not to mention the male ones can box too. Some parents allowed the kids to run still, which made a group of senior people quite upset. Thought they did the right thing by going to the parents and remind them.
Koalas. They are so cute with their beady eyes.
Only one was awake for photography and petting.
Bats. They seemed rather active for nocturnal creatures.
The kids enjoyed it; much more than the adults. It’s a place where they can touch, feed and take pictures with the animals. They were so reluctant to leave, thought it was too short a time spent in there. I think for me, it was enough. Most of the animals are caged, so not very interesting. I still prefer our Singapore Zoo.
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