Week 5
This was the most exciting weekend I have
had by far since I’m been down under. On Saturday I went to Caversham Wildlife
Park about an hour drive away Fremantle. It was so exciting. The highlight of
my day was petting and feeding kangaroos. The zookeepers are well educated on
all the fascinating animals I saw. I learned that female kangaroos have not one
but three vaginas. If they are
pregnant they can delay their progress and conceive another baby. Baby kangaroos
are called joeys. My friends and I
were amazed when we saw a joey stretching around in its mama’s pouch. The fur
of a kangaroo is so smooth and soft. I cannot imagine how soft and comfy inside
the pouch.
The zookeepers explained to us that the
white kangaroos are specially breed by them. It was so cool to see the joeys
and kangaroos casually hop around. The are so friendly, even small children pet
them while their parents warned them not to step on their tails. I will let all
the pictures speak for themselves.
Koala Bears! They sleep about 18 hours a day!
I had to be careful to only pet the sleeping koala with the back of my hand. If you don't they could get feisty!
The owl was a little camera shy
Joey!!
They look so cool relaxing, almost like humans!
Shaving the wool off the sheep, talk about hard labor. It really is a technique!
The final result, a good trimmer will have the entire wool coat in one piece!
The kids fed milk to the sheep, this little girl was a natural. The boy needed a little help.
It's hardly my first time milking a cow, I have a some experience on the farm in Canada with my family.
I still have the technique down!
On our way back home, our bus dropped us
off for a quick twenty-minute visit to the Margaret River Chocolate Factory. I
tasted all of their samples! When I asked for another delicious strawberry
chocolate ball, this extremely tall gentleman told me, “No ma’am it will go
straight to your hips!” I laughed. I’m a long distance runner; so I have no
fear that my indulgence in chocolate would put me in jeopardy of getting fat. I
love chocolate but dark chocolate is my favourite. As I walked away a
little sad, the gentleman smoothly dropped the treat I asked for in palm of
hand (that was already filled with dark chocolate chips). I was so thankful!
On the bus ride back to Freo I chatted with
a classmate from my Journalism class. I am on a mission to find a story to write
about for the local newspaper. Once we got back home, I relaxed in my room and
took a nice nap.
On Sunday, I was ready for another
adventure, cliff jumping! A group of
us followed our kind friend from England to Black Wall Reach in Perth. We took
a half hour bus ride and walked for fifteen minutes to reach our final destination.
Note to self, don't look down!
Just jump!
I didn't think I would be in the air for that long!
At last, I'm enjoying the cool water!
I was petrified of jumping but honestly the
jump is the worst part! After I pushed off the rock, my adrenaline rush was
over. I loved the feeling of being in the air and plummeting into the water.
That’s the best part! The water felt just right. Now the climb to get back to
the top of the cliff was a little challenging. Did I mention that I had to
watch out for jellyfish? There were many jellyfish in the water but thankfully
the impact of everyone that jumps scared the jellyfish away. It was
exhilarating to jump again and again off the cliff. I can finally say that I
have gone cliff diving at one of the most beautiful places on earth!
After we took a walk to the Point Walter
Sandbar. Now this is place is truly beautiful. I saw black swans! Thankfully
the key word for photography this week was water so I had my friend skip a few
rocks in the direction of the black swans. This is the photo I edited in
Photoshop that I’ll be using this week.
On our way back to the bus stop, I took one
last jump off the cliff. I want to go there again before it gets cold. Oh, cold
weather for Aussie’s is about 70-75 degrees.
Once the bus dropped us off in Freo, my
friends and I went straight to the farmer’s market. I brought up fresh mangos,
peaches, apples, pears, grapes, strings beans and tomatoes. I ate one fried
crab leg, four squid rings, and four shrimps with fries. I was stuffed. When we
got back home I took a long hot shower, washed all the salt water out of my
hair and took a nice long nap. I ate dinner then went back to sleep. I didn’t
do any homework. Thank God that I have Monday’s off. I was exhausted but this
weekend was well worth it.
Cheers,
Katrina
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