• Karen HechingerAustralia 2025Traveler
    Kangaroos! Finally!
    The lovely path from the train to the park - we had it all to ourselves...until the "roos" came out to greet us!Mama & her joey. You can see a full pouch on the second roo as wellPart of the path flooded due to the rain. It just made it more charming.Showing us the way...We made it to the parkThe roos in the park were friendly and mostly unafraidSo cute (this is a wallaby)Albino RooRoo making its bed next to a wallabyMama & her joey (baby) in the pouchAnother joey in the pouchUp close joeyThis is a Tree KangarooThey are not native to AustraliaTime for lunch

    22.Caversham Wildlife Park (CWP) - Roos!

    September 17 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 63 °F

    Upon arriving on the train in Perth from Fremantle, we spent a few hours checking out the area via the hop-on hop-off bus, then grabbing dinner & a cocktail. We agreed we were neither particularly impressed nor disappointed in the city of Perth, and decided on our second day here to venture north via train out to Caversham Wildlife Park.

    The day was meant to be sketchy weather-wise, (it did rain on & off all morning), but we grabbed rain jackets & hit the road. The park advertisement brochure looked like the park might be a little hokey - we were surprised at how much we enjoyed it.

    Our walk there meandered through meadows and forest, a pleasant trail where we were greeted by wild roaming kangaroos.    Read more