Hiii everyone!!! As you probably read yesterday we had a fantastic tour through the Kings Park with segways! The tour was fantastic and it was funny to drive with the segway, but also frightening! It was sooo fast! Hahaha, maybe it was my own fault but anyway, it was toooo fast! At one point I really thought that I would drive right into the lake, but luckily I managed to jump of the horrible thing in time! It bolted with me!!! :(
Today we have seen kangaroos for the first time, yay! This morning we took a taxi and drove out to Preston Beach, a small town about an hour from Perth. The town is in the Yalgorup National Park and is known for the great number of Western Grey Kangaroos living there. We spent the morning in the town and after lunch we walked out to the beach. The weather was really good so we decided to spend the afternoon swimming. Haha, more correctly; I was swimming while Emma was lying on the beach, fully dressed, complaining about how cold it was!
In the late afternoon we saw the first Kangaroos, they were at the other end of the beach so we had to walk. There was a great number of them and there were both fully grown individuals as well as smaller ones. We also managed to see two mothers carrying their babies in their punches on the belly. The small ones put up their nose and looked over the edges of the punches. They were soooo sweet!
The Grey Kangaroo is the fastest of all kangaroos and can reach a speed of 70 km/h. They can jump really high and are also good swimmers. In Australia there is a really big number of Grey Kangaroos, both Western and Eastern.
Today we have seen kangaroos for the first time, yay! This morning we took a taxi and drove out to Preston Beach, a small town about an hour from Perth. The town is in the Yalgorup National Park and is known for the great number of Western Grey Kangaroos living there. We spent the morning in the town and after lunch we walked out to the beach. The weather was really good so we decided to spend the afternoon swimming. Haha, more correctly; I was swimming while Emma was lying on the beach, fully dressed, complaining about how cold it was!
In the late afternoon we saw the first Kangaroos, they were at the other end of the beach so we had to walk. There was a great number of them and there were both fully grown individuals as well as smaller ones. We also managed to see two mothers carrying their babies in their punches on the belly. The small ones put up their nose and looked over the edges of the punches. They were soooo sweet!
The Grey Kangaroo is the fastest of all kangaroos and can reach a speed of 70 km/h. They can jump really high and are also good swimmers. In Australia there is a really big number of Grey Kangaroos, both Western and Eastern.
Because our flight to Sydney would go first after midnight we had the whole evening in Perth as well after returning from the kangaroos. So we went on a three hours dinner cruise on the Swan River. Wow, I think I have never eaten anything that delicious (and expensive!) before! And it was so fantastic to see how the whole city lit up the night and how the light reflected in the water beneath us. What an experience! //AK