Perth and Surrounds
After a few wild days, I was glad to be able to chill out in Perth and take it at a slower pace. That is, of course, once I had dragged all of my belongings into a much nicer hostel halfway across town. I wanted to see a bit more of Perth, bits that I hadn’t been able to see during my whirlwind visit with M. This meant taking a gloriously long sunny walk along Swan River to Kings Park. It felt slightly strange that Perth City itself was not actually on the coast, but of course that didn’t stop them from building “beaches” along the shores of the river. Having wandered around the botanical gardens, admiring the many beautiful plants, I crossed the river to visit the zoo. Perth Zoo was over 120 years old, and had all the classic animals – lions, tigers, bears, rhinos, penguins, and of course a lot of native animals too. I was most impressed by their elephant enrichment demonstration. It was really informative and fun, with the elephants showing how they would raise their legs one at ...