Perth Zoo, AUSTRALIA

October 15, 2007

According to tourists, brochures, “Perth Zoo is a world class zoo, offering quality exhibits in beautiful natural setting”, we could not resist. It is conveniently located in South Perth, quite near to Nina’s house. Instead of turning left from Canning Highway, the way to Nina’s house, we turned right. It led to Mill Point Road which took us straight to the Zoo parking lot. Mill Point Road fronts the scenic Swan River.
The entrance tickets by Malaysian standard, was on the high side. For the whole family, it set us back AUD60 (RM180). I guess when you are overseas you can’t convert into RM, otherwise everything would become very expensive. Sausage Tree found in Perth Zoo

Perth Zoo is divided into several attractions; Australian Wetlands, Reptile Encounter, Australian Walkabout, Asian Rainforest, African Savannah and Nocturnal House. It also had a picnic area where we had our lunch. The curry puffs that Ton cooked in the morning made good lunch.

Ton, Nina & Anas at the entrance to the Asian Rainforest

We learned from our visit that it is important to keep the enclosed animals active and happy. They are given things like toys to play with to keep them from being bored. The orangutans didn’t look too happy.

We chanced upon these jolly parakeets having a ball bathing themselves

The koalas are nocturnal by nature, spending most of their time on gum trees. They hardly ventured to the ground and had almost no need for water. Koala in aboriginal language means “no water”. Their foods are strictly leaves from gum trees. They will not survive on other diet. We spent about 2 hours around the zoo. It was a good family outing.