It was another early morning bcos we had to travel back to Perth City and returned the campervan by 3.30pm. There were so many things to do in/ enroute Margaret River but too little time. We had been talking about visiting a maze and that got Zaky particularly excited. We ran short of time on the way to Margaret River and told him that we would visit it on the way back. However, we had to again miss it. We figured out that we would only have enough time for 1 attraction and would want to push as far as possible before the break. Zaky was devastated and cried buckets.
Well, it was hard to blame him. He had been so looking forward to it after all and we promised him. I had to sit with the kids for the 1st part of the car journey, entertaining them with games and asking questions about the trip. Soon the sadness was forgotten and tears dried. Poor thing.
After a good 45 mins' drive, we were in Bunbury and the kids were screaming about be8ng starved. Well, most of them have enough fats to burn anyway. We exited the highway and found McD.
It came with a huge vertical playground. We told Zaky that this was his "maze". Well, he isnt a toddler anymore... failed.
The kids had a great time at the playground while waiting for bfast. I had fun with the changing light table. How come we dont have such cool stuff in Sgp's McD?
We continued our journey after bfast. It was another good hour drive before we reached the Peel Zoo.
It was a small zoo but the kids 1st encountered with animals since the trip. I know right, there were just so many other things to do.
There was the Quokka! It was super active dashing around. It didnt look like it was smiling leh.
The kangeroos greeted us soon after. We bought the kids a huge pack of feed each. Unfortunately the kangeroos werent too interested in our feeds. Zzzz.
Daddy Lim's favorite past time at the zoo was the attempt to selfie with the animals.
Then the sheep, who were kept together with the alpacas. The alpacas were so incredibly cute.
More selfie!
The Tasmania devil. No selfie this time. Lol.
The boys' favourite must be the birds' enclosure. Guests were given carrots to feed the birds. Some of them would allow feeding by hand and if the birds feel like it, they would hop on the humans. The kids love that.
There was this big black cockatoo that particularly likes Daddy Lim and decided to adopt Daddy Lim as its pet. No joke, it perched itself on Daddy Lim for hours (if we had spent hours in the zoo, hehe).
Zaky was too scared but Lil Shauna and I offered ourselves to the cockatoo to perch. It simply pecked at us to go away. Obviously we were not the chosen ones. When we were leaving the enclosure, it even flew to land on Daddy Lim's shoulder, making him spent some more time. Daddy Lim was totally its pet.
The kids' preference were the smaller green cockatoo.
Zaky was mega proud to have the bird perched on him. I had to help cover his big ears in case the birds were also interested in them. Lol.
He pestered to come back to the bird enclosure on the way out. I eventually had to loan him my jacket so that the naughty cockatoo can peck him without him feeling the pain. Drumroll for the bird family.
I didnt share their love. Lol. Zaky was enthusiastically discussing with Daddy Lim on the prospect of having a bird as pet after that. No, no, no, no, no. Haha.
We had a light lunch before moving on. At the exit, the kids were attracted to these 2 cute cockatoo that kept saying "scratch", asking the kids to scratch them. Serious! They moved their body towards the cage so that the kids could scratch them.
It was another hour's drive before finally arriving at Perth City, where our service apartment was. Each of the family got an apartment with 2 connecting rooms. After shifting the luggage into the apartment, Daddy Lim, my brother and I set off to return the campervan.
Goodbye to the beautiful homes that had served us well for the last 4 nights. As we had bought the express return package, it was literally drop and go.
There was still daylight and we decided to walk to the CBD area for dinner and shopping.
It was a 15 mins walk but I really didnt mind in that cool weather. We had dinner and shopped at Target before returning to the comfortable apartment. Daddy Lim bought himself a new big, heavy and warm jacket.
While waiting, Zaky decided to be spiderman. Zzzz.
The shops were all closed by 6pm. While the rest caught the free CAT bus home, Daddy Lim, Lil Shauna and I took a walk to digest dinner.
I know I kept saying it but I cant help it. I love the cool Perth weather.
Mummy Lim
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