Before we had to return the car (as of now, the car has been returned to it’s rightful owner), there were 2 more places that we planned to go. One of them is Werribee Zoo. Someone told me, “You seem to like to go to zoos”. Hmm… I guess I do! HAHAHA…
Werribee Open Range Zoo
The name of the zoo explains it all. It is open ranged, eventhough the animals are still enclosed, but they have a much wider space to roam around. So to travel around the zoo, we were ushered to catch the bus.
This bus is so canggih I tell you… it opens up like a spaceship, but without the sound effects.
I’m not going to show you all the animal pictures, except for this one. For the rest of the animal pictures, go to Mat’s blog.
This 2 rhino…. got spooked… by us all in the bus I think. They were happily grazing and all, then we came rumbling by in the spaceship bus stopped just 2 metres away from them. Then all the sudden, one of them got spooked! It ran back then came running like it was about to charge the bus. Then it ran around and bus driver said we better go off.
The bus ride took 1 hour. Then after that, we went off for a picnic.
So did I enjoy the Werribee Open Range Zoo? Not exactly. There were not many varieties of animals, all the animals on the walking paths were all asleep or lazing around and they were far to far to take pictures unless you bring your zoom lens or something.
The only good thing I would say is that these animals have a very big space to roam around, full stop.
After the zoo, I suggested to take a detour to the Werribee Park just next to the zoo.
Unfortunately, like all other parks in Victoria, you have to pay. This place, you get to see a mansion and picturesque parks with loads of flowers. We’ll leave this for some other time when family or friends who love flowers come visit us.
Next to this “Mansion” entrance, is the rose garden. This one free entry!
All roses! with all the different colours, red, yellow, white, orange, pink, you name it.
I’m not a fan of roses, but I was sniffing at every different red rose I saw, because I remembered sniffing a dark red rose somewhere which had such a perfume that I went WOW.
I was taught that, you don’t say the flower’s smell. But rather, the flower’s perfume.
This 2 kids couldn’t resist dancing like a bride and groom. They were holding hands and going round and round, and laughing, and trying to sing the bridal march.
Before, I would have never gone and smell the flowers. But after nearly a year of looking the hundred year old lady, I learned to stop, bend down a little and start smelling the flowers! Most of the time, you will get pleasant perfume!
The best perfumed flower that I love so far?….. The lily of the valley.
