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Are you thinking of traveling to Western Australia in the future? Do you wish to cuddle Koalas? Are you an animal lover? Do you love animals? Going to tell you about one of the best destination is called Cohunu Koala Park. This is the only one park where they allowed people to cuddle Koala. This attractions is not that famous in Perth Australia so not everybody know about this Park. If you are interested, please feel free to subscribe and follow me on my this sites and my twitters/instagram to stay tune for my upcoming journal. You are more than welcome to visit my sites.
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General introduction of Koala Park
Have you ever heard about Cohunu Koala Park? Cohunu Koala Park is located on 14 hectares of natural Australian bushland just 40 minutes drive from the City of Perth in Western Australia to Byford.
The Cohunu Koala Park koala colony was established in year 1982, when its first 4 koalas arrived from South Australia. It is now boasts more than 25 koalas in its colony, usually increasing by 4 baby joeys each year.
DEER
Kangaroos
When i visited Cohunu Koala Park, i have met deer, kangaroos and koalas. Some of them may be very shy but it is still manageable to feed them.
It is the best attractions to come and make friends with some of the unique Australian fauna living in the park. Hand feed with many of the free roaming animals. Have a chat with over 30 talking parrots, see dingoes, kangaroos, emus, deer and koalas, just to name a few of the animals that live at the park. By the way, please be aware of the Emus as it is dangerous. The emus in the park is walking around and sometimes they love to be very near people so make sure you are not touch them.
Observations train tracks
Take a ride on the Cohunu Park Railway which zig zags its way throughout the park most weekends and public holidays only. The subject may change according to the weather conditions.
There is an admission fees for a visit. It would be cost $15 per adult.
The beautiful Cohunu Park in WA
Exploring around the park and saw the crab on the ground
Best place to come and make friends with the animal kingdom, emus, wallabies, owls, dingos and deers are only a few of the other animals that can be fed at the park. The most popular of Cohunu is cuddle Koalas 😍
This Koala name is called Abby. She is very friendly and adorable. While cuddling her, she was very focusing on my camera during selfies time. Some of my friends were asking me about their nail and if it is kinda heavy to cuddle them. In my personal experience of cuddling koala, it is not heavy at all, it is just as same as cuddling children. It is not a big different. But, one thing i find about cuddling her was very fun and it is enjoyable until i want to bring her home. Regarding to Koalas nail, yes, it is very sharp and it is kinda painful while cuddling her because of the sharp nail but it is still very cute for me to cuddle.
Cohunu Koala Park is Western Australia’s the only wildlife park that allows you to pick up and cuddle one of their loveable, furry friends which is koalas. It will be just cost $30 per person to have a cuddle and a photo taken with the star of the park, the perfect souvenir to remember the perfect day of visit. It is quite costly but it is worth it. It is a very memorable and good experience to be spending for this.
While cuddling Abby, i was feeding her and she was very adorable. When i was feeding her, She seem like very hungry as she was eating very fast. But when i took a selfies with her, the staff took away her food because she kept eating without looking at my cameras.
Ensure to bring your own camera with you to take some snapshot, especially cuddling with koalas.
Most of the people going to the Cohunu Koala Park for cuddling koalas purposes. It is a very memorable moments. You will love it just like I do. Everybody love cuddling koalas 😀
Do you know who is this? It is humpty dumpty. I was surprising to see humpty dumpty around the park.
When you are exploring around the Cohunu Koala Park, you will see the Museums and the farm around the park. You could pose with lot of animals in the Park to have some snapshot and memorably time which is pretty cool.
This is how i had a pose for a snapshot with one of the dinosaurs 😂, it was a very beautiful moment and being a copycat. Dinosaurs are around the Museums in the park. Many people love to pose with them because it is very cool
Things to do in the Cohunu Koala Park are pretty much such as exploring the park, hand feed the friendly kangaroos, wallabies, the best cuddle a koala for a souvenir photo as well as to pose for a snapshot with one of the dinosaur replicas. #Dreams #Vacation
Travel to Tasmania anytime soon? This blog is about the basic of Salamanca Market such as which days will be open, what time commence, location, how to get there, what is all about and so on. If you are planning to travel to Tasmania, this blog will be the right one for you to get some details here before making any plan.
There was a horse for you to ride as well. I will share about the horse on my next blog. Stay tune 🙂
The picture shown above was taking just opposite the waterfront which is the location of Salamanca Market. First of all, Salamanca Market is one of the most popular market in Tasmania and it is the top list of the tourist attractions. Salamanca Market is located in Hobart Waterfront Tasmania. They open every Saturday from 8.30am to 3pm except ANZAC Days and Christmas Day. There was more than 300 stalls pop-up along historic Salamanca Place to showcase arts, crafts, jewellery, fresh food and produce, collectables as well as homewares. By the way, there was 2 market surround the Salamanca Market. They are a market on the Top level which is on the hill and the lower level which is on the ground 🙂 The top level was pretty cool and very beautiful view.
Tasmania’s most visited attraction has grown from a small collection of informal traders to a beloved iconic market, described by many visitors as the “best market in Australia”. Look out for some of the things that make Salamanca Market so special:
Talk to the artisans and craftspeople who create their products especially for Salamanca Market
Free tastings and samples to enjoy
Tasmanian-made and designed products.
How to get there?
Salamanca Market is located in close proximity and it is a very convenient walking distance from more than 20 hotels supplying over 1500 rooms. The Travel Information Centre can assist with hotel and tour bookings and provide local information to help make your stay memorable. Feel free to ask them if you get lost. They are pretty friendly and helpful to their visitor.
However, there is some option to get there which is bus, bike, Uber and Taxi. When I was visiting there, I took Uber from the Hobart airport to the market which is just cost me AUD$15. I was depart from the airport because I just arrived on Saturday which is very right time so I visit for a quick market view to get to know them well.
If you would like to catch the bus, the city bus mall is located at 22 Elizabeth Street and it is only a short seven minute walk to the market. But, if you are staying in the city, I do recommend either catch the free shuttle bus or walk which is worth. Visitors are encouraged to use the free Salamanca Market shuttle bus or the multiple car parks within the Hobart city centre.
Salamanca Market is just look like the Gaya Street Market which is located in the Kota Kinabalu Sabah Malaysia. The whole street are based on the local art work, handcraft, clothes, local cultures, musics, languages, performances, vegetables, cafes etc…..Salamanca Market is also located in front of the Salamanca Art Centres. You could drop-by to have a look around in the Art Centres to see what art work do they have.
Lastly, when you visit the Salamanca Market, you will see the purple colour bear which is called bobbies bear in the market. It is made of the lavender so you should buy one of the bear and then you can go to the website to name your bear. It is full smell of the Lavender. It came from the Lavender farm. You could even buy from the souvenir shop around the Tassie. It is cost $70 per bear. It is very costly but it is worth to get one as you only can get it in the Tasmania only. No matter where you buy, it is always the same price which is $70 per bear. Apart from bear in the stall, they do have lot of handmade product which is also made of Lavender. I love the smell of Lavender and I hope you will enjoy it and love it too 🙂
If you have any concern or need have or any suggestion, please don’t feel hesitate to contact me or from by the comment to ask me about it! Stay tune on my next blog 🙂
As early blog regarding about the Port Arthur Historic Site, while you are on the way down to that attractions, the tour coach may drop by to this Tasman National Park Lookout for a wonderful view whenever there is enough time. Sometimes when there is enough time, the coach will drop by at the Lavender Farm to have sometime for visit a bit before drive down to the main attraction which is called Port Arthur Historic Site.
Tasman National Park Lookout is a National Park in Eastern Tasmania, Australia, approximately 56 kilometres east of Hobart. The 107.5-square-kilometre park is situated on part of both the Forestier and Tasman peninsulas and encompasses all of Tasman Island.
Tasman National Park Lookout is very populars for its soaring sea cliffs and monumental rock formations, not to mention the nearby World Heritage-listed Port Arthur Historic Site, Tasman National Park is an area of dramatic beauty and natural diversity. The park is situated on the rugged Tasman Peninsula and contains a spectacular coastal environment including soaring 300 metre high dolerite sea cliffs.
The park is home to a wide range of land and marine animals, including the brushtail possum, Australian fur seals, penguins, dolphins and migrating whales. It’s also home to the endangered swift parrot and many forest-dwelling birds. Endangered wedge-tailed eagles and sea eagles can also be seen overhead.
Many striking rock formations along the coastline are easily accessed by car, including Tasman Arch and The Blowhole, two of Tasmania’s most visited attractions, as well as Waterfall Bay, Remarkable Cave and the Tessellated Pavement.
Great views are also found on the park’s many bushwalks. Even a stroll of just an hour or two will bring you to the edge of sheer drops overlooking deep chasms, surging ocean, off-shore islands, white-sand beaches, and a waterfall that tumbles down a sheer cliff face into the sea.
And for those wanting to spend more time in this magnificent environment there’s the Three Capes Track, an independent multi-day walking experience on the Tasman Peninsula. This 46-km journey leads through a myriad of natural landscapes with exhilarating cliff top outlooks on Cape Pillar, Cape Hauy and stunning views to Cape Raoul.
The spectacular dolerite columns and cliffs at the southern end of the park are popular for climbing and abseiling. Sea stacks north of Fortescue Bay, the Candlestick and Totem Pole at Cape Hauy as well as the drops around Mount Brown are used by individual climbers and abseilers as well as tour groups.
There is also a hang gliding launch at Pirates Bay, with landing permitted in a designated area on the beach.
The waters off Pirates Bay, Fortescue Bay, Port Arthur and the Tasman Sea are popular boating destinations with ramps, sheltered waters and good fishing.
The Tasman National Park Lookout had wonderful views of the park and coastline. There were plenty of parking places on the side road and good explanations of what to expect and see in the park.
I do highly recommended people to have some beautiful view while your coach drop by there for the wonderful lookout. Don’t need to worry too much about it if you are going with your coach. But if you hire a car and drive there by yourselves, you must drop by there as well as the Lavender farm to experience the local popular things 🙂
Port Arthur is a place of national and international significance which is part of the epic story of forced migration and settlement of this country. Port Arthur Historic Site is located on a beautiful harbour at the southern tip of the Tasman Peninsula, almost 100 km south-east of Hobart.
Port Arthur was much more than a prison; it was a complete community, home to convicts, military and civilian officers and their families. The convicts worked at many industries producing goods and services for use locally and to be sold in Hobart and beyond. The military and civilian officers were tasked with security and administration of the settlement.
Before Europeans arrived in the region, the land, its natural resources and abundant waters were utilised by the Pydarerme people of the Paredarerme language group.
Containing more than 30 historic buildings, extensive ruins and beautiful grounds and gardens, the Site has many stories to explore.
By the way, Port Arthur Historic Site is a special place of vivid history, cultural heritage and stories so compelling, you’ll want to hear them again and again. It’s a place of global significance – one of the 11 places that make up the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Australian Convict Sites. And it’s one of Australia’s favourite tourist destinations. Come and discover the real people and living history of Port Arthur Historic Site.
What tour do they have?
They do have a lot of tour option for your suitable days and times. First of all, if you have some languages barrier issues, please don’t worry. There is Mandarin speaker tour as well where would make it easy for you to understand. Even though there is no Mandarin speaker, there will have interpreter for you. They have intro walking tour, Commandant’s Carriage Tour, Habour Cruise, Escape from Port Arthur Tour, Introductory Tour, Isle of the Dead Tour, Ghost Tour as well as Paranormal Tour. I will tell you more about the prices and the packages available in the following and it is worth to have this sort of good experience.
Intro Walking Tour
Intro walking tour is based on their history site and they will introduce you more about the story and heritage around the site which is pretty interesting. They will tell you about the history timeline, the convicts, the landmarks and research of the Port Arthur History Site.
Your site entry ticket gives you two consecutive days to explore and enjoy Port Arthur Historic Site’s many sites, tours and activities including:
access to more than 30 historic buildings, ruins, restored houses, heritage gardens and walking trails,
a 40-minute, guided Introductory Walking Tour,
25-minute Harbour Cruise,
entry to the Port Arthur Gallery, which includes interactive exhibits and displays that tell the story of the Port Arthur Historic Site and its people.
The story of the Port Arthur Historic Site is a story of many people, places and moments. Over its long history, Port Arthur has been a place of hardship and punishment, a place of opportunity, and a place of leisure. Now it is one of Australia’s most important heritage destinations, where the story of Australia’s colonial history is written in stone and brick.
Visit them to meet some of the people who have passed through this place, walk where their stories unfolded, and learn about Port Arthur’s evolution from a feared convict settlement to a World Heritage-listed Historic Site and world-class tourist destination.
Regarding to my experience with this into walking tour, I have learn so many thing such as the old generation and how the people long time ago lifestyle looked like. The way how they convicts as well as the old fashion places which is pretty interesting. Some people may find history is very boring just like me but I find this history site is not as bad as what I thought of and it is worth to go to have some explore and discovery more in the old fashion story. You will find interesting and you will also learn lot of unexpected new things which is pretty cool.
Habour Cruise Tour
Habour Cruise Tour is a 25 minutes cruising which is just showing you around the Port and how beautiful is this port as well as the history of this port. This tour is included in your site entry ticket which is pretty worth.
The history of Port Arthur
You will see lot of this history sign around the history site as well where you could take some information about it and recap what you have learn from this tour.
What else could explore after the tour?
The Art Gallery
There is the Port Arthur gallery as well where you will learn the story of many year ago. However, there will have lot of people you should have meet from the gallery. When you get your ticket from the ticket counter, they will give you something like this which is a small card in the photos shown following to meet this people and learn about their background.
Thomas Lempriere
The history of Thomas
When you go into the gallery, you will need to find the person that you got on the card then open it and read about this person story. It is just like a game which is very fun lolol….Like i got Thomas Lempriere and I found him. He is original from Germany and he born on year 1796. He was an artist of general Merchant, Chil Officer. Anyway, this is something like what you will know.
Ticket and cost?
When I visit there, i took the site entry ticket which is just included the intro walking tour and the harbour cruise tour. I will going back there to try another tour as well and I will share my person experiences so stay tune here.
Site Entry ticket prices is the proceeds from your admission fee contribute to the ongoing conservation, interpretation and development of the Port Arthur Historic Sites. The prices are Adult $40, Child $18, Family $102 (2 adults and up to 6 children) and Concession $32.
Ticket of Leave – Two Year Pass
Extend your site entry ticket to a Ticket of Leave, and return to Port Arthur Historic Site as many times as you like, for two years from the date of purchase. Your Ticket of Leave re-entry includes all activities included in the general site entry. Adult $20 / Family $40 (additional to site entry cost).
Resident and Ratepayer Pass – “R&R Pass”
Residents and ratepayers of the Tasman Municipality are eligible for a Port Arthur Historic Site R&R Pass which provides free site entry for all adult ratepayers or residents and up to 6 children (aged 7-17 years of age). R&R passes are valid for 3 years from the date of issue and can be renewed.
An R&R Pass must be applied for in-person at the Port Arthur Historic Site Visitor Centre and requires proof that the applicant is a ratepayer or resident.
How to get there? – Navigation
Port Arthur Historic Site is a 90-minute drive from Hobart, and the journey offers some of the best sightseeing in Tasmania. The Arthur Highway winds through lush farmland and forest, inviting beaches and the Tasman Peninsula’s famously scenic coastline. Allow enough time to stop along the way and explore places like the Tesselated Pavement at Eaglehawk Neck, and dramatic geological features such as the Blowhole, Tasman Arch and Devil’s Kitchen.
Free parking is provided; however, during peak periods our carpark does fill up quickly. We recommend you arrive early if you wish to secure a parking bay close to the entrance. There are dedicated spaces for caravans, motor homes and buses please look for the signs as you enter the site.
There is 2 options that you can get there with. They are either by tour buses or hire a car to drive down.
When I travel down to the Port Arthur, I went there by Tassie Tour operator. There is some tour buses going down there daily and you can book only. It costs $60 per person for both way with Tassie tour. In my person opinion, travel down with coach always the best, it is because while they drive down, they will drop-by some best attractions for the explore and view while on the way down to the Port Arthur which is pretty good.
If you want to know which coach will be the best, please do feel free to check this following site out. It’s help me a lot so this will help you too 🙂
Went for a lookout while on the way to the Port Arthur
I will share more about this on my next blog as this is the new topic lolol. Stay Tuned! 😉
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