Yanchep national park is hailed as Perth's natural and cultural meeting place, we couldn't resist spending the day on our way back down South...
random hannah fact, hibiscus are my favourite flowers
we started our day with a guided tour of crystal cave and enchanting 'jewelled city' of stalactites, stalagmites and helictites.
After that we headed down to the lake for a spot of relaxing and lunch,before heading to see what we really came here for, the koalas.
Despite often being referred to as koala bears, they are in fact marsupials like Kangaroos and a baby koala is called a Joey! The lucky devils spend up to 20 hours each day asleep and have a thick wooly coat to protect them from rain, cold and heat (same concept as surfers wearing ugg boots). Mummy koalas are only pregnant for just over a month and babies are born about the size of a jelly bean. Grownups weigh anywhere from 6-14 kilograms depending on where abouts in Australia they live (Southerners tend to be heavier!), in the wild Koalas live to around 10 years old and girls live longer than boys.
And that's my koala knowledge exhausted.
Yanchep has a small boardwalk area where their little family of Koalas live, it's a lovely way to see them in their natural habitat and is included in the park entry fee.
For more info on Yanchep park check our their website here.
xo
