Best Nature and Wildlife Areas in Macedon

"Located in the picturesque Whiteman Park in the Swan Valley, Caversham Wildlife Park offers visitors a chance to get up close and hands on with Australia’s native animals. The park features about 200 species and more than 2,000 animals, birds and reptiles. Caversham Wildlife Park is the largest privately-owned collection of native wildlife in Western Australia."

"What child (or adult!) can resist the opportunity to hand-feeding a kangaroo, or cuddle up to a wombat?. Head to Caversham Wildlife Park here at Whiteman Park to meet many of Australia’s unique native animals, including koalas, wallabies, possums, Tasmanian devils and more!. Visit around the middle of the day to see the Farm Show or Wombat & Friends Show too."

"Caversham Wildlife Park is a 25-minute drive from the Perth CBD and here kids and parents can get up close and personal with the animals. Daily attractions include a ‘True Blue Aussie Farm Show” where you’ll get to watch sheep shearing, cracking of a stock whip, cow milking, and sheepdogs mustering sheep. You’ll even get to meet a stockman on horseback."

"Get in touch with nature atRio Tinto’s Naturescape in Kings Park. The dedicated naturespace offers an incredibly engaging way for kids to experience and understand the Western Australian bush. Covering six hectares, it features the likes of large aerial walkways, a creek and waterhole for wading in, a cubby-building area, tunnels, rocks, climbing rocks and more."

"The Swan River foreshore at Matilda Bay - across the road from the University of Western Australia - is a popular spot for picnics and swimming. Parts of the grassed area can be hired for functions such as weddings, which is not surprising for such a pleasant setting. Matilda Bay and jetty"

"Only a 20-minute drive from Perth, the Butterflies, Birds and Bridges Trail is one of the most scenic trails in Canning Regional Park. You’ll walk through sedge meadows, mature woodlands, creeks and amongst the crowns of a paperbark forest. This lengthy but easy trail is the perfect weekend day trip, and with water access points and a cafe, it’s a trail that you don’t have to be too prepared for."

"Starting its journey twenty years ago, Joy Kitchen is now located in the Fremantle foreshore and offers delectable Cantonese style Chinese cuisines in its spacious and warm ambience complimented by contemporary decor and the magical sunset views from the glass windows. Lunch and dinner prepared from the fresh ingredients and the extensive selection of locally brewed and internationally imported...Read more"

"Joy Kitchen in Fremantle is passionate about cooking up a culinary delight - and the proof is in the food. Large round tables draped with white linen are neatly set, blending in with neutral classics ..."

"Home to convict-built Government House and Town Hall. The City Center is also within walking distance to Kings Park & Botanic Gardens."

"Mosman Park cafe Good Things really manages to live up to its name. The menu truly is full of, well, good things. This light-filled, minimalist cafe is home to some of our favourite smashed avo, as well as plenty of other tantalising options – like their good vibes bowl, chilli scrambled eggs or fried chicken and waffles, to name just a few."

"It’s hipster central at Good Things Café, where everything is good, relaxed and tasty AF. Tucked away in Mosman Park, there are plenty of healthy brunch options as well as some more cheeky alternatives, like the banana-nut hotcakes. The coffee here comes from local independents, Micrology."

"Chalkys bills itself as the best of Fremantle’s West End, and it’s hard to disagree when you’re tucking into something from the huge all-day breakfast menu washed down with a top-notch cup roasted by renowned Melbourne institution Dukes. This industrial-chic café is quintessentially Fremantle, occupying the huge arched windows of the historic Fremantle Municipal Tramways Building."

"Fremantle you’ll find the Roundhouse – one of the biggest drawcards in Fremantle. It’s the oldest public building in Western Australia and is well worth exploring while you’re here. At the base of the building, you’ll find Chalky’s."