30 October 2016 – 193 576
Rainbow Jungle and Coastal Kalbarri National Park
This morning we had a lie in and relax. We then went down to watch the daily Pelican
Feeding – the pelicans showed up but unfortunately no one showed up to feed
them. https://www.kalbarri.org.au/pelican-feeding https://www.kalbarri.org.au/things-to-do/pelican-feeding We then drove to Rainbow Jungle – a huge parrot aviary – they had many
small aviaries plus an enormous free flight area with hundreds of birds. https://www.rainbowjunglekalbarri.com/ They had a great variety of different types
of parrots from both Australia and overseas.
As well as displaying them, they breed them for sale. Hayden was lucky
enough to get to feed several of the macaws, lovebirds, parrots and cockatoos –
he even got to go inside the cage with the handler while she was feeding them! 
We visited the Zuytdorp Memorial – where a Dutch ship was shipwrecked – they
believe people survived the shipwreck and may have been adopted by the local
aboriginals. https://www.monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/disaster/maritime/display/98874-%22zuytdorp%22-memorial-
After lunch we went to the northern part of Coastal Kalbarri National Park and did several walks. https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/park/kalbarri https://www.kalbarri.org.au/national-park2015/17-info/162-coastal-cliffs https://www.australiascoralcoast.com/destination/kalbarri/kalbarri-national-park The lookouts at Red Bluff gave amazing views of the windswept waves crashing on the rocks below – I would not like to be a shipwreck victim here! https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/red-bluff Pot Alley was an example of how a crack forms in the sandstone and then the waves gradually widen it into a gorge and a beach forms – very pretty. https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/pot-alley Last up for today was the Mushroom Rock and Rainbow Valley walk (2.5km 40 minutes) – this gave views of wildflowers as well as amazing layered colours in the rocks. https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/mushroom-rock https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/rainbow-valley Where the water is seeping out of the rock it is forming stalactites that make it look like the colour from one layer has run into the next layer. Surprisingly, we saw a sheep wandering around on the rocks here.
The remainder of the afternoon was spent allowing Hayden to play in the playground and swim in the pool.
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