Sunday, November 9, 2008

Historic Woodlands Park

In an effort to be more economical, Matt and I have taken to going to parks and having "sausage sizzles" (aka grilling sausages on park provided BBQs) and having picnics in lieu of going out to eat. We went to the Historic Woodlands Park this weekend and picnicked beside a dried out creek bed. There were loads of different birds including one so small when I first saw it I thought it was a dragonfly. Around dusk hundreds of kangaroos come out of the bush and have a little hop around.

After the picnic we went up to see the old homestead which was built around 1840 and now also has another area called Living Legends which is home to some of Australia's finest retired racehorses. These horses were so massive and beautiful. My favorite was Might and Power. He won 15 of his 33 race starts including the Melbourne Cup and won $5,226,286 in prize money. Nowadays, he likes to get pats and eat grass.