Perth 6-11th April 2010

weather: ard 18-25˚C, but sun is hot..
HY say i so tann now.. haha..
exchange rate Aus$1=S$1.28
this is the plug...
smart me? the plug is too loose..
haha...

Aus got snow ice some time ago.
cars gana lor... see the dent..
i think their glasses shd be shattered too..
hotel room..
Day 1

reach hotel quite late, so we jus went for dinner...
nothing much in perth at nite..

Day 2

Caversham wild life
Aus$22/pax
many frs is more fun..

waiting for farm show... shearing sheep...

after shearing poor sheep..
poor sheep go back to pen..

the fur is in ONE pc...donkey...

he knows how to pose oh.. hahacute ma? this kangaroo is damn funny..

cos he jus lie there despite alot of us walking ard..

think he drunk liao..

little kids are asked to feed baby sheeps..

the sheeps keep wiggle their tails.. damn cute!

this is the poor cow tat'll be squeezed by all of us..

ah.. quite difficult to squeeze oh...

beautiful baby..

nxt stop we went Swan Valley..

this is the place where there's quite alot of vineyard etc...

Mondo Nougat

Chocolate factory

free chocolate trial...

got 3 types...

white chocolate, medium chocolate, dark chocolate..

i like dark one most.. but i dun really like chocolate la..

guys ordered cake/brownie..

Vine yard..

free wine tasting..

we bought dessert wine...
sweet red wine... yumss..

then we have to go back Hotel for Gala Dinner...

theme: Disco fever

stage is nice..

alot ppl wear bling bling...

i simple girl..

wat r they doing?!

tada.... this is the effect...

DAY 3

Yallingup Forest Resort...

we stay inside forest..

so exciting!

cos its nature!

duno got bear or not... haha

this is the recep area..

we rent 3 cars..

driving here from perth city takes ard 3 hrs...

this is their highway...

speed is 90-110kmph

driving within limits is making me n dear sooo tired..

cos cannot speed... xian...

n i cannot sleep too cos need to jaga dear to make sure he's awake..

i have sweets, coffee for him.. n massage his shoulder while he drives...

super tired...

they asking the owner for direction..

our hse...

not bad ah...

sun set...

nature...

morning air is Good!

there's utensils provided... so we can cook...

living room..

entrance

morning!

setting off liao..
King's Park...

wat r we doing.. this is the effect...

yanping is really good in taking nice angles..

steph n phoebe cameracan make such shadow effects..

sun is hot..

only i use umbrella...

actually the wind/breeze is cooling once under shade..

in memory of some ppl who die in some war i think...

see wat they r doing....

then we went to "Cottesloe beach"love it! the sea is soooo blue...

not much crowd... nice place...

kids r playing with the wave..

nice!

as it rather hot...

ah tong jus went into water...

followed by chris n dear...

i wana go in too...

but female more troublesome, cos we din prepare to wear bikini...

so we just walk into water...

notice our facial expression...

we scream cos the wave splash onto our big thigh...

bottom of my bag got wet...

fun though!
sweet loving...

After beach, we proceed to Fremantle for lunch..

it is famous for seafood...

dear change out his wet shorts...

since the sun is so hot...

i dry it here while having lunch...

keke...

Cicerello's is famous place for seafood...
we ordered our food at counter...

then they gave us this...

wat is it for?

once it blinks, we go counter to collect food...

so while waiting, we can find a seat..

pick up counter...

ironically, all seafood is deep fried one...

like mussels, scallop all deep fried...

so i din order.. wana eat fresh seafood...

so i ordered std fish n chips...

the chips is alot alot!

my fish so so only...

this is dear's fish... also ok ok la...

actually sg's fish n co is nicer...

weird or wat... hmmmm..

the only fresh seafood is oyster..

i think its ok ok only...

sg hotels buffet eqaully nice..

nearby there's this place...

quite nice...

while they go ask for direction, we take pic....

take 1

take 2

take 3

they like to take pics for me n dear posing...

haha..

nite time we met with kok...

he brought us here to take pics...

some bldg tat change color...

DAY 4

we went NgILGI Cave..
Aus$17/pax
the entrance..

the guide whom left us to walk the cave ourselves...

inside the cave..

one area of the cave...

looks like a dog hor...

looking up..

we need to climb down to explore more...

Australia is the yellow colour portion...

then we went CAPE LEEUWIN lighthse...

stop 1

nice view....

loving us again...

start of "artistic" shots...

they say take wedding photo...

hahaha...

take 1

take 2

take 3

take 4.. they say hook small finger is sweet...

take 5

take 6...

stop 2...

we get another view from here... really love this spot... very nice!

we had lots of fun walking into the water...
"wedding" pic again.. haha..

love 1

love 2

love 3

us!

see the "sand"..

duno why its black..

some say oil leak cause it to be black..

looks like some spa sand...

come up to grass...

wiping off the sand...

all cleaning the sand...

so unglam... but fun.. haha

stop 3

we r at the lighthse ticket office...

but we din go up cos short of time...

then we went Margaret River Carnival...

there's this no engine car competition...

ok only... not very interesting... we went supermkt buy food...

i saw the owner jus let his dog wait at entrance without hooking it...

the dog jus wait there obediently...

baby..

something in the shop... keke

will anyone return?

our dinner...

food at aus is damn expensive..

dear's unagi n rice.. cost Aus$29

my mee goreng cost Aus$23...

its a S$30 mee goreng...

lucky its quite nice...

no wonder i always heard work as waitress in Aus can get $15/hr pay...

general food there cost ard Aus$18-$30...

still sg better....

somemore, transport is no easy...

lucky we got car...

Nxt:

Indian Ocean!

my most loved site...

it is very cold cos the wind is blowing very strong..

its gigantic...

the waves keep coming continously...

the sea breeze n the natural feeling is so great..

if we wear more, its really a great place to relax & be close to nature...

see video here..

this is the non-stop splashing wave...
ppl can jus go to the wave to surf...

free leh...

someone picnic there....

really a great place!

this baby is beautiful..

belongs to some middle east couple..

see how cold we r....

DAY 5

went horse riding...

Aus$16.50/pax for 20min...

jus a simple walk to n fro the track...

cos not enuf time...

today we need to travel 3 hrs back to perth city...

its abit scary cos we guide each other...

the ppl there dun lead us...

scared the horse go crazy oh...

anyway i think if we can really gallop, it'll be real fun...

but i'll be afraid la...

Then we went Busselton Jetty..nice scene... birds at beautiful beach...

READY........

GO!!!!!!

Another Vine Yard where we get close to the real grapes.....they go wine tasting...

baby..
beautiful shot...
see the big land...

dried grape....

then we head back to perth city...

we stay in this budget hostel, Billabong resort...

see their their notice...

this is the most budget hostel i've ever lived in...
there's NO towel...
lucky i took 2 small towel from previous hotel...

we need to put pillow cover, bedsheet, ourself!

no wonder its cheap...

its only Aus$30/day...

we stay here cos we'll be going back sg tmr, so jus need a place to sleep la...

see the old & super flat pillow...

dear jus pose for pic... its a girls thing...

im the one to put everything... haha..

also 5 of us share this 1 small rm...

got 2 double deck...

me n dear squeeze the below...

above us is ah tong..

the other bed is chris n gf...

lucky only stay 1 nite...

cant stay 1 more nite here oh.....

abit dirty dirty feeling...

its not really dirty.. jus the feel...

they got breakfast for us...

bread n cereal...

we need to wash our utensils before returning them...

wow!!

Overall:
-I really love their beach...
-Super love the Indian Ocean... i miss it now liao... miss the feeling of standing there.. Jus staring at the waves... enjoying the strong, cold wind...
-Food in Aus is expensive!
-no car=not convenient at all...
-the city is quite boring... need to travel more suburb to have more fun...
-shops close at 7-8pm...
-tour area need to buy ticket.. but they dun chk ticket one...
means, we got 20 ppl, even if i buy 15 tix, they wont know too cos they dun chk... really base on trust oh...