Western Australia Day 3

This morning we had breakfast of milk and bread in the hotel. Pa then showed us the place where he bought the dinner simply b'cos it's the Last Eating House before the Antarctic", 5439kms away. Oh my, we were that close!

Cool man..........

After which we drove north to Margaret River.  Along the way, pa spotted a shell museum and he decided to take a look. It's quite a nice place to visit. The shells are neatly arranged with labels. 

Huge collections of shells from all over the world.

We were then proceed to Margaret River for wine tasting. We went to the first one as soon as we entered the winery region. It's called Watershed Premium Wines.

Magnificent wine yards with clear blue sky.

After a few rounds, mi finally purchased a bottle of white wine. Pa is just not into wine, he likes whisky only. Then we drove to the town center where we walked around the town area and purchased some souvenirs and juices.

 Our next destination was Busselton Jetty. We spotted this weird looking plant beside the road. 

Little yellow wild flower by the road side.

Busselton is a very pretty city. The jetty is the longest in the southern hemisphere, 2km long. To and fro will be 4km, we managed only half way. You can choose to take the train instead of walking but the fee is AUD16.90 which is costly.



Can you spot the end of the jetty?

It was a very bright and sunny day.

We headed to Fremantle after this. The GPS was not being very helpful here. It couldn't detect our location accurately. It was a relieve when we finally arrived at the Fremantle Village, our accommodation for the night. Fortunately it turned out to be a very interesting place to stay.

Interesting chalet with big flat screen tv.

Unfair... !

Enough of Western Australia... for a moment.... The Sri Emas school is taking all of our good teachers! >< even though their just assistant teachers! >< Our English assistant teachers, Teacher Chung Han is going there... And leaving us! Its so unfair... :( The twin teachers, Teacher Andy and Teacher Chris are going too! Their going to leave us next year! >< No offence but why do they want to take them instead oh our maths tutorial and our bio teacher??? 

Western Australia Day 2

We had a very hearty breakfast prepared by the host, Kerri. She even checked with us about food preference when we checked in the day before. We were first served with yogurt with some fruits, follow by the main dish of egg, beacon and sausage with fresh wild mushroom. There were toast and fruit juice and tea/coffee and honey.

The table was arranged with details and with a personal touch. Mmmm, yummy.....

Planning the day's itinerary.

Saying goodbye to this wonderful place and missing the dog so much.

 

 We kicked start our day with a short visit to the Greens Pool with amazing colour.

Then we went to the much acclaimed Valley of the Giants. The giants here are referring to the enormous tingle trees. While we walked on the wobbling but solidly constructed steel walkway, we were so high up it was like walking on the tree top.

The Tree Top Walk soars 40 meters into the Tingle canopy.

Enormous tingle trees view from the walk.

Incredible hollow trees.



Hello, Grandma!

After close-encounter with the ancient giant trees, we then stopped at Walpole to have some bites on the local bread which is not something we like.  We continued our journey to Augusta where we would check into Augusta Motel. Luckily we were in time for the Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse. It's situated on the south west tip of Australia continent. That's why the wind was extremely strong it made walking against it a challenge.

To the left, Southern Ocean, to the right, Indian Ocean.

Blissful landscape!

We then checked into our hotel and pa "tapau" fish and chips for dinner. At night we watched our photos before we retired in our family room.

Western Australia Trip Day 1

After months of planning and researching, we finally flew to WA on 28 Oct 2011 @ 11.50pm.

When we reached Perth Int. Airport at 5.25am, it was freezing cold but the sky was already bright. We passed thru the check point without any hassle, in fact they were so friendly. Straight away we went to collect our pre-booked car at Redspot Budget Car Rental after we had a quick breakfast.  It was an Hyundai Elantra and it's comfortable enough for 4 of us.

We also rented a GPS, AKA Tom Tom to help with the navigation.

With tom's help, pa drove towards Albany Highway easily.

Beautiful farm along the way.

 We stopped at Kojonup for some bakery and milk. It was very small but clean and neat.

 

 After about 400 kms of this:-

    We were at Albany at last. Mi and I were very excited. The weather was cold and windy.

 

We then adjourned to our first itinerary, the Torndirrup National Park where we found the Natural Bridge and the Gap. Were greeted with massive rock formation by the sea.

The Natural Bridge. Look how small the peaple appeared on the bridge.

   

The Gap which is a narrow gap which plunges 25 meters into the sea. Really impressive.

 Next we drove to Denmark where our first night accommodation located. Before we check in, we visited Pentland Alpaca Farm.

These are Alpacas. They are very calm and gentle and very fluffy to the touch. They are from South America and breed for the fibre. I really had a nice time with them.

I had the chance to cuddle the calf and feeding them. It was really fun.

Then we proceed to Sensational Heights Bed and Breakfast.

It's a very beautiful B&B with great lawns and views.

We had a family room.

5 star wash room.

The owner's handsome dog. So friendly and cute. It was fun running with him under clear blue sky and on green grass. I missed hugging him.

The town of Denmark.

My WHOLE liday trip :)

I just got back from Perth, Australia... I'm gonna miss it there!!!! :'( The people there are so friendly unlike Malaysians XP. The hotel was nice ;) for the next few blogs i'm gonna write bout my whollllleeeee trip. So dun complain :P