Perfect and fabulous trip! Guess we enjoyed and savor every little bit of the trip...glad the little one we brought along was totally cooperative and were tempted to go for a trip again hahaa...took over 700+ shots of the trip so here are the highlights! Glad we took over 1h+ video of the trip so we could recall the moments of this trip =)
Day 1 - we took a evening flight into Perth and were worried how the boy is gonna nap and all....coz we were touching down close to midnight but he was totally entertained by the food we brought up the plane and thanks to ah mu who kindly prepared a goodie bag for the boy to enjoy on the plane...he was thrilled by the puzzle (as usual!) and only dozed off when he was buckled up when we were landing! What a flight, he was talking all the time and trying to make friends with pple ard coz he was pacing up and down the aisle going for his pee breaks!
day 2 - We barely had 5 hrs of zzz coz the sun was out real early like 5am+ and we were all excited to start on the trip...even Ian woke up real early to the new environment and started checking out on po2, ah gong and dayi! We had a lazy day so we took the bus to Fremantle and of coz savor the fish and chips at Cirecello! this pic looks like we left Ian back at hotel huh....of coz NOT he was happily sipping his orange juice beside =)
It was a super hot day and read that the summer was coming early...it was 35degree for that day ONLY coz the rest of the trip was chilly and sunny =) SHIOK@!!!
Day 3 - we finally had time to venture to the Swan river (where our appt overlooks) and we were heading out down southwest for the trip =) in our super huge people mover car we rented Hyundai I-max (which we did capture the pic later on) and we took abt 3hrs to reach our next stay
the good thing abt travelling in Aust is when they have winery or any factory producing stuff they have a playground for the kids while the adults are busy...so here's Ian busy in this HUGE playground while we were savoring the ice-cream hahaa but we brought him in after we saw this sign...dun wanna sell our son to the circus hehe
Day 4 - we awoke to the birds singing in the farm stay, it was just nice to wake up in this cold weather (which we never get in Spore) and then we proceeded to have bf then to the animal feeding at the farm where the owner will give out feed for us to feed the animals on the farms...there were sheep, ponies, emulas, chickens....
Day 5 - the highlight for animal feeding was to pick the eggs fresh from the coop....yes, the chickens were still laying eggs when we went in to pick the eggs hahaa...this one we picked even had poo with it coz po2 was telling us sometimes they poo together with their eggs hhmm an experience and best of all, it was cold so there weren't any unwanted flies (as compared to if we were to visit a chicken farm in Spore/Msia!!) hahaaa...we did this animal feeding for both mornings we were there and it was totally worth the stay coz we had a bungalow all by ourselves =) and even our own courtyard! Suddenly mama rem her dream of being a farmer...perhaps we could come Aust and be a farm stay owner?? Hhmm save up $$ huh
Then we drove down to margaret river for all the cheese, yogurt, chocolate tasting....it was real close by so it was gd drive down....here's the Margaret river chocolate factory and we could view how chocolate was made thru the viewing glass....they had generous BIG bowls of chocolate for us to take and sample...hhm its more of snacking rather than sampling....Ian had dunno how many handfuls of them! Endless request of them hahaa and of coz we too...even po2 couldn't resist it!!
Then we proceeded to some jam factory where we just went tasting and then went to Margaret River dairy coy where we had cheese tasting, yogurt tasting where u can see a satisfied Ian who had cupfuls of them coz we then realised each of us took a cup for him (coz we thot he was having the same cup but after checking so guess he had at least 3 cups) worth our trip down huh hahha we did go a nuts and cereals factory as well and we could sample as well hehee and there was a huge soccer field where daddy went kicking balls with Ian, gd to work out the limbs after all the sitting in car and eating nonstop hahaa
lastly we came by this Candy Cow shop where they sell all kinds of candy and fudge...ya sample somemore but Ian was thrilled by the soft toy...guess who is the cow?? hehee then it was time for lunch and hit the road for Ian and the folks to nap =p after a heavy lunch!
After all the eating, how could we just go back to the farm...we had to work out so we headed to the Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse (which is a highlight to the place coz there are 2 lighthouse at each end of the southwest and one could walk from 1 lighthouse to the other) 6 yrs ago we visited the other light light (Cape Leewin) and here we are at the other....we trekked to the whale lookout pt (it was a long trekking so we did wo the old folks) and dayi was our porter hahaa to carry the pram coz some road were too rocky for the pram to go and glad we did some work out coz we ate too much
Then when we were back at the farm, we finally spotted the kangaroo (which is owned by the farm) and were told they are nocturnal which means they come out at nite so they were hopping ard so we dashed out with our feed which the owner has placed in each cottage! We had the feeding all to ourselves and we were just glad we spotted them!
The best time of the day was gathering ard the table for dinner...we managed to cook every dinner so it was home cooked food every nite yummy! Glad we brought the chef aka po2 and dayi as assistant hehee...we had rice for several dinners (po2 could cook rice with a pot coz there weren't any rice cooker...amazed man!)
This cottage has a fireplace which was a 'toy' for daddy every nite coz he will try start the fire which did keep us warm coz it was real cold at nite....Ian will never fail to try blow out any fire daddy started coz he wanted to sing his beloved bday song hahaa....guess there were smoke coming out of our chimney....a real nice cosy farm cottage we had!
And we had supper at nite which we got a pint of Strawberry cheesecake from the ice cream factory...ya did I say it was cold?? hahaa the ice cream makes it more shiok! We finish the pint in no time...guess it was nice to travel in big grp coz we could just buy stuff and share it huh!
Day 6 - time for us to move on to the next destination, had to bid farewell to our BUNGALOW hehee and here's our car waiting for us in our garage hehee...just a step away from our place...shiok huh!
Then we went Yallingup shearing shed where we fed sheep again....but the thing abt the sheep here is they make real LOUD and LOW BAH sounds...even Ian was mimicking them hahaa...then we proceeded to see how the shearer shear the sheep to get wool....it was an experience to see it and we had chance to feed the baby lambs milk......Ian was surprised to see them drinking from milk bottle as well hahaa gd thing he din ask to drink milk!
After we checked in our nice Mercure apt, we headed to the Busselton Jetty....it's under refurbishment so we could come back some time later to see the jetty down up with viewing of the animals under the sea and all....but we had gd time just seeing the sea gulls flying past!
Day 6 - we headed to Bunbury Dolphin Centre where we get to see how they feed sea turtle and then we went the viewing gallery to see if any dolphins were swimming past and we did see some dolphins swimming past and guess they din come up shore for us to play with them but it was an eye opener even as we went to watch videos on them and din know they were such fun creatures...they will take octupus and toss to fellow dolphins and play in the sea! 
Oh of course must show some beautiful flowers we saw along the way coz that's the season for them to bloom coz its SPRING!! We saw many wildflowers, lavenders and all....glad Ian posed for this shot hehee coz he thot daddy was hiding in the bush coz he was looking for daddy
After we had nap on the go, we headed to donnybrook where we saw alot of apple tree and cherry blossom (who says must go Japan see cherry blossom?) we saw lots of it and here we are at an apple plantation....guess its not the season to pluck apple but then again if we come in Summer it will be too hot to pluck apples hhmmm just see the apple trees will do huh and we got some dried fruit at the factory (it was interesting to hear how they puree the fruits and then make into slabs of dried fruit and we had sampling again hahaa) and of coz we passed by some farms and got some apples and pears (it was cheap selling by the cartons and we almost wanted to buy a carton home hehee)
Oh the highlight of the apt we were staying is there is a pool at the premise....coz thot we had nothing to do at nite we could swim but it was too cold even tho it was indoor pool...they had heated jacuzzi but was crowded when we were there so we just swam...surprisingly Ian was the one who wasn't as cold as us strange huh....he was happy to swim ard with his turtle and the turtle caught alot of kids' attention guess its bright and fun huh
Day 7 - before we checked out we had to go the beach for some fun....we din have much time to do for previous days coz we were so busy out whole day so we took an hr for Ian to do some digging and daddy 'vandalised' the beach hehee...but this was a peaceful beach...prior we read it was white sand and blue sea and when we came, we were totally awed by the beauty....so tempted to come back again and then laze on the beautiful beach, the water was so so clear we wanted to dive in but it was cold with the wind blowing so we hesitated....hhmm we shall be back huh!
Along the way to Perth city, we came by this orange town called Harvey...if u see the shelves of our supermarket, they do import their orange juice so we came by the Harvey Fresh orange plantation coz we heard there's a BIG orange which we could climb and it overlooks the whole orange plantation...it was a lovely sight just seeing the orange trees...guess we have never see this before and even ah gong was fascinated by it! po2 was taking some orange which fell off the tree and Ian had some samples of them! Then we went to buy apple and orange juice....regretted not buying some of the interesting juice they sell coz we were busy buying their wines which came in paper carton form =)
Day 8 - When we reached Perth city, we knew we had to visit this Japanese restaurant Matsuri which mama came with dayi and po2 abt 10 yrs ago coz they served real yummy nice Jap food and the waitress they take orders with a palm...so pro hor when 10 yrs ago palm was such a hot thing and so high tech man! It was a BIG treat for all of us! For the rest of the day we were busy shopping at Harbourtown opp our apt stay....its the factory outlet kind and had lots of brand from Nike, Fila, Adidas to Pumpkin patch and bookstores...we had so much to buy heheee gd shopping place esp Fri when it closes at 9pm!
Day 9 - We headed to Subiaco town 1st coz previously a friend brought us to this town and we thot there might be some gd buy coz there's a market and some shops...so we did buy MORE and then went Fremantle for more buys hehee....here we are at the other Fish and chips shop called Kailis and they sell abalone for pple to bring home....guess alot Sporeans go there to buy stuff back tho we felt it was not cheap but the other cirecellos F&C shop was better =) hheee made a verdict but it was such a contrast in weather when we reach fremantle last wk and then again...it was having dark clouds the day we were leaving and started raining, it was cold...we were just so glad the rainy weather came only after we left coz we saw so much of sunshine and gd weather when we were down southwest! tho it was cold, Ian still nonetheless had lots of fun in the playground with the swings and slides!
Day 1 - we took a evening flight into Perth and were worried how the boy is gonna nap and all....coz we were touching down close to midnight but he was totally entertained by the food we brought up the plane and thanks to ah mu who kindly prepared a goodie bag for the boy to enjoy on the plane...he was thrilled by the puzzle (as usual!) and only dozed off when he was buckled up when we were landing! What a flight, he was talking all the time and trying to make friends with pple ard coz he was pacing up and down the aisle going for his pee breaks!
day 2 - We barely had 5 hrs of zzz coz the sun was out real early like 5am+ and we were all excited to start on the trip...even Ian woke up real early to the new environment and started checking out on po2, ah gong and dayi! We had a lazy day so we took the bus to Fremantle and of coz savor the fish and chips at Cirecello! this pic looks like we left Ian back at hotel huh....of coz NOT he was happily sipping his orange juice beside =)It was a super hot day and read that the summer was coming early...it was 35degree for that day ONLY coz the rest of the trip was chilly and sunny =) SHIOK@!!!
Day 3 - we finally had time to venture to the Swan river (where our appt overlooks) and we were heading out down southwest for the trip =) in our super huge people mover car we rented Hyundai I-max (which we did capture the pic later on) and we took abt 3hrs to reach our next stayWith the car, we went sightseeing ard perth city and here we are at the King's park and always loved the glass bridge they have (coz Spore's tree top walk at macritchie is always so narrow and short) and we had the gd time walking ard the garden (which is so much bigger at our SBG) and we chased birds and the weather was gd!
Our 2nd stay was at a Farm Stay at dunsborough and it was real nice place but we headed for this ice-cream factory which is just 2 min drive away (before they close at 5!)
the good thing abt travelling in Aust is when they have winery or any factory producing stuff they have a playground for the kids while the adults are busy...so here's Ian busy in this HUGE playground while we were savoring the ice-cream hahaa but we brought him in after we saw this sign...dun wanna sell our son to the circus hehe
Day 4 - we awoke to the birds singing in the farm stay, it was just nice to wake up in this cold weather (which we never get in Spore) and then we proceeded to have bf then to the animal feeding at the farm where the owner will give out feed for us to feed the animals on the farms...there were sheep, ponies, emulas, chickens....
Day 5 - the highlight for animal feeding was to pick the eggs fresh from the coop....yes, the chickens were still laying eggs when we went in to pick the eggs hahaa...this one we picked even had poo with it coz po2 was telling us sometimes they poo together with their eggs hhmm an experience and best of all, it was cold so there weren't any unwanted flies (as compared to if we were to visit a chicken farm in Spore/Msia!!) hahaaa...we did this animal feeding for both mornings we were there and it was totally worth the stay coz we had a bungalow all by ourselves =) and even our own courtyard! Suddenly mama rem her dream of being a farmer...perhaps we could come Aust and be a farm stay owner?? Hhmm save up $$ huh
Then we drove down to margaret river for all the cheese, yogurt, chocolate tasting....it was real close by so it was gd drive down....here's the Margaret river chocolate factory and we could view how chocolate was made thru the viewing glass....they had generous BIG bowls of chocolate for us to take and sample...hhm its more of snacking rather than sampling....Ian had dunno how many handfuls of them! Endless request of them hahaa and of coz we too...even po2 couldn't resist it!!
Then we proceeded to some jam factory where we just went tasting and then went to Margaret River dairy coy where we had cheese tasting, yogurt tasting where u can see a satisfied Ian who had cupfuls of them coz we then realised each of us took a cup for him (coz we thot he was having the same cup but after checking so guess he had at least 3 cups) worth our trip down huh hahha we did go a nuts and cereals factory as well and we could sample as well hehee and there was a huge soccer field where daddy went kicking balls with Ian, gd to work out the limbs after all the sitting in car and eating nonstop hahaalastly we came by this Candy Cow shop where they sell all kinds of candy and fudge...ya sample somemore but Ian was thrilled by the soft toy...guess who is the cow?? hehee then it was time for lunch and hit the road for Ian and the folks to nap =p after a heavy lunch!After all the eating, how could we just go back to the farm...we had to work out so we headed to the Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse (which is a highlight to the place coz there are 2 lighthouse at each end of the southwest and one could walk from 1 lighthouse to the other) 6 yrs ago we visited the other light light (Cape Leewin) and here we are at the other....we trekked to the whale lookout pt (it was a long trekking so we did wo the old folks) and dayi was our porter hahaa to carry the pram coz some road were too rocky for the pram to go and glad we did some work out coz we ate too much
Then when we were back at the farm, we finally spotted the kangaroo (which is owned by the farm) and were told they are nocturnal which means they come out at nite so they were hopping ard so we dashed out with our feed which the owner has placed in each cottage! We had the feeding all to ourselves and we were just glad we spotted them! The best time of the day was gathering ard the table for dinner...we managed to cook every dinner so it was home cooked food every nite yummy! Glad we brought the chef aka po2 and dayi as assistant hehee...we had rice for several dinners (po2 could cook rice with a pot coz there weren't any rice cooker...amazed man!) This cottage has a fireplace which was a 'toy' for daddy every nite coz he will try start the fire which did keep us warm coz it was real cold at nite....Ian will never fail to try blow out any fire daddy started coz he wanted to sing his beloved bday song hahaa....guess there were smoke coming out of our chimney....a real nice cosy farm cottage we had! And we had supper at nite which we got a pint of Strawberry cheesecake from the ice cream factory...ya did I say it was cold?? hahaa the ice cream makes it more shiok! We finish the pint in no time...guess it was nice to travel in big grp coz we could just buy stuff and share it huh! Day 6 - time for us to move on to the next destination, had to bid farewell to our BUNGALOW hehee and here's our car waiting for us in our garage hehee...just a step away from our place...shiok huh! Then we went Yallingup shearing shed where we fed sheep again....but the thing abt the sheep here is they make real LOUD and LOW BAH sounds...even Ian was mimicking them hahaa...then we proceeded to see how the shearer shear the sheep to get wool....it was an experience to see it and we had chance to feed the baby lambs milk......Ian was surprised to see them drinking from milk bottle as well hahaa gd thing he din ask to drink milk!
After we checked in our nice Mercure apt, we headed to the Busselton Jetty....it's under refurbishment so we could come back some time later to see the jetty down up with viewing of the animals under the sea and all....but we had gd time just seeing the sea gulls flying past!Day 6 - we headed to Bunbury Dolphin Centre where we get to see how they feed sea turtle and then we went the viewing gallery to see if any dolphins were swimming past and we did see some dolphins swimming past and guess they din come up shore for us to play with them but it was an eye opener even as we went to watch videos on them and din know they were such fun creatures...they will take octupus and toss to fellow dolphins and play in the sea! Oh of course must show some beautiful flowers we saw along the way coz that's the season for them to bloom coz its SPRING!! We saw many wildflowers, lavenders and all....glad Ian posed for this shot hehee coz he thot daddy was hiding in the bush coz he was looking for daddyAfter we had nap on the go, we headed to donnybrook where we saw alot of apple tree and cherry blossom (who says must go Japan see cherry blossom?) we saw lots of it and here we are at an apple plantation....guess its not the season to pluck apple but then again if we come in Summer it will be too hot to pluck apples hhmmm just see the apple trees will do huh and we got some dried fruit at the factory (it was interesting to hear how they puree the fruits and then make into slabs of dried fruit and we had sampling again hahaa) and of coz we passed by some farms and got some apples and pears (it was cheap selling by the cartons and we almost wanted to buy a carton home hehee)Oh the highlight of the apt we were staying is there is a pool at the premise....coz thot we had nothing to do at nite we could swim but it was too cold even tho it was indoor pool...they had heated jacuzzi but was crowded when we were there so we just swam...surprisingly Ian was the one who wasn't as cold as us strange huh....he was happy to swim ard with his turtle and the turtle caught alot of kids' attention guess its bright and fun huhDay 7 - before we checked out we had to go the beach for some fun....we din have much time to do for previous days coz we were so busy out whole day so we took an hr for Ian to do some digging and daddy 'vandalised' the beach hehee...but this was a peaceful beach...prior we read it was white sand and blue sea and when we came, we were totally awed by the beauty....so tempted to come back again and then laze on the beautiful beach, the water was so so clear we wanted to dive in but it was cold with the wind blowing so we hesitated....hhmm we shall be back huh!
Along the way to Perth city, we came by this orange town called Harvey...if u see the shelves of our supermarket, they do import their orange juice so we came by the Harvey Fresh orange plantation coz we heard there's a BIG orange which we could climb and it overlooks the whole orange plantation...it was a lovely sight just seeing the orange trees...guess we have never see this before and even ah gong was fascinated by it! po2 was taking some orange which fell off the tree and Ian had some samples of them! Then we went to buy apple and orange juice....regretted not buying some of the interesting juice they sell coz we were busy buying their wines which came in paper carton form =)
Day 8 - When we reached Perth city, we knew we had to visit this Japanese restaurant Matsuri which mama came with dayi and po2 abt 10 yrs ago coz they served real yummy nice Jap food and the waitress they take orders with a palm...so pro hor when 10 yrs ago palm was such a hot thing and so high tech man! It was a BIG treat for all of us! For the rest of the day we were busy shopping at Harbourtown opp our apt stay....its the factory outlet kind and had lots of brand from Nike, Fila, Adidas to Pumpkin patch and bookstores...we had so much to buy heheee gd shopping place esp Fri when it closes at 9pm!
Day 9 - We headed to Subiaco town 1st coz previously a friend brought us to this town and we thot there might be some gd buy coz there's a market and some shops...so we did buy MORE and then went Fremantle for more buys hehee....here we are at the other Fish and chips shop called Kailis and they sell abalone for pple to bring home....guess alot Sporeans go there to buy stuff back tho we felt it was not cheap but the other cirecellos F&C shop was better =) hheee made a verdict but it was such a contrast in weather when we reach fremantle last wk and then again...it was having dark clouds the day we were leaving and started raining, it was cold...we were just so glad the rainy weather came only after we left coz we saw so much of sunshine and gd weather when we were down southwest! tho it was cold, Ian still nonetheless had lots of fun in the playground with the swings and slides!
The last stop we made was to the King's park to see the nite scene...it's always nice to come once in day and another at nite coz the whole city looks so different....to bid farewell to the city! Just loved the time together as a family and time to plan for next trip!
3 comments:
Arggghhh! I am turning green! When is my turn????
hey u went Korea last yr, u rem?? hehe u can always plan when ur gal is older?? hehee but travelling is fun in Aust!
but i want it with javier leh. always wanted to bring him somewhere.
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