Alright! I'm back! I made it safely... haha....

Well, despite all my worrying, the trip was qutie pleasant... ate a lot (of sweets especially), slept a lot, acted generally unhealthy... and the odd exciting thing happened too... heh...

Won't bother my readers with blow by blow accounts.. but heres some of them... with the odd picture =)

Day 1 (Saturday):
Aiport. Flight. Bumpy. As described in the above post... Turbulence during the flight but my stomach stayed in place...


We went to the wholesale market with my sister's friend's family to buy a lot of cheap fruits... Apples, peaches and avocados... There was also a really cool chalk drawing of a mushroom, advertising the presence of the said fruit.

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To the port town of Fremantle in the afternoon, where we sniffed around the market place there too... The sweet shop was sevent heaven for those with sweet teeth! All sorts of unhealthy things... uncluding liquorice allsorts and spearmint leaves. Also second hand books etc


The port itself... My brother and I took a picture on the seawall by the side of the port.

Day 2 (Sunday):
Church with our host family... The population was predominantly chinese... They expressed their admiration at the speaker's comments with the word "Wah". Definitely chinese... haha...


The church in question.

Next was the long drive down to Dunsborough, stopping at the occasional beach to take a looksee, before winding up at The Geographbayview Resort, where we had a little villa to our own. Had a full dinner at the cafe there... heh...


Bunbury beach, on the way down to the villa.

Day 3 (Monday):
The day of the beaches.
To Cape Naturaliste, one of the headlands in South-West Australia. The summer flies plagued us incessantly, prompting desperate measures.


From left to right: Fly Protection Level One, Level Two and Level Three


We proceeded to the whale lookout, where we didn't see whales =Pp Wrong season, the locals said. Incidentally, it was while we were here that my brother took it upon himself to drop a metal tumbler of water on my foot. Heh. Even if I don't look for trouble it finds me =Pp


Next were the clear waters of Meelup


And the surfer-friendly breakers of Yalingup. Everything was just so and beautiful! There wasn't even much pollution or anything..


The sun sparkling off the water at Yalingup was a magnificient site... Like something out of "Voyage of the Dawntreader". The mint ice cream was nice too =)

Day 4 (Tuesday):
Margeret River is South of Perth and produces many a very palatable eatable.


Visiting the chocolate factory... It had the best brownie I had ever eaten! Also saw these giant softball bats... Which turned out to be bottles of chocolate sauce. Bought a lot more unhealthy products.. heh


Visited the headlands at Prevally. It was cold and windy at the top of the cliffs, but then again, near the coast it always is...


My father proceeded to lock the car keys in the car accidentally together with our food and water.... It resisted our efforts to pop open, or the lock to be picked.. In the end a gentleman from the RAC (as mentioned previously) came and helped us open it with something that looked like a sphygnomanometer and a long hook =) Thanks also to the Swiss couple who talked to us and gave us some chips to eat while passing away the time.


Sunset over the beach at our resort... Such ethereal beauty... I'm impressed by my phone... Picking up the individual suns rays like that...

Day 5 (Wednesday):
No pictures I'm afraid. We took a long drive back into Perth, picking up a bay tree on the way from a nursery run by a former Singaporean... It'll take me too long to elaborate on how relaxing the life in Australia is! Went back to Fremantle to eat fish and chips, then it was back to our friend's home.

Day 6 (Thursday):
Into the city centre of Perth itself! Bought a soccer ball (since ours have all burst already)


Hay Street, the centre of the shopping in Perth.


King's Park, and the memorials to the soldiers of Western Australia who died in the World Wars. The thing on the right is a torch in the centre of a pool of water.. Beautiful design. Although I feel Kranji is nicer... but still, its an awe-inspiring place...

Day 7 (Today):


The sun was very bright at 5.40 in the morning as shown above, thanks to the Australian summer... Also, it was the summer solstice, with the longest hours of daylight (according to the core geo TB anyway)...

The flight back was uneventful.. But the descent was scary... With heavy cloud cover over Singapore, the plane was shuddering as it descended, and was rising and falling with the air pressure. Giving the impression of riding a sine wave. With every jerk, I peered out of the window to check that the wings were still there... Saw AHS on the way down too...

Taxi back to Lorong Melayu, then immediately rushed off the AHS for St. John... haha... whoo

So ended our trip! I really appreciate my parents for planning the trip for us =) And don't worry, I did bring back some edibles haha....

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