::Perth Day 6: Fremantle - Perth::

Day 6: our last day in Perth. And the most relaxing one.

We started the day early by heading to King's Park. After the bus driver (oh.. do check out that bus in Perth operates for free. I like their efficiency. On time and need not wait long.) drop us at the station, we walk to King's Park and pass by the Parliament!

Very sunny day.

View from King's Park.. we didn't walk deep inside. I need to save my energy for other activities today :)

So we went back to Perth city and have a brisk walk in the city.

We saw this! 0km. All distance starts calculation from here. Interesting.

The city was a bit crowded with high security that day due to the CHOGM event.

It doesn't bother or interrupt us anyway..

We stop by Bell Tower. The bells are ringing that particular day. Perhaps due to the CHOGM event and Queen's Birthday. We did not enter the tower though. We just hang around at the park surrounding it.

So.. this is Perth City.

We then headed to board our ferry - Captain Cook which we had bought the tickets earlier through online. RM45 for 2 pax (after 10% discount). One way from Perth to Fremantle. Just to experience boarding a ferry in Perth.

We choose to sit at the open air.

Bye bye Perth!~

It's a good experience to try taking ferry from Perth to Fremantle. Something different to be seen.

Arriving after 45 minutes. E-Shed is a good place to get souvenirs! But it only operates on Fri-Sun.

We had our lunch at Cicerello's. Another famous fish n chips is at Kaili's.

Crowded with people due to it's holiday in Perth.

The menu.

We had seafood tray for AU$18.50. Well.. honestly I think the one we had at Malaysia Manhattan Fish Market taste better.

Very sunny but I still feel very cold.

Kaili's which located opposite.

We had a walk in Fremantle Markets.. but bought nothing :)

We then stop by Fremantle Prison. Due to the entrance fees was quite expensive, we skipped.

We spent time leisuring around the town.

Before heading back Perth City by train.

At night, we have a walk around Perth City again. Stopping by London Court. A miniature of Harry Potter's town. Nice!

And had our dinner at Nando's. Where we got cheated!! @@
So expensive! The chicken only cost AUD6.50; we add on coleslaw and orange juice (which we thought suppose to come in as a set, like in Malaysia), but it actually cost us extra AUD6 .. @@
But the chicken definitely much nicer and well marinated.

We had few hours fast nap before heading to airport. Muffin which cost us AUD4.80 .. just to fulfill my greed cause the muffins at Aussie looks so tempting. LOL.

And here's the souvenirs..

Overall, we had a very great trip. We bought the ticket 10 months earlier (yep.. during my 2010 birthday as a birthday gift to me!). I had read and read and plan and plan and here it is.. the whole journey. Although there are a few places we need to drop out due to our tight schedule, we still feel this trip is very great. A lot of things we had seen and tried. Especially experience of driving in Perth, the free bus ride, the ferry ride and also train ride, not forgetting our legs that had walked a lot.

I love the cold weather, despite at times it left me breathless and shivering non stop (yeah.. i'm that bad in handling cold environment) .. but the view and feel just make all this worthy.

And although I wish we are filthy rich so that we can enjoy the trip with a more luxurious way.. but I guess at this time being.. this is quite luxurious in a way already. Hope can travel to a place like this again sometime.. New Zealand perhaps? =)

::Perth Day 5: Pinnacles and 4WD Sand Dunes::

Start our day 4 journey by running to Barrack St Jetty!

We thought they suppose to pick us up at the hostel, so we waited until 7am and hostel reception told us that normally we need to come here, to their office for pick up! $%%^^&*
So we ran as tour bus will depart at 730am.

Oh.. the 4wd arrived..
We go up the er.. bus? lorry? I dont know what it is called.. They called it 4WD.

And arrived at Caversham Wildlife Park.
Our tour package is AU$165/ pax..
This is our first destination which cost AU$22 but already included into our package. No fun coz travel so long in the bus but only able to spend 30 min here!

Anyway... wohooo~ KangarooSSS!!

Bye bye kangaroo!!

Wombat! Big lazy smelly thingy~

Koala~ Who sleep for 20hour/day. But being awaken by tourist..

30 minute is over... and we only manage to see these 3.
Haiz.. seriously I feel it's not worthy. If come in a big group, it's better to drive yourself here, so that you can have more that at your own leisure.

Another long ride to Lobster Shack.
Nothing here.. a place where they catch and process lobster and convinve us to buy it.
AU$15 onwards, half lobster, depending on size. They stop here for our lunch.

The raw foods which left me lao sai #$%^&*

Spectacular view for me. White sands, clear water, blue skies! :)

Here we are at Pinnacles Dessert! Very sunny day.

We were given 1 hour for the dessert trail walk.
Last picture before we left the hot sunny dessert.

Here we are! Lancelin Sand dunes!! We started off with 4WD sand duning.

Then each of us is given a sand board... wohoo~

Here I come!! Whhheeee~~~~ This is very nice!

Here he comes! Whee~~~

Bye bye Lancelin..
And that's how our AU$165 1 day trip goes..bKinda waste of money isn't it?
The sand boarding was fun though.

And for dinner, we went to Taka again.
Due to my 'tak puas hati' coz did not get the sushi yesterday! AU$12.50
Not that nice after all.. can get by RM12.50 from Jusco.

Chicken Don AU$12.50
This is nice! Hot warming rice with tasty chicken!!!

There goes our 5 days in Perth. 1 more day only to spend here...

::Perth Day 4: Margaret River - Perth::

Day 4. Good Morning Margaret River! Temperature is 14 degree celcius and it's quite sunny out there.

Start our trip in Margaret River.. Where all the regrets for the day begin..
It's very difficult since every places operate from 9am-4pm.
Even caving also starts at 9am and we have to wait! Entrance fees is AU$22.. we skipped anyway.

We hop to Lake Cave. Entrance fees is AU$22 too.
But we are here since we have the free entrance into their interpretive corner, get from the Leeuwin Lighthouse ticket we bought yesterday.

Ok.. Forget about caving trip. Let's change to wineries trip.

The first wineries we stop by, since we pass by them.
But we did not went for the wine tasting. Should say, they are not open yet..

We continue to Leeuwin Estate.. one of the seem famous wineries. We have the free wine testing. Nice!
We wanted to join the tour bcoz I want to know how they produce wine, but the tour start only at 11am..
We dont have such much time to wait :(

Wineries .. :)

So we skipped and went to next door. Are they rivals actually?

The entrance and surrounding is so grand. Very neat and tidy with plants.

Classic. I love it :)

Wine testing counter.. where we had few glasses for free.. kaka..

Actually they ask us to spit it after test, commenting it is dangerous for driving. The barrel there is for spits.. but we swallow it anyway. feel it's a waste to spit it out. lol.. After happily bought 2 wine for our parents, we then head back to the town of Margaret River to grab some lunch and do some shopping :)

Another quiet town.

We grab a AU$13 set lunch from Chicken Treat (fast food). 1/4 chicken which is very tiny, fries, mash potato (from machine) and chicken burger. Uh-oh.. not so nice.

Stop by Fudge Factory.
I always thought factory should be something like my company? Big gigantic mass production place?
I always thought this is named as open kitchen shop? Hrmm.. 

Nth special but we end up spending AU$22.50 for fudges. LOL!
Brought home for families and friends testing, which I don't even think it's enough for distribution of 5 ppl. Now that I think back, I felt that it's damn expensive! We then go to hunt for nougat for my ah dear.

We did some sampling but only can afford to buy one bar back.One bar already cost AU$15.
*again, I wish I am filthy rich*
But I really think they shouldn't sell in bar and should sell in small size instead. Sigh..

Next.. the chocolate company! Hohoho~ Chocolates!! A lot!!

We got voucher for purchasing chocolates at the chocolate company, which require us to come 400m here for chocolate wine testing.
Only a sip of it.. Cheeeehhh! But tasted nice though!

End of shopping spree in MR.. it's time to start our driving trip back to Perth. We are getting late already.

It's a regret we are not able to spend longer at MR. Such a waste. If I had more time, I will go to all the wineries for free wine tasting. And go for more 'factories' .. and dine a luxurious dinner with a glass of wine.

And here we are reaching Busselton after more than 1 hour drive..

The Simmo's .. which seem famous in Aussie.

And so we bought one scoop of choc mint ice cream with AU$4. Nice!~

The Busselton Jetty.

Bye bye Busselton =(
It's a regret we unable to go in the jetty and walk the 2km jetty until the end of it. I guess there is nothing much to see, but since we already here, we should at least walk there and decide either to go the underwater observatory or not.
Limited time.. left us without choice. :(

After speeding due to rushing time to return our car.. here we are. Hello Perth City!

Looking for foods inside the town.. No idea what to have coz we need to hunt for cheap worthy foods.
We end up here seeing so many ppl inside.

She took my order wrongly!!! #$%^&& And gave me sashimi rice instead of sushi cost me AU$12.50. Sashimi is very fresh. But I can't accept it eating this few pieces of sashimi with a bowl of rice. Hurrr..

Tuna don.. AU$12.50

The room we slept for 3 nights for AU$235/ 3 nights.
I'm ok with the small room and shared toilet concept. But I can't take it that behind this hostel is railway station and the trains choo choo until 3am in the morning @@