Western Australia Road Trip
11 - 23 December
Day 1
Took a midnight flight and as usual it was damn uncomfortable I wanted to fly business so bad when I grow up >:( Anyway, cuz it was so uncomfortable to sleep I could watch a movie on the barely 5-hour flight! Touched down in Perth past 6am and the sun was shining so brightly it would have still been dark in Sg!
Anyway damn shagged Dayi and Dayizhang got a car and while we all fell alseep the two of them were navigating and driving respectively kudos!!! We dropped by at Harbour Town, a factory outlet shopping centre which was really big and even though I haven't heard of a single one of them except maybe like Cotton On, it was still good to shop! Totally a break from the usual stuff in Sg actually and I love cheap thrillzzz!!!! Had chicken and avocado sandwich and it was such a good combination but I never see them in Sg
Later on we checked in at Meridan and got this lovely cosy apartment and everyone just collapsed on the bed la until like 5pm WASTE OF OVERSEAS TIME!! But I still prefer this to hectic siaodingdong tour schedules :) We went exploring on foot at Barrack Street and saw a Supre store!! But it was closed sianzz they close at freaking 5pm wts no need make money one. Anyway, we found out that there was some music festival at the field opposite Swan River so we sat there for 2 hours trying hard to appreciate the music ummm but the snacks there were awesome! And expensive actually but damn funny Dayizhang found AUD35 on the grass which was enough to pay for the nachos hahahahahaha
CHECK THE NACHOS OUT. Screw GV nachos la pls boring crap
After that which was super late alr we shopped for groceries at a korean shop and got lots of spicy noodles wheeee and we had korean dinz
Day 2
Left for Albany which was a good 6/7-hour drive away from Perth and I just slept throughout cuz I was kinda sick but anyway we midway the trip we saw this little bistro and we stopped for lunch. The bistro was really pretty and I enjoyed the pizzas and ambience :)
Anyway, the car was very dirty on the outside when we got it and dusty in the inside Dayi couldn't stand it she decided to wash the car at a petrol kiosk hahaha it's just an interesing observation that Australians have dirty cars like nobody's business, at least for those in the more rural areas
Reached Middleton Bay at which we were gonna stay for 2 days DAMN GOOD APARTMENT. There was like a bbq machine outdoors (pity we didn't have a chance to use it), movies to watch, games to play (didn't though) etc but no hair dryer omg almost died but the weather is quite dry and hair dries effortlessly! We pretty much just settled down and didn't do much, just went grocery-shopping at IGA (yes we did lots of it) and went home for our western dinner with sausages and stuff!
Day 3
An eventful day! First we went to Middleton Beach which was just a minute walk away from the apartment and part of the Indian Ocean and cuz I have such limited vocab I shall just post photos... I got this really pretty shell there yay! ECP hai...
We then went up to Mount Clarence for some sightseeing. After that we wanted to go to a strawberry farm, and the GPS suggested Strawberry Hill when we reached there we realised that it's just a hill and there's no farm HAHAHA joke man had pretty flowers though :)
We then went to the real strawberry farm and bought strawberries and strawberry cider (yux but I recovered from flu after drinking for 1 day only!!) and strawberry sorbet which was omg SO GOOD I wish I could bring it back to Sg!!
^Rejected strawbies!! I SEE TOO MUCH WASTAGE
^ I WANT TO EAT AGAIN :(
Then Whale World for lunch I think I had beef :( I'M SO SORRY COW. Anyway the exhibit seemed really boring so we went on the wild tour instead and came close to koalas and kangaroos! :)
Dayizhang was like, "How many birds will be left when I throw a twig?" then while he was finding a twig all of them flew off alr...
^ My Hello Kitty fan to swap flies
After that we went to Goode Beach lol ok actually they all look the same.
The major highlight of the day was Gap Bridge the view was BREATHTAKING and it's just so unbelievable that it's natural ;) I could really feel my body being pushed forward by the strong winds I wouldn't be surprised if people were blown off the rocks. Haha to be honest this trip I did not learn a single thing about Australia's history or whatsoever, not interested also I am a visual learner hahaha
^ Hehe the purple shoes I'm wearing for the first time since I bought them a year ago from Harajuku at 315 YEN WHOOHOO $4.50 Made in zhong guo though, duh right
^ These are unlike the lame cherries from Swensen's these are totally little plums can
Day 4
Another eventful day!! Anyway the weather in Albany was coooold mainly due to the wind which made it so hard for us to have good pictures cuz the hair would be so screwed.
We went to a small farm and were given feed for the animals! The way they lick the feed of your palm was so ticklish! And it was actually my first time feeding animals like that.
^ SO CUTE RIGHT I KNOW ALPACAS!!! I totally want to buy a pair pls some were for sale at like AUD600!!!!
^QT PIE :) :) :)
^ Face damn kiampa
^ Look at the little horns!!!!! Hehehe omg so cute it's looking at me very gratefully for feeding it and simultaneously shooing off the older goats
^HORROR RIGHT
^ Dayi's efforts wasted
Day 5
The next day we went to Mammoth Cave which was quite boring to be honest I just can't appreciate such caves... We had audio guides but half the time I don't know which parts of the cave they were talking about.
We then had lunch at Settlers Tavern in the central district of Magaret River and we went there mainly for the free wifi lol the password was like caesarsalad or smth. After that we basically walked the small town and shopped at Target mostly.
We decided to go to the Magaret River Chocolate Factory but were majorly disappointed cuz it turned out to be like a shop pls and we didn't even buy anything but they were really generous with the samples!!!
^ These are not samples though the samples were like chocolate drops in 3 dark choc, milk choc and white choc
^ Christel with pretty highlights hehe and holding the free chocs she koped HAHAHA
^ Random beach we stopped by for sightseeing :)
^ The thing I'm really disgusted over in Aus is really just the flies that are too many and too bold I wish I could spray some fly-killing thing all over myself can. Dayi said that those are "clean flies" and are attracted to perfume HAHAHA I DO NOT BELIEVE. NO SUCH THING PLS all flies deserve to die
^ You see?!?! So close still don't fly away one!!!! It looks quite cute here actually... cuter if dead.
Day 6
We left the motel really late and while Mummy, Christel and I went to Dome (which is EVERYWHERE in Western Aus, more ubiquitous than McDonald's I believe), Dayi, Dayizhang brought Popo to the doctor. We then went to search for a horseriding place and after visiting two ghost town stables we found Jester's Flat! Cuz they were booked we got an appointment one and a half hours later and we immediately went to buy leggings (and socks) from Target cuz we had to cover our legs or we'd get bruises from all the branches and what nots. It's damn lame cuz basically Mummy, Christel and I looked like clones la all wearing shorts and leggings underneath.
^ Oooh head got diamond
^ Sorry everybody I need to say that this preloved top is $5 from a flea market HEEEHAA
Aiya horse-riding is so boring but horses are very pretty :) Christel fell off her horse when it trotted omg gave us all a huge scare ok!!!! But glad she's ok of course phew :) :)
Day 7
Left Magaret River (quite boring) for Bunbury the next day hehe I love the name it's so cute. When we left the motel the car battery went flat but the motel owners helped Dayizhang fix it while we went to shop... LOL.
^ Top I wore only after it was in my wardrobe for 4 years wts I brought it on the trip thinking I must wear it!!!
^ Our 100-step race hehehe
Day 8
Fed ducks at the Horseshoe Lake! I don't even think this is smth tourists should do!!! But anw I like to see ducks fight for expired bread MUAHAHA.
^ They flew to and fro several times so it was easy to snap a picture of them
We went grocery shopping at the farmers' market which was like this wholesale place and the yogurt there was so cheap Yoplait is like less than half the price of that in Sg. Anw we got exciting stuff for an English brekky the next morning bacon was awesome.
^ THESE ARE SAMPLES. No judging aunties to ration the sacred samples.
^ The supermarket is so cheerful :D:D
We went on a dolphin cruise and we saw... 2 dolphin tails. BEST. 50 AUD super wasted go Sentosa better :( But I guess we were really unfortunate that day cuz the dolphins probably were busy feeding. We learned stuff like how to locate the dolphins cuz they are usually where all the seagulls are cuz there will be fish and dolphins feed on them :)
After the cruise we went to Bunbury Forum to shop.. for 10 minutes cuz they closed at 5. I managed to get stuff from Diva some more I am a great shopper. Yeah so the day ended and it was back to the apartment for dinner. After that the mums went to McDonald's for free wifi while the rest of us followed Dayizhang to fish and failed terribly hahaha ended up throwing all the bait into the sea....
^ SO HAPPY
Day 7
More random sightseeing in Bunbury where we climbed up a tower to look at the nice view from the top, all the housessss :)
Day 8 - 11
PERTH:
BREAKFAST
SHOP
LUNCH
SHOP
DINNER
SLEEP
REPEAT
Claremont, Fremantle, Inaloo... had my first mussel
Day 12
Home sweet home!! :)
THANK YOU ♡ ♥ ♡
Dayizhang for driving almost all the time even though you are v tired
Dayi for settling all accomodation problems like at Hilton lol
Christel for guiding our way with the gps and finding nice places to go to
Popo (and mums) for whipping up great meals for us
Mummy for taking care of me ^^
11 - 23 December
Day 1
Took a midnight flight and as usual it was damn uncomfortable I wanted to fly business so bad when I grow up >:( Anyway, cuz it was so uncomfortable to sleep I could watch a movie on the barely 5-hour flight! Touched down in Perth past 6am and the sun was shining so brightly it would have still been dark in Sg!
Anyway damn shagged Dayi and Dayizhang got a car and while we all fell alseep the two of them were navigating and driving respectively kudos!!! We dropped by at Harbour Town, a factory outlet shopping centre which was really big and even though I haven't heard of a single one of them except maybe like Cotton On, it was still good to shop! Totally a break from the usual stuff in Sg actually and I love cheap thrillzzz!!!! Had chicken and avocado sandwich and it was such a good combination but I never see them in Sg
Later on we checked in at Meridan and got this lovely cosy apartment and everyone just collapsed on the bed la until like 5pm WASTE OF OVERSEAS TIME!! But I still prefer this to hectic siaodingdong tour schedules :) We went exploring on foot at Barrack Street and saw a Supre store!! But it was closed sianzz they close at freaking 5pm wts no need make money one. Anyway, we found out that there was some music festival at the field opposite Swan River so we sat there for 2 hours trying hard to appreciate the music ummm but the snacks there were awesome! And expensive actually but damn funny Dayizhang found AUD35 on the grass which was enough to pay for the nachos hahahahahaha
CHECK THE NACHOS OUT. Screw GV nachos la pls boring crap
After that which was super late alr we shopped for groceries at a korean shop and got lots of spicy noodles wheeee and we had korean dinz
Day 2
Left for Albany which was a good 6/7-hour drive away from Perth and I just slept throughout cuz I was kinda sick but anyway we midway the trip we saw this little bistro and we stopped for lunch. The bistro was really pretty and I enjoyed the pizzas and ambience :)
Anyway, the car was very dirty on the outside when we got it and dusty in the inside Dayi couldn't stand it she decided to wash the car at a petrol kiosk hahaha it's just an interesing observation that Australians have dirty cars like nobody's business, at least for those in the more rural areas
Reached Middleton Bay at which we were gonna stay for 2 days DAMN GOOD APARTMENT. There was like a bbq machine outdoors (pity we didn't have a chance to use it), movies to watch, games to play (didn't though) etc but no hair dryer omg almost died but the weather is quite dry and hair dries effortlessly! We pretty much just settled down and didn't do much, just went grocery-shopping at IGA (yes we did lots of it) and went home for our western dinner with sausages and stuff!
Day 3
An eventful day! First we went to Middleton Beach which was just a minute walk away from the apartment and part of the Indian Ocean and cuz I have such limited vocab I shall just post photos... I got this really pretty shell there yay! ECP hai...
We then went up to Mount Clarence for some sightseeing. After that we wanted to go to a strawberry farm, and the GPS suggested Strawberry Hill when we reached there we realised that it's just a hill and there's no farm HAHAHA joke man had pretty flowers though :)
We then went to the real strawberry farm and bought strawberries and strawberry cider (yux but I recovered from flu after drinking for 1 day only!!) and strawberry sorbet which was omg SO GOOD I wish I could bring it back to Sg!!
^Rejected strawbies!! I SEE TOO MUCH WASTAGE
^ I WANT TO EAT AGAIN :(
Then Whale World for lunch I think I had beef :( I'M SO SORRY COW. Anyway the exhibit seemed really boring so we went on the wild tour instead and came close to koalas and kangaroos! :)
Dayizhang was like, "How many birds will be left when I throw a twig?" then while he was finding a twig all of them flew off alr...
^ My Hello Kitty fan to swap flies
After that we went to Goode Beach lol ok actually they all look the same.
The major highlight of the day was Gap Bridge the view was BREATHTAKING and it's just so unbelievable that it's natural ;) I could really feel my body being pushed forward by the strong winds I wouldn't be surprised if people were blown off the rocks. Haha to be honest this trip I did not learn a single thing about Australia's history or whatsoever, not interested also I am a visual learner hahaha
^ Hehe the purple shoes I'm wearing for the first time since I bought them a year ago from Harajuku at 315 YEN WHOOHOO $4.50 Made in zhong guo though, duh right
^ These are unlike the lame cherries from Swensen's these are totally little plums can
Day 4
Another eventful day!! Anyway the weather in Albany was coooold mainly due to the wind which made it so hard for us to have good pictures cuz the hair would be so screwed.
We went to a small farm and were given feed for the animals! The way they lick the feed of your palm was so ticklish! And it was actually my first time feeding animals like that.
^ SO CUTE RIGHT I KNOW ALPACAS!!! I totally want to buy a pair pls some were for sale at like AUD600!!!!
^QT PIE :) :) :)
^ Face damn kiampa
^ Look at the little horns!!!!! Hehehe omg so cute it's looking at me very gratefully for feeding it and simultaneously shooing off the older goats
Anyway, our next stop was Magaret River and with the great help of the gps we were led into a forest and took a route meant for a jeep la pls and was kinda trapped for 1 hour fortunately we met some guy working in the forest and found our way out finally... reached MR and checked in a little inn which was super duper small the living room was replaced by a queen-sized bed lol but there was free internet access so it's a trade-off I guess!
^HORROR RIGHT
^ Dayi's efforts wasted
Day 5
The next day we went to Mammoth Cave which was quite boring to be honest I just can't appreciate such caves... We had audio guides but half the time I don't know which parts of the cave they were talking about.
We then had lunch at Settlers Tavern in the central district of Magaret River and we went there mainly for the free wifi lol the password was like caesarsalad or smth. After that we basically walked the small town and shopped at Target mostly.
We decided to go to the Magaret River Chocolate Factory but were majorly disappointed cuz it turned out to be like a shop pls and we didn't even buy anything but they were really generous with the samples!!!
^ These are not samples though the samples were like chocolate drops in 3 dark choc, milk choc and white choc
^ Christel with pretty highlights hehe and holding the free chocs she koped HAHAHA
^ Random beach we stopped by for sightseeing :)
^ The thing I'm really disgusted over in Aus is really just the flies that are too many and too bold I wish I could spray some fly-killing thing all over myself can. Dayi said that those are "clean flies" and are attracted to perfume HAHAHA I DO NOT BELIEVE. NO SUCH THING PLS all flies deserve to die
^ You see?!?! So close still don't fly away one!!!! It looks quite cute here actually... cuter if dead.
Day 6
We left the motel really late and while Mummy, Christel and I went to Dome (which is EVERYWHERE in Western Aus, more ubiquitous than McDonald's I believe), Dayi, Dayizhang brought Popo to the doctor. We then went to search for a horseriding place and after visiting two ghost town stables we found Jester's Flat! Cuz they were booked we got an appointment one and a half hours later and we immediately went to buy leggings (and socks) from Target cuz we had to cover our legs or we'd get bruises from all the branches and what nots. It's damn lame cuz basically Mummy, Christel and I looked like clones la all wearing shorts and leggings underneath.
^ Oooh head got diamond
^ Sorry everybody I need to say that this preloved top is $5 from a flea market HEEEHAA
Aiya horse-riding is so boring but horses are very pretty :) Christel fell off her horse when it trotted omg gave us all a huge scare ok!!!! But glad she's ok of course phew :) :)
Day 7
Left Magaret River (quite boring) for Bunbury the next day hehe I love the name it's so cute. When we left the motel the car battery went flat but the motel owners helped Dayizhang fix it while we went to shop... LOL.
^ Top I wore only after it was in my wardrobe for 4 years wts I brought it on the trip thinking I must wear it!!!
^ Our 100-step race hehehe
Day 8
Fed ducks at the Horseshoe Lake! I don't even think this is smth tourists should do!!! But anw I like to see ducks fight for expired bread MUAHAHA.
^ They flew to and fro several times so it was easy to snap a picture of them
We went grocery shopping at the farmers' market which was like this wholesale place and the yogurt there was so cheap Yoplait is like less than half the price of that in Sg. Anw we got exciting stuff for an English brekky the next morning bacon was awesome.
^ THESE ARE SAMPLES. No judging aunties to ration the sacred samples.
^ The supermarket is so cheerful :D:D
We went on a dolphin cruise and we saw... 2 dolphin tails. BEST. 50 AUD super wasted go Sentosa better :( But I guess we were really unfortunate that day cuz the dolphins probably were busy feeding. We learned stuff like how to locate the dolphins cuz they are usually where all the seagulls are cuz there will be fish and dolphins feed on them :)
After the cruise we went to Bunbury Forum to shop.. for 10 minutes cuz they closed at 5. I managed to get stuff from Diva some more I am a great shopper. Yeah so the day ended and it was back to the apartment for dinner. After that the mums went to McDonald's for free wifi while the rest of us followed Dayizhang to fish and failed terribly hahaha ended up throwing all the bait into the sea....
^ SO HAPPY
Day 7
More random sightseeing in Bunbury where we climbed up a tower to look at the nice view from the top, all the housessss :)
Day 8 - 11
PERTH:
BREAKFAST
SHOP
LUNCH
SHOP
DINNER
SLEEP
REPEAT
Claremont, Fremantle, Inaloo... had my first mussel
Day 12
Home sweet home!! :)
THANK YOU ♡ ♥ ♡
Dayizhang for driving almost all the time even though you are v tired
Dayi for settling all accomodation problems like at Hilton lol
Christel for guiding our way with the gps and finding nice places to go to
Popo (and mums) for whipping up great meals for us
Mummy for taking care of me ^^
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