Wee!!! I'm back from Australia!!! I love the temperature there, love the places there and love my cutest and youngest cousin sister, Baby Gayle!!! ^^ The reason why i visited Perth, Australia this time is to visit my Xiao Jiu Jiu, Xiao Jiu Mu and Baby Gayle! Ok. Other than my family, my yiyi, po po and gong gong also went to Australia with me! Just a brief introduction to my trip in Australia. The temperature there is cool man! I simply just love it! It ranges at around 4degrees to about 19degrees. Hmm..but the coldest that I experienced at this trip was about 6degrees at night. It's not really that cold except when the wind blows, it gets really chilly. Okay. Before the trip, i got all excited and stuff about the caravan right? Hmm..but in the end, because we had 11 people and we had too many people and can't fit into the caravan, we just rented another car in addition to my Xiao Jiu Jiu's Hyundai Sonata. Okay, so that's how we managed to fit 11people to travel around. Yup. I also did write down what activites and what places i visited on a book, so that i could blog about it when i returned to Singapore. Here goes..

Saturday -(6.06am)
Just arrived in Perth Airport after four and a half hours of travelling on the plane. The temperature outside now is 13degrees. Not very cold! How i wished it would be colder! Lol. I would be venturing out of Perth later.
-(10am)
Visited Rockingham and took a cruise to Penguin Island. We saw the smallest type of penguins on earth! The Fiery penguins! Cute! Then we went to Fremantle, one of the city which has the oldest and most preserved buildings in Western Australia. Had fish and chips dinner at a famous restaurant there, recommended by some Australians. The fish and chips there just simply suck! It's super dry, they dont give you any sauce (not even chilli or tomato sauce!) and i just dont like the taste of the food! Okay, whatever.


Sunday -( Forgot to record the time..)
Visited Busselton Jetty, which is the longest in the sourthen hemisphere. Then we also visited Yongurup National Park. Blah. Lazy to write on..


Monday -(11.50pm)
First stop today was Warren National Park. The main attraction there is the two hundred year old Bicentenial Tree. The amazing feat that the Bicentenial Tree holds is that it is 70m tall, and is the tallest tree top lookout in the world. Next, we drove to Pemberton Wine Centre and tasted wine. Before we left the winery,we bought a bottle of Lost Valley Honey Rouge wine.
After purchasing the bottle of wine, we drove to Gloucester National Park. We spent some time at the cascade rapid waters and took some photos. After that, we drove to Nornalup. We went for the Tree Top Canopy Walk, which is the longest Tree Top Canopy Walk in the world. It is 600m in length and reaches a highest point of 40m above ground level. After that, we took a quick tour of 'the valley of Giants', which had all the tall and giant trees. Finally, we drove to Denmark (a town in Western Australia) and rest there for the night.


Tuesday -(10.35pm)
Hmm..today was one day where we didn't really went to much places. By the time everyone woke up and eaten breakfast, it was already about 9plus it the morning. We were behind schedule and had to skip going to William National Park. We missed attractions like the green pool and the elephant rock. Aww..nevermind. Yup. So we left the house and drove towards another town, Albany. Oh ya. Before that, there is something that i should mention. My family was kinda unsatisfied with the apartment that we stayed in. It looks so small with six beds squeezed inside the 'thing'. Yup. The 'thing' is what i use to describe the container-shaped apartment. It really looks like a container yea. Haha. Yup. So my yiyi and my dad lodged a complain with the manager and they blah blah blah.. Whatever, adults business. Then we drove to Torndirrup National Park, or otherwise know as Frenchmen Bay at Albany. We visited attractions like 'the gap' and the 'natural bridge'. It was awesome. Then for the rest of the day, we did nothing much.


Wednesday -(11.25pm)
Yawn, yawn.. Just arrived back in Perth from Albany after a nine hour drive. Nine hours man! By the time everyone got ready to leave Albany, it was already about 10am. We were late! The worst part is that we forgot to return the previous apartment's keys that we stayed in last night! Gosh! So, we had to drive from Albany all the way back to Denmark. It was a one hour drive there. So by the time we drove there and drove back, and blah blah blah, it was already about 1pm. So the actual journey from Albany back to Perth actually started at 1pm.
So we drove and drove and drove for about three hours before we stopped by at a scenic point, the Wave rock. It was already 5pm by the time we reached the Wave rock. ( The sun sets at 5pm!) It's really cool man! The Wave rock is formed by wind more than a billion years ago and has the shape of sea waves. It's 40m in height! Ok, i shall stop here. I'm tired. Good night.


Thursday -(12.00am)
Okay. We departed from Perth today and headed up North. Hmm.. Today was a disppointment. By the time everyone woke up and was ready to set off, it was already about 11am. We wasted a lot of precious time. Then we headed off to Lancelin. It was a two hour drive. We had to skip going to Yanchep National Park due to the lack of time. So we headed off to the sand dunes in Lancelin. The sand dunes were really cool. We rented some sand boarding equipment for a few hours till about 3.30pm. The sun sets in Australia during winter time at about 5pm. So, we had to rush to Cerventes for attractions like the Pinnacle Desert and Kangaroo Point. It was a three hour drive there, and by the time we were almost reaching, it was pitch dark. Blah. So we had dinner and stuff. So we had to go to the Pinnacle Desert tmw. No going to the beautiful Kalbarri. So after Pinnicle Desert, we would be heading back to Perth. No choice. Gotta make sacrifices. Okay. That's all for today.


Friday -(11.38pm)
Okay. Woke up late today and was in a rush to get ready. We managed to hit the road at around 9am, but had to skip our breakfast due to the lack of time. Then we drove for about three hours to Nambung National Park, where there were attractions like Kangaroo Point and the Pinnacles. First, we visited Kangaroo Point. Gosh! That place was such a disappointment. There were no kangaroos! No kangaroos were seen at all! Maybe we were too noisy and scared all the kangaroos away, or just didn't see them because they are noctural animals and sleep during the day!
Next, we moved on to the Pinnacles. The pinnacles are thousands of tall rocks protruding from the ground and used to be part of the sea bed millions of years ago. But it was hot, and hot there! It was a desert! We left the Pinnacles at around 2pm and drove for 4hours back to Perth. We arrrived at Perth at around 6pm and did some some shopping. Okay, i'm tired. Good night.


Saturday -(12.00am)
Hmm.. Today was basically spent on shopping. We went to this mega mall called Westfield Carousel in Perth City to shop around 11am. We shopped all the way till the mall closed at 5pm. We bought many things yea. Then we went back to my Xiao Jiu Jiu's house in Perth to rest. Hmm.. Then i went out with my dad and yiyi for 'Hungry Jacks' dinner. Then we walked to a nearby bistro bar and bought pizza for the others! Then we went back to my Xiao Jiu Jiu's house to watch Jet Li movies one after another.. Haha. I'm gonna watch the third movie now. I shall stop here for today and watch my movie! Sa-yo-ra-na!


Sunday -(8.16pm)
Today was spent on City tour of Perth. I was the one who woke up the latest today, coz i watched my movie until 2am. We left Xiao Jiu Jiu's house at around 11am and went to the Perth bell tower first. After that, we toured around Perth City and went to many gift shops. Bought a lot of stuff and everyone was happy, happy, happy! We were all tired after the shopping, so we went back to Xiao Jiu Jiu's house to rest. Xiao Jiu Jiu whipped up a sumptous meal and we had kangaroo meat for dinner!!! Then now, i'm watching another movie again.. LOL. I will be boarding a 1am flight back to Singapore later. Home sweet home! =D




Okay. That was what i basically did during my trip to Australia. Hmm.. Did we actually travelled the 3000plus km? Yea, we did. In fact, we travelled about 3500km, i think. Sun sets in Australia at 5pm during winter time, so we have to pack all our activities and leave before 5pm. The sky during 5pm there is as dark as the sky in Singapore at about 9pm. Then at 9pm in Australia, it looks like past midnight in Singapore, with most of the shops closed and pitch black, looking like a ghost town. Hmm.. Oh yup. Photos you may ask me? Yea. I took plenty of them with my handphone. I took more than 200 photos during the trip in fact! All nice photos! Just that i haven't uploaded them to the PC. I will try to do that asap and you people will see how beautiful Australia is. Australia is beautiful, but not the Australians. Okay, fine. They have a good sense of fashion taste there, but i just don't like the Australians attitude. (If any Australian reads this, no offence ar..) Just don't like it. Okay la. I shall stop all my crap here. Blah. Hope you people have an enjoyable June Holidays and don't be like me rotting at home after i return from Australia! Can someone just ask me out and go somewhere? I don't wanna be stuck at home!!! Bye! =D