La vie est belle

I spent a fabulous six days with my parents in Western Australia (Perth, Margaret River, Pinnacles etc.). We actually attended my convocation that was held in Perth on our last day in OZ. I was down with flu (before the trip) & started coughing (as well as a bout of stomach upset) during the whole trip but that did not stop me from having fun and enjoying myself!

Warning: Intensive photo loading

Day 1

It was pouring when we left Singapore

We reached Perth at night. This is where we stayed for the next 6 days … at Perth Ambassador Hotel. The room was quite spacious. I had a single bed and my parents got a king bed.

Relax corner

Day 2

Day 2 was our full  day touring on the 4-Wheel Drive to The Pinnacle Desert, Caversham Wildlife park and some sand boarding adventure. Total distance traveled was 600 km!

We awoke at 0600 and ate breakfast. The hotel’s buffet breakfast was pretty simple — more or less the same food everyday – either fried rice or fried noodle, steamed tomatoes, hash brown, pork bacon, sausages, muffins, bread, cheese,  fruits, cereals, yoghurt, coffee, milk, tea, hotcakes etc. etc

The following was my typical breakfast for the next 6 days.

Their hotcakes were soft and fluffy. I always topped mine with maple syrup hehe :)

And then we were off. We headed North through Swan Valley to Caversham Wildlife Park where we stopped to view and photograph koalas and hand feed kangaroos. It was fun to be surrounded by so many kangaroos!

Can you see that cute baby kangaroo? :)  SO  adorable!

We could also touch koalas

White kangaroo

Lush greens

We stopped for our picnic lunch before heading to The Pinnacle Desert.

Food is spread on a table

My plate

Then headed to The Pinnacle desert. With mum inside the bus

At the Pinnacle Desert

Beautiful scenery

We then experienced 4-wheel driving in the giant 4WD over massive Lancelin sand dunes and the chance to try sand boarding. It was awesome and super fun!

Gorgeous sunset

We reached the hotel at 2000 hrs. I was dead tired! Here are some of things that we ate that night. The first is an entree … some Turkish food …

This was my main … Roasted chicken with couscous

And dessert which we packed because we were too full

The husband called me later that night but I don’t remember having talked to him because I was way too tired I think. He said that I mumbled for 50 secs. LOL.

Day 3

Day 3 was our Free & Easy day. Good thing we didn’t have to wake up that early! Breakfast was first thing in the morning. Then we were off to Perth’s shopping area. We had buffet lunch at Miss Maud, a Swedish restaurant. Food was good, especially their Swedish meat balls … ooooo so good! Love the sauce! I forgot to take a picture :P  The restaurant setting was cozy and colourful. I was able to meet my 2 ex-colleagues and my cousins on the same day. I was also able to bring my parents to Edith Cowan University — my university at Joondalup.

With dad

In the evening we met my cousin, ate at a Chinese restaurant and visited their house

Day 4

Day four was a full day touring at Margaret River, Mammoth Caves & Xanadu Winery.

The weather was lovely

We visited Xanadu where we tasted couple of wines. My favourite was the sweet wine :)

After that we headed to South West Hunting and Conservation

Had Picnic lunch there

And this

After that we headed to Mammoth Cave

All my pictures came out like this

And finally we visited the  Lighthouse

Awesome view behind

And on our last day in Perth, we attended my convocation :)

Tags: australia, family, fun, mum, perth

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