Day 4 - Margret River
Trout farm today. I thought it was a bit fishy. This farm breeds fresh trout to be sold to restaurants in the area. I got to feed some fish :) Ooh... the fish were greedy! It's true! Once the food pellets hit the water, SPLASH! It was like pirahnas attacking a carcass. I got to catch some fish. There were some trout that learned to come to people when they approached. Ha! The farm owners could then easily net them out!
Ooh... we also went to Lake cave. Everyone keeps calling it Jewel caves but it's actually Lake Cave. I know. The guide said so.
Anyway, it was a-maze-ing, pardon the pun. It was huge! If only they could have installed and escalator...*sigh* then we wouldn't have to climb down all those staris.
There were huge stalactites and stalagmites - normal features in caves. There were also "straws". They were called straws because they are thin, hollow stalactites. There was also this huge structure that hung from the ceiling with no support. I can't describe it, but it was cool.
P.S. In case you don't know, stalactites are those stuck to the ceiling. Stalagmites are stuck to the ground.
Day 5 - Emerald Lodge
Whee! Today we went to the Margret River Cheese Factory, Leeuwin Estate Winery, and best of all, Margret River Chocolate Factory. And the greatest thing about all this is:
FREE SAMPLES!!!
Yes, that's right. FREE SAMPLES! OK, so it's not so good in the winery, but how about the Chocolate Factory! Whee! That's mainly what we did today, just eating and eating =)
Oh, and we climbed to the top of this 20 metre rocky outcrop near the coast. It was exhilarating! The wind was trying to blow you off if you stepped too close to the edge. Whee! What fun!
Day 6 - Last Tour Day
We went to see one of the world's longest jetties today. It was 2km long out to sea. Unfortunately we could not get to the end, but I got some great pics =)
We went to Mandurah as well. It's spelled Mandurah, but pronounced Man-drah. We went on a dolphin cruise. I snapped 4 dolphins, but missed on when they came right up to the boat. Drat!
Since the land in Australia is very cheap, the houses along the river were all expensive and expansive - if you get what I mean. There was one mansion where the owner spent 2 million Aussie dollars for his 12 hundred square metre mansion, and only he and his wife live there. What do they do with all the other rooms? I mean, a dining room can only be so big...
Most of the houses had a private yacht. OK, at least they were boats. Private boats. That's right. Yachts aren't so small. Right? Or are they...
That was our last day with the group. We had extended our visit and was quite sad to be leaving the rest of them. *sigh*
Days 7 - 9 - Perth
On the last days of Perth, mum went shopping. Again. Nobody stopped her. Even when we went to Freemantle, the closest city to Perth, she still went shopping at the Freemantle Markets. Shopping... isn't there anything better?
On the return trip I again managed 6 hours of computer gaming!!! but the games weren't as good. We came back on SIA's Jubilee, by the way. *hint*
Stuff I can't put into one day because this is mostly reflections and afterthoughts and stuff and hey this is a really long title isn't it I mean who would want a ridiculously long title for the heading of this tiny section in this huge blog and so anyway on to the actual section
Now, where were we? Ah, yes.
Perth's free city bus service, the CAT or Central Area Transit, is the best. It's free, a bit crowded, but it's a nice name. CATS. Meow! They're colour-coded, so there are red CATS, blue CATS and yellow CATS. Quite odd colours for cats. It would be better if they were white, brown or black. Have you ever seen a blue cat?
Australians have the most relaxed lifestyle in the world. They have the best working hours, and every day, 5 o'clock is beer o'clock. No wonder Mr. Singh likes it so much.
But seriously, Aussie folks are generally the best people in the world. They always say, "no worries," after every sentence (no offence) and are kind and thoughtful. And funny. You can't forget the humour.
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