Perth Adventure Day 11

I just realised that the last Perth entry was penned 2 months ago in early February. Oh gosh. The great procrastinator has did it again. But better late than never so here it is!

I doubt anybody will recall but in the last entry, we reached the last pit stop of our road trip - Albany City. This was only possible as I successfully extended my trip. Had to cough up an extra charge of about SGD 75 I think to change my departure date. I was able to depart on the same flight as the XinYi's bros and WenQi back to Singapore.


The dark clouds were prevalent throughout the day with sporadic rainfalls at intervals. We drove around the hilltop city in the morning for some local sightseeing.


Imagine waking up to such at view at your balcony daily.


Some very pretty flowers in some random gardens.




The weekly open Albany Farmers Market is a must visit to sample the best of the local fare and produce.


The market is a good place for the locals to interact.


Everyone's having a rolling time except for pets. Which were not allowed into the markets. So unattended dogs strapped to lampost and trees outside the markets are a common sight.


The market's sorta formed by the erection of makeshift tents. Then just put up prices, signs and your goods and its done!


Stuffs sold are not that cheap though...

We got berries at a much cheaper price in Margaret River.

They're huge on this father-son thingy. A son badgering his dad for some honey.

A kid refuses to stop playing in the puddle...

So daddy just scoop em right up and proceeded. Hahaha. Cute or what?

Since we were heading back to Perth city that day, we bought some potatoes for dinner.

And lots of their local veggies as well.

Super cheap strawberries! Huge punnet style.

We loaded up with some asparagus...

And fresh bread!

There were so many to choose from...

One of the more unique bread that we tried was this bread. Looks ordinary but its loaded with POPPY seeds. Yup. The very same plant used to make opium. Taste very much like sour sesame.

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We drove through the road named Avenue of Honour.

Trees were planted along the roads with a sign at its roots. Every tree represent a fallen 'Albanian' that represented Australia in WWI, WWII and the Korean War.

The road led us to this attraction at the top of the hill.

Its a long walk up to the monument.


A historical monument recognising the contribution of those in past wars.

Perhaps the gloomy weather was orchastrated to sync with the more solemn attractions of this trip.

You can see the whole city from the top of the attraction.

Another Father-Son bonding session.

"Let's climb to the top of the other hill!'

'Are you nuts? I hope I don't get blown away first! Let's take the car instead!'

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A queer looking metal plated map? compass? pointing the direction and distance to major cities of the world.

No joke. It was really cold and windy or rather gusty that day.

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We drove to the beach and enjoyed the scenery and pristine unpolluted sand before dining at one of the beachside restaurants.

If its anything I miss about the trip, its the beaches, really.

A flock of cute black headed birds. Can you spot the 2 seagull infiltrators?

We had a ball of time picking pretty seashells.

And.......

Playing with hermit crabs! There are tons of them walking around just beneath the gentle water. You can see the trail they leave in the previous picture.

We picked a new 'home' for this crab...

The crab checks out the new home...

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But prefers the current one. So it throttles off.

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Lunch time! Check out the size of this burger! Its as big as Jian Yong's palm. Have you seen how 'big' a fillet O fish is lately? Compared to this, I can't help but cry. Haiz...

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Soon it was time to leave the pretty coastal city of Albany and head back to Perth.

One last look and we embark on our 4 and a half hour 432km straight drive through Albany Highway back to Perth.

We stopped at this old railstation attraction for the routine toilet break and stumbled into a visitor centre filled with relics.

Here's one such relic - A typical 'postcard' sent by an Australian soldier fighting a war. The letter contents are decided 'pre written' by the army. Nothing more can be written or the letter would be destroyed. Pretty sad huh?

Its a long way back...

But thank God for petrol stations like these! Free coffee for all drivers! Whee! The owner of this station has a daughter living in Singapore. She is a frequent traveller to Singapore too and would reside in SIGLAP when she visits. The world is too tiny indeed.


Some random pics along the way...

We made it back in good time and got right to the kitchen. Soon an excellent dinner is whipped up! Lotsa greens eh? Perhaps its to counter balance the lack of greens throughout the whole trip! Hahaha.

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Once again we're back in lovely Perth City. It was an exciting road trip. Its with nostalgic fondness that I blog back about it now. To be continued!