Day 1: Arrived at Perth Ariport at 5pm. Meet up with Grandpa Tom and drove to town for dinner. Then went to Yanchap National Park to see the wild kangaroos.
At Grandpa Tom's place. The kids were thrilled with the real fireplace. We quickly changed and made our bed whilst the kids drank fresh milk in front of the fireplace.
Day 2: Yanchap Beach, Yanchap National Park and Jooduloop Shopping Mall
Kyle defied our instructions and got his shoes all wet when the waves came in.
Saw many wild kangaroos again at Yanchap National Park. Went to see the Koalas but it started to drizzle for a while.
Had a good time at the park then went to have lunch.
Cooked dinner at Tom's place; Sausages and salad for the kids, steak and soup and salad for the adults.
Day 3: went to freemantle but discovered that the market was open only on Fri and weekends.
Went to the harbour to see fishermen at work.
We decided to go Freemantle Prison for their tour. It was only a 5 min drive there from the narbour and to our surprise, Meryl was fast asleep in the car and nobody had noticed! We had no choice but to carry her as she was already dead to the world! We paid for our entry and quickly ran in to join the tour which had just started. It was really educational and scary at the same time. The prison had a history that dated all the way back to the 1800s and we saw the gallows too.
The kids posing in the prison. They had a chance to see how the prisoners were locked up in their cell with nothing more than a bed, a table and a pail.
Went back to Perth and search for a Vietnamese restaurant for dinner. Stayed at Aaron's Hotel for the night.
Day 4 : Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Boshack Eco-Adventure tour.
Drove whole morning and finally got Boshack, a bushland in the middle of Victoria Plains. Had BBQ lunch with a group of China Tour operators who was there as part of their training. We then took a trailer and went to see their eco farm.
This is a freshwater spring just in front of our Humpy( fully-lined tent).
The children were thrilled with the vast land and chasing after the sheep. we saw how the sheep were rounded back into their pen. The kids fed the goats and kangaroos before we went into the bushland filled with melaleuca trees.
Chris explaining to us the history of the bushland and the life of the aborigines.
Meryl and Kyle were peeling off the bark of the melaleuca trees which is said to have medicinal properties. We tried playing the didgeridoos and then went to catch yabbies from the ponds and then had billy tea and some scones with thick fresh cream! Yum.
The kids posing in the prison. They had a chance to see how the prisoners were locked up in their cell with nothing more than a bed, a table and a pail.Went back to Perth and search for a Vietnamese restaurant for dinner. Stayed at Aaron's Hotel for the night.
Day 4 : Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Boshack Eco-Adventure tour.
Drove whole morning and finally got Boshack, a bushland in the middle of Victoria Plains. Had BBQ lunch with a group of China Tour operators who was there as part of their training. We then took a trailer and went to see their eco farm.
This is a freshwater spring just in front of our Humpy( fully-lined tent).
The children were thrilled with the vast land and chasing after the sheep. we saw how the sheep were rounded back into their pen. The kids fed the goats and kangaroos before we went into the bushland filled with melaleuca trees.
Chris explaining to us the history of the bushland and the life of the aborigines.
Meryl and Kyle were peeling off the bark of the melaleuca trees which is said to have medicinal properties. We tried playing the didgeridoos and then went to catch yabbies from the ponds and then had billy tea and some scones with thick fresh cream! Yum.That night we were treated to a sumptuous dinner of BBQ leg of lamb, roast pumpkin, brocoli, baked potaotes and then dessert.
This was our humpy for the night. It was an experience for the kids and we retired that night at about 8 as it was already pitch dark and there was nothing else to do. In the middle of the night, Meryl wanted to pee so we went out and I saw the most fantastic view in the sky-starlit sky. When I asked Meryl to look, she glanced up and then said, "I want to go in already." Btw, it was freezing cold in the night. We had a scare in the middle of the night, I heard some knocks and scratching and i thought rats had managed to get in. Woke Tim up and we searched high and low trying to see where the sound was from. Finally we went back to sleep. In the morning we were told it was probably some wild kangaroos.
This is the surreal scene that greeted us when we stepped out of the tent in the morning (this and many more, but too lazy to upload). Everything was so fresh and clean and beautiful. We quickly changed and went to Gripthorne farm for our Farm Safari. Christine led us part of the way and we reached there about 9ish.
We travelled in this tractor for the
This was our humpy for the night. It was an experience for the kids and we retired that night at about 8 as it was already pitch dark and there was nothing else to do. In the middle of the night, Meryl wanted to pee so we went out and I saw the most fantastic view in the sky-starlit sky. When I asked Meryl to look, she glanced up and then said, "I want to go in already." Btw, it was freezing cold in the night. We had a scare in the middle of the night, I heard some knocks and scratching and i thought rats had managed to get in. Woke Tim up and we searched high and low trying to see where the sound was from. Finally we went back to sleep. In the morning we were told it was probably some wild kangaroos.
This is the surreal scene that greeted us when we stepped out of the tent in the morning (this and many more, but too lazy to upload). Everything was so fresh and clean and beautiful. We quickly changed and went to Gripthorne farm for our Farm Safari. Christine led us part of the way and we reached there about 9ish.
We travelled in this tractor for the
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