Perth Trip Day 2

Day 2... we woke up in the morning, have McD breakfast, which has much more variety than Malaysia... the pork bacon was just stupendous and there's avocado paste too.

Anyhow, our trip this morning was to the Caversham Wildlife Park... it's kind of like a zoo... I know... it seems "duh" to visit a zoo... but you can't visit Australia and not see it's local fauna.

 It was Sunday... and there are still lots of car park spaces left... there are a lot of people, but it's just that there are a lot of car park spaces too... compared to Botanical Garden in Penang... it's heaven and earth...

 Main entrance

 The map...

 There are special shows in the park too... mostly for children...

 First area... I'm going to show some pics of the animals... but not all as it will take forever to load up that many pictures...

 Australian King Parrot... 

 Bennetts Wallaby...

 Spectacled Flying Fox...

 Mountain Duck...

 Little Corella...

 Laughing Kookaburra...

 Me feeding kangaroos... they are soooo fat... and they poop as they eat... ewww

 Another kangaroo posing for pics...

 

 Western Quoll's butt...

 Some huge bird...

 Nankeen Kestral

 Next it's the Molly's farm where you'll have the "normal" animals... and this is llama...

 Donkey...

 Pig...

 Monstrous pig... it's not obvious from this pic... but this pig is HUGE... i believe if you throw a child in there, it can just gobble it up...

 We had some fun feeding the donkey... and this is him opening the mouth :P...

 Me... friends with mountain goats...

 Horsey...

 Cow...

 Doe?

 I want a pony!!!

 Mutated chicken?

Super huge camel... 

 Australia's lesser known local... hairy nose wombat...

 Peacock...

 Black Winged Stilt...

 This is nothing like the pictures shown on the cage... so not sure what it's called...

 Dingo... pure bred almost extinct... so sad...

 And apparently, super dangerous... this is the only animal with electric fence...

 Dingo... it looks more like a dog to me... but it's descended from Indian asian wolves...

 Barn owls...

 Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby...

 Galah... most ideal pet... or so the sign says...

 Gang-Gang Cockatoo...

  

 Finally, reached the koalas! Can go in and touch them... but apparently they are extremely vicious... so only a selected few can be touched... and OMG... their coats are so soft... I so want to cuddle them... but the PIC says it's too stress for them to let us cuddle! They are already sleeping 20 hrs a day and they are still stressed? And it is illegal is several states in Australia to hold a koala! I've got a video posted in Facebook showing it in action...

 Sleeping koala...

 We were fortunate to arrive at a time where one of the koalas was superhyped (sugar rush maybe?). It was walking here and there, climbing the fence, jumping up and down and the PIC had to put it back to its place several times during the time we were there... and it was still walking around when we left the cage...

 Koala eating... very picky eaters... will eat only 22 types of eucalyptus leaves... 

 After that, we went to Perth city center... and have food in the food court... really... if it were up to me, I'd be eating expensive day in day out... but of course, have to consider others mah... so I ended up selecting a pork roast... so-so only...

 And a ferrero rocher ice-cream... not nice... has more ice than cream...

 And one of the juice mix drinks called immune booster... available in Malaysia too...

 Some pics of Perth buildings...

 You know, it's a city center and yet there are still big spaces for you to walk... you won't feel packed and there's not loud, carbon monoxide emitting cars nearby... I really am amazed... nice place to retire to...

 My friend introduced me to this bubble tea from utopia... and it really was nice... while available in Malaysia (not this brand)... it lacks the "tea" flavour... this one from Utopia is bursting with tea flavour...

 Perth's famous bell tower from afar... it was tolling (ringing?) at that time and it was quite nice... not a super annoying loud noise I would expect...

 This not seaside... it's the Swan river...

 Some of the upscale houses in Perth... apparently, the price of a two storey house is the same as having a single storey with double the size... so many people build only single storey houses...

 Next, it's park in the city... the Kings Park... this is it's various trails...

 Kings Park entrance...

 This park is right at the center of Perth... and many people actually come and take a walk here during lunch time on weekdays!

 A memorial thingy...

 Malaya is in here as well!

 Memorial...

Perth city... I think :p

My first Panaroma shot...

 Well maintained path...

 Boabs... giants of the North... hey aren't we in the South?

Later that night, we went to the casino... it was really near my friend's place... this is the stadium across the casino... I mistaken it as the casino :P. Anyhow, compared to Genting, I preferred this casino... which is called Burswood Club. First, it has less people compared to Genting... this by no means meant that there are no people in this casino... it's just that the number of people is just nice. I can find place to sit in, especially those electronic roulette while if I were in Genting, I won't get a place for the whole night. I supposed that's the difference between Chinese and non-Chinese... also, one start difference is that the people here actually smiles and talks to you when you're gambling... while those giving out cards in Genting shows a really moody look to you and will never talk to you that just makes you want to strangle them :P

Well, that's all for day 2 in Perth!

Perth Trip Day 1

So, after three years of not going anywhere, my friend and I decided on a short trip to Perth, Australia to visit another friend who has moved there. He has build a nice, cosy family over there and since that means free accommodation, transportation and guide, we jumped at this opportunity :P

We arrived in Perth early in the morning ~6am. After a short nap in my friend's house, we started on our trip in Perth.

 First stop is the Fremantle market. I did not take any pictures in the market since I was still reeling from the fact I'm overseas (which is the first time without my parents)... so, I only have pictures of buildings. :P Anyhow, the stuff at Fremantle market are super cheap (not converting back to RM). My friend bought 10 koala bear key chains which costs only AUS$2... which means it's 20 cents per keychain! I did not buy it cause keychains are just sooooo common nowadays :P

 Did you know that Burger King in Malaysia is called Hungry Jacks in Australia?

 Fremantle port?

 Some nice table carving at the side of the street

 Can you imagine that this is the traffic near the market on a weekend? It's just amazing! Anywhere in Malaysia, it would be so packed with people and cars that you can't even breathe... and in Australia, there are plenty of legal parking spaces while in Malaysia, you can't even find illegal ones

 Nice window?

 Sample of car park signs. There are car parks for loading zone and car parks for different time zones... and the people actually follow the rules! They even have car parks in which one is supposed to park not more than a certain period of time, for example 1 hour and people really adhere to this rule while Malaysians would have hogged the parking space for the whole day.

 After a nice walk in the market, we went to Cicerello's to have lunch. Apparently, this is one of the most famous restaurant in Fremantle.

 And after you placed your order, you're given a beeper so that you can go back to your place to sit and enjoy the scenery and go to the counter to take the food when the food is ready.

 Cappucino... AUS$4

 Pasta... didn't try so no comment, but the person eating it says it's really nice...

 Chilli mussels... my friend says it's really nice, but I beg to differ... the mussels taste strange and the bread were so hard that it can be described as "throw at a dog and it will die :P)

 Another dish my friend is eating...

 The dish that I ordered... Traditional Fish and Chips... and it's reeeaallly nice... the fish is crispy and soft at the same time (though since it's deep fried, it doesn't have much flavour) and the chips... OMG... the fries are just heavenly... unavailable anywhere in Malaysia... all for AUS$12.95

 And there are a lot of birds around while you enjoy the seaside/port view. Not sure what bird it is... a seagull?

 But if you're not careful, you'd be attacked... like this....

 View of the boats parked at the port

 A really fat bird with a piece of fries which is not afraid of humans...

 Some of the real anchors on display at the roadside... in Malaysia, gone within a day since this metal would be worth real a lot in the black market.

 Next stop, it's Supa Golf!!! It's similiar to real golf, but with oversized golf balls and oversized head...

 Our gears...

 Now you see it....

 Now you don't... a sample of a professional pose... 

 Now you see it...

Now you don't... sample of a not so professional pose...

 Before you know it, it was already dark... actually it was only ~6pm but it's like 8pm in Malaysia... well, it is autumn afterall, so days are becoming shorter. We stopped by this super huge place that sells all types of alcohols and this is what we came up with...

 Super nice chips... must try

 For dinner, we're having bbq... or grilling I supposed...

 Food...

 I'm not sure if it is psychology... or does everything tastes just nicer in Australia... this one seems to taste nicer than the ones found in Malaysia...

 Sausages... done... crunchy on the outside, tasty in the inside....

 What are those?

 Maize lah... not as nice as those in Cameron Highlands without the 'starch'

 Chicken wings...

 Lamb rack...

 Lamb patty...

My friend says this is the nicest beer he has ever drank... I did not try it... but you should take note of this when you're hunting for beer...

And thus, ends our first day in Perth... we did not really do much of anything... but it was supposed to be a leisure trip... I really hate holidays that ended up being even more tired than no holidays... and I had a really good sleep cause the temperature was ~18C which is absolutely fabulous... how I wish Malaysia has this kind of temperature... but then again, it would drive the air-cond makers out of business :P