PerTh Day ThrEe

day 3 started out to kings park, one of the biggest and the most famous park in perth. it was also the only day that rained for the whole period tt we were there. luckily the rain was only for while.

actually nothing much in the park.. just a vast green area with some memorial monuments and can oversee the swan river and the skyscapers.. tt's all.. but it's a v famous park, hence it's a must-go in perth.

~ beautiful flowers ~

~ the jumbo dog we ate at the park ~

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~ the parking machine where u pay for the parking fee ~

seriously, i think our cash card system is sooo much more efficient than their system of paying for parking fees. basically the above are the road sides parking machines. typically,if u want to park at the road sides, u have to pay a fix sum for a certain period. some areas are max half hr, some 1 hr, some 2 hrs etc. the amt to pay and the max parking hrs are stated on the machines. so, let say, for that particular area, the max parking period is for 1 hr and it cost aud2.20. so u have to slot in 2.20, collect the ticket, and place the ticket on ur car for display. and after 1 hr, ur ticket will expire and u have to drive the car away, if not, u will kenna summon when the traffic officer comes. it's somewad like our coupon system, but the gist here is, there is a max period and once the max period is up, u have to drive away and park somewhere else cux apparently, u cannot park at the same area for > 1 hr. quite dumb yea?

another kind of parking is in the multi storey carparks. once u drive and enter, u have to collect a ticket at the gantry. then the gantry will open and u enter and park. when u want to leave, b4 u go to the car, u have to pay for the parking fees 1st. how to pay is basically,u have to locate the parking machines 1st. once u found them, u have to slot the ticket tt was issued to u when u enter into the carpark into the machine, and the machine will show u how much to pay. after u pay, the machine will issue a 2nd ticket. and so, when u exit, u slot the 2nd ticket into the gantry and the gantry will open for u to exit.

super super dumb right???? u can imagine when we parked at the mall and when the mall closes at 5pm, how many pple are queueing at the parking machines to pay for their fees b4 they can collect their cars to exit!

seriously, they shld consider our cashcard system which is 100% more efficient and effective.

and parking fees in perth is exorbitant. pls do not complain about singapore parking fees. u will start to appreciate singapore when u compare the fees in perth. no joke.

~ nxt was to perth mint. many real gold inside and photo-takings are prohibited. also saw the gold pouring demo where they turn hot liquid gold into solid gold. interesting. ~

~ our lunch for that day. curry chix rice and sweet & sour pork rice. yummy but again expensive. about sgd12/plate when my good old zhi-zhar stall is selling for $4 for the exact same stuff~

~ next, we went to the burswood entertainment complex. the main attraction is the casino. and... i lost like sgd100 inside. no luck for me at all! but hubb managed to win a tee-wee bit. boohoo ~

~ the v nice ice-cream ~

~ next was to hilarys. the swan bell tower in the day ~

~ and our supermart oven lasgana for supper. kekek ~

PerTh Day TwO

we rented a car on the 2nd day. large portion of our money was spent on the rental of the car and im wondering if we could have just taken public transport instead. but according to the cab driver who drove us to the airport on the departure date, the public transport system in perth sucks and the buses/trains do not come regularly. so thou ex, we were spared the hassle of having to plan the routes, find out wad bus/train to take, carrying our barangs barangs, wasting time on waiting etc etc.

~ that's our little red hyundai car car ~

our singapore driving licenses serve well in aus. traffic is better than sg and the drivers are also friendlier in the sense that they will allow u to 'cut' them and they wont follow ur back too closely. rental each day, inclusive of insurance and the GPS rental, was abt AUD74 which is approx sgd96. so for 6days, we each have to fork out abt sgd300. actually quite worth it lah, given the convenience that we enjoyed.

1st place on our 2nd day was to swan valley. it's a whole stretch of driving road with many shops along the way. we went to the caversham wildlife park 1st.

~ scary and mysterious, arent them? ~

~ with the kangeroos! ~

~ my pet kangeroo? keke ~

~ see how much they love me! ~

~ but that's of cuz, since i have feeds in my hand! kekeke. the feeds are in this big container and free for all to take and feed the kangeroos. a lack of biz acumen here, isint it? in most parks that i'd visited, we have to pay for the feed if we want to feed the animals. but here, it's free. i tot they could have just made us pay for it. ~

~ with the donkey ~

~ sheep shearing demostration. apparently each sheep will only be sheared once a year. ~

~ kids feeding little lambs. cutee ~

~ me. milking a cow ~

~ with the wool. some parts are more money fetching than others ~  

~ with little lambs ~

~ little lamb loves me :) ~

~ pocuppine!! ~

~ foxy. resembles the previous dog that hubb's bro used to have ~

~ pink birds. pretty. ~

~ another lack in biz acumen. they have someone there to help u take pics with your camera. was thinking why dont they take with their own camera and sell the pics to us later on just like wad many attractions are doing. that animal is a wombat. i always tot wombat is a kind of bats. kekek. turned out to be a furry fat lazy bear-like animal. ~

~ and with the koalas. but they are back facing. ~

~ next we visited this famous chocolate factory. also along swan valley. ~

~ really got free choco tasting leh! it's all there and u just eat and sample wad u want. i shld have gotten bottles to tabao some back yea? ~

~ the chocolates here are not cheap at all. cheapest will also cost abt sgd8. i spent like sgd70+ in this shop just buying chocolates! diao ~

~ next was to hay street. shopping area ~

~ 6.30pm and many of the shops are closed already. but some are still operating lah. not exaggerated till all closed. some restaurants, convenience stores are still operating de.. can still walk around de.. ~

~ swan bell tower at night ~

~ our dinner for that night. pizza + risotto ~

~ i simply loveeee risotto. yummmmmm! ~~~

~ and our supper for the night. oven pizza that we bought from the supermart and heated up with the oven in our room. kekekek ~

one thing to note was the manifestation of flies in perth. yes, there are many flies around and they are real disturbing. they keep coming to irritate u. worse part was when we were at the wildlife park. soo soo many flies. i think worse still in summer time. so if u are visiting, do bring along a swat to battle with the flies!