Perth 2010: Busselton

I didn't snap or record much for the trip. Iphone was idle most of the time. The following pictures are all by SC. I thought that i should enjoying the trip less tense and just attend to my little ones fully. Honestly, this was a good trip for me to learn and survive from a grouchy baby and a curious pre-schooler.

This is our second visit to Perth. Mainly to get away from humid concrete jungle of Singapore as well as to reminisce Jiejie's memories of being far and cold. We have stop travel back to Malaysia by plane ever since SC bought the car. When she knew about our trip to Perth, she once asked, "can we take car to Australia?" Oppss, she has forgotten about aeroplane.

Our destination this time is to visit Margaret River. We stopped half way in Busselton mainly to see the famous Busselton Jetty, even though the Underwater Observatory is closed due to restoration, I just couldn't resist to stop by and have a close look of the picturesque jetty my self. I was intrigued by the simplicity of the blue formed by the sea, skyline and the wooden jetty that stretched nearly up to 2km towards the sea.

When we reached Busselton, it was almost 5pm. We were kind of panic as we know that most business in Australia closed at the dot of 5 (most days). But we were lucky that Sunday, we found Gale Street Motel and Villas which offered a Villa (of 2 bedrooms) at the cost of $170. Ya, I took the risk and did not book the accommodation in advance. It was the 2nd day of the trip, I was a little unconfident that we were able to depart from Perth as kids may need extra time to adjust themselve to the change.

Anyway, we were glad that we drove away from Perth city and reached Busselton, a bit late though. After checked-in, we immediately went to the one and only store which opened until 7pm that day (advised by the Motel receptionist).

While SC's aunt was preparing dinner and I was glued to little bomber, SC took Jiejie to the beach for a stroll and shooting... It was a cold windy evening.

Busselton Jetty is on the doorstep of Gale Street Motel and Villas. We went there after our breakfast and checked-out from the Motel the next morning.

It was breezy, but little Bomber was wearing 4 pieces of clothes, a pair of legging and booties. She was curious but she was tired too... She had a terrible sleepless night, wailed  almost every hour without a clear reason. Yeah, very pitiful. So was the mum!

On the other hand, Jiejie was thrilled when she knew that she had another opportunity to have sand play.

She was happily occupied with the white, infinite ground and her limited tools... plus daddy's tripod.

She was wearing a pair of long pants and 4 pieces of tops too... But I reckon she had a bit of work out, she took off piece by piece slowly.

It has been so long that I forgotten about the blueish part of the nature, the breezy and calm morning...

witnessing a simple joy of a child.

as well as admiring those lucky birds...

Telling my self that I am a blessed girl to have such relaxing morning hanging out by the beach with the family...

The first 50 meter of the jetty is still permitted, so we went to the Interpretive Centre for some souvenirs.