back to perth-day 3

day 3 is our 'mini roadrip' day and today we are off to busselton/dunsborough. first had breakfast at manhattan, a small cafe beside my old place.

pow ordered the breakfast special.. because it was cheap.

i went ahead with my favourite.. eggs benedict! (:

after that, it's time to head off. and guess what? it started drizzling! that isn't really important btw. haha.

didn't take much picture along the way because pow isn't good at taking them. oh, but we figured out how to use the cruise control! haha.. pow read the manual and instructed me accordingly. this made the 2+ hour drive a little easier, although it was actually more difficult at first. i wasn't used to my legs doing nothing, so i was more conscious of every little thing. but after a while, it was actually quite nice.

see see! (:

and here we are!!!

thanks suling, who helped me call and made a booking.

and off the train goes...

seats along the jetty.. in case people got tired.

it is 1.8km long.

end of the jetty.. at the underwater observatory (UWO).

i won't bore you too much with the million photos i took in there.. but here's just an idea of what the observatory is all about.

the tour was for about 15-20 minutes, then the remaining 30 was for you to walk around on your own. it was really nice seeing the fishes and other marine life all around you. there were windows along the spiral staircase down, it's not like the whole structure is see-through. but it's still really nice, going 8m down to the bottom of the sea floor.

saw this sight from the souvenir shop and i just thought it's super cute.

pow wanted to pose with the stingray.

maybe because it looked like the one we saw during our roadtrip up north?

driver at work, bring the train head to the 'front'.

you don't expect him to reverse all the way back right?!

enjoying the ride back.

that's all for our visit to busselton jetty. next is to find DINNER!

we saw this recommendation on one of the brochures and decided to try it.

we tried 3 of the 5 best fish & chips in WA, this will be our 4th!

very simple dinner but i really liked it.

the fish especially.. super fresh! (:

so that's the end of day 3. i was so tired that night because of all the driving. we went to sleep really early because there's whale-watching the next day(plus the drive back to perth)!