back to perth-day 4

today was our whale-watching tour and we both overslept! reporting time was 9.45am and i woke up screaming at pow at 9.10am! so we rushed like mad dogs but thankfully we made it in time. everyone was already on the main cruiser when we reached the beach and i seriously thought they were leaving. but luckily this nice guy came to get us in a smaller boat...

on the main boat.

and out to sea we go!

whale coming up for air in a distance.

spent most of the tour on the upper deck.

the view is probably better too.

cape naturaliste.. one of the lighthouse in the south of WA,

which we were still deciding whether anot to drive up to see.

more whale sightings!

back to shore.

i'll say that it's an exciting tour because i've never seen whales in real life before. of course, it's not the most spectacular thing either. really not possible for every whale that passes our boat to leap out of the water right? but i love such nature-related stuff.. so just even catching a small glimpse of them makes my day. next on the agenda was the lighthouse, we finally decided might as well since we already took the effort to drive 2.5 hours down south.

there were different charges depending on whether you just want to walk around the grounds or go up the lighthouse, similar to the cape leeuwin in margaret river. but this light house looks really short and the grounds isn't actually very big, unlike cape leeuwin, so we gave it a miss.

a close-up picture is good enough for me.

finally it was time to grab lunch! we drove over to bunkers bay cafe which was near the lighthouse. initially the plan was to wake up early(as in 7am early) to have breakfast here before whale-watching.. but yea, you know what happened. so we changed the plan to lunch instead.

recommended by uncle peter.

the view from our table. (:

pow's order: crispy, battered garfish and fries. ($26)

my order: crispy fried pork neck in light soy broth. ($32)

i know it's very pricey but it was one of the most amazing foods i've tried. even the simple fish and chips was awesome.. but of course i loved my dish. the pork neck actually just tasted like regular fried pork. the flavours and all were so rich, sort of like fusion of vietnamese and chinese.

i spotted a bob-tail just in front of our table.

i came out of my seat and squat down to take this shot, then a waiter came by and asked what's wrong. pow replied, "oh nothing, it's just a lizard or something." and the waiter was like, "uh, that's probably a bob-tail or a blue-tongue." hahahahahaha... we being singaporeans la. how will know to differentiate between species of lizards. but i still thought that was really funny.

wanted to try dessert but was too full,

so we just got something to drink instead.

trail leading from the cafe to the beach.

bunkers bay.

then it was time to head back to perth. by the time we finished our long lunch, it was almost 3.30pm i think. we had dinner plans that evening with zhihao and qingyuan so need to rush back.

yes, at some point i flew.

finally made it back to the city but was slightly late. dinner tonight was TOTO! my favourite vietnamese restaurant in perth.

had a good time catching up with zhihao and qingyuan over dinner and mj.. haha! super tired by the time we got back.

some souvenirs i got from dunsborough.

haha.. i will need to explain this one. on the way back, i was so tired that i kept falling asleep while driving. so i pulled over at bunsbury and went into kmart. i was more of looking at makeup but instead i found this on sale. it's only $15.. what a steal! so i bought it.. lol! we also got necessities for the ride. the rest of the drive back wasn't that bad after that because pow was really sweet in taking care of me, opening the coke bottle when i needed a drink, feeding me unbearables along the way. thank goodness we made it back safely.