jannah: "please, can i eat mac and donald's?"
jannah to anyone and everyone: "i don't have a DS :( "
aidan & christen (during car rides): "chicken treat! red rooster! MCDONALDS!"
heath: "WHAT IS THAT F**KING SMELL?!!???!!!"
(it was dinner which was wiped out by rice-deprived travellers lol)
GPS: "turn left... turn left... u-turn when possible..."
jap & nette: "damn u! there's NO bloody road on left, u stoooopid *^#@&*!^&* GPS!"
From Denmark to Warpole's Valley of the Giants
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we went to all these spots shown on the map...
Day 1: 26/11/09 thu
At the Gap & Natural Bridge (cold!)
Along the Way to Misty Lake Cottage (Country Roads)
route:
perth to albany via albany highway
start: 5.30am
reach: 1.30pm albany
reach: 5.30pm Misty Lake Cottage (BBQ dinner)
visited:
Middleton Beach - lunch 2.30pm (burger & fish&chips)
The Gap and Natural Bridge, Torndirrup National Park
Denmark - BBQ dinner & sleep-over at Misty Lake Cottage 5.30pm
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Day 2: 27/11/09 fri
Road leading to Misty Lake Cottage.
simple farmstay where we fed the animals in the morning with farmer Warren.
fed the chooks, goats, brushed the hinny's coat, walked around the farm & lake
Valley of the Giants - Treetop Walk on suspended bridge
Greenspool, Denmark
route:
denmark to warpole to pemberton
start: 11.30am
reach: 6.30pm
visited:
Misty Lake Cottages - Farm - feeding the animals 9-10am; Lake
Greenspool
Valley of the Giants
Pemberton - dinner & sleep-over at Pemberton Breakaway Cottages, Cottage #2
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Day 3: 28/11/09 sat
Get Hooked with Trout Fishing!
BBQ Marrion @ Aus$55-$65 per kilo
BBQ Trout (the ones we caught)
- our 10 Trout Fishes @$17/kg + BBQ fee @$4 each)
route: Pemberton to Busselton
start: 10am
reach: 5pm
visited:
King Trout & Marron Farm (+lunch on our catch, 10 trouts!)
Mammoth Cave (Lost/Missed)
Busselton - dinner & sleep-over at 300 Marine Dr
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Day 4: 29/11/09 sun
Redgate Beach Lookout Point
Yallingup Sheep Shearer's Shed
Dogs Rounding Up Sheep
route: Busselton to Yallingup to Margaret River to Dunsborough to Busselton
start: 10am
reach: 5pm
visited:
Yallingup Sheep Shearing Shed (lost several times, tx to GPS)
Mammoth Cave (Lost twice. never got there)
Redgate Beach look-out
Margaret River (Lost/Missed)
Dunsborough simmons ice cream factory (meet eugene & family)
Busselton - beach (kids), dinner & sleep-over at 300 Marine Dr
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Day 5: 30/11/09 mon
Jannah driving Kaitlyn and friend at Simmons ice cream - park
table soccer at Busselton Home Stay
route: Busselton to Bunbury to Mandurah to Cottesloe to Perth
start: 10am
reach: 6pm
visited:
Bunbury Dolphin Discovery Centre (missed dolphins by 2 min)
Mandurah (via new Forrest Hwy)
Cottesloe Beach
Back to Waterford for dinner
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the whole trip in one phrase: "G'DAYS MATE!!"
