Perth: Day 5

Before I say anything about day 5, I would like to say this:
On day 4, as we were heading back from Wave Rock, the
road cutting through the outback was pitch black and all
of a sudden, a kangaroo jumped out of nowhere and
placed himself directly in front of the coach I was in.
Luckily, the driver was able to stop the coach in time and
the kangaroo's life was spared. But, the driver made a
hard stop which made some passengers scream and it
woke everyone up who was asleep too. No one was
injured though.


As I mentioned in my previous entries, I would usually
get up at 6am to catch the tour but day 5 was my day
off and I slept till 10am. Since that it's autumn, the sky
was still dark at 6 so there wasn't anything good to
see at 6 but when I opened my eyes on day 5, this
perfectly blue and cloudless sky just shouted out
"good morning" to me through the window. I
remembered saying to
myself, "wow, what a beautiful day"
The view from my bedroom:


My Kupoh's house (where I live in Perth):


My kupoh, mum, and I (the sun was really bright) :


My Kupoh and my mum:


My mum in front of my kupoh's house:


Since that the sky is always so blue over there, it hardly
ever rains at all so you must really take care of you lawn
or it will end up like my kupoh's:


Just look at that blue blue sky:





My kupoh's backyard where there used to be a beautiful
swimming pool.


My kupoh's family room:


dining room:


Kitchen:


Living room:


Green house in the middle of the house (not in the garden):


My bedroom:


Michael Jordan poster on my parent's bedroom door:


Die Hard and Michael Jordan posters inside my parent's
room (they belong to my kupoh's son who moved out
recently):


So after taking a few pics, we went to garden city mall
to do some shopping:


Heavenly food in a bakery:


Market place:


In Kuching, there is usually only one supermarket and
one departmental store in a mall but in Australia,
there are usually 2 or more supermarkets and two or
more departmental stores all under one roof/mall.

Coles supermarket:


Inside Coles:





Woolworths supermarket:


Inside Woolworths:


Kmart:


EB Games:


After some shopping, we went to Lee Palace for a
magnificent buffet lunch for only 10 AUD!!! The food
was wonderful and the variety was great!!! After
having lunch, we went back to Garden City Mall again
to do more shopping:


I used Vodafone AU in AUS:


After doing some shopping, we went to my Kupoh's
daughter's house:


They had a trampoline which I had so much fun jumping
up and down:


They had a nice pool in their backyard:





My Kupoh's daughter's husband is an Irish by the way
which is just awesome!


After jumping on that trampoline like a monkey, I tried
some coke zero out. It's basically just sugar free coke
and it did not taste very nice by the way:


.............................To Be Continued............................

Perth: Day 4

I visited Wave Rock on the fourth day of my vacation.

My mum did not join me and my dad for this trip due
to the long distance

Fast Facts: Wave Rock is located 360 kms east of Perth
Total distance traveled on day 4: 800 kms

As you can see on the map below, my first stop was York,
second stop was the town of Hyden, then Wave Rock and
onto Babakin:


The town of York basically looks like a cowboy town with
all the cowboy era buildings:


Post office:


Court House:


Motor Museum:


Inside the museum (I only took one shot cause I had to
pay if I entered the rest of the museum/back of that wall):


The town's main street:


Don't let the bright sunny day with blue skies fool you,
it was chilly alright (about 15c):


Get gas here:


Town hall:


Emu Farm:


Emu Oil is good for your skin:


After visiting York, he hit the outback again and let me
tell you, Indonesia and Malaysian arn't the only countries
that conduct open burning to make the ground fertile.
Aussies do it too you know? Look how black the ground
is after burning it:


Vast open outback:


starring into nothingness again:


Video clip of the outback:


Back in the 70's, a farmer had a very good and loyal
sheepdog called Strike and when it died, the farmer
wanted to bury his precious dog in a human cemetery
but the council did not allow him to do so. So, he converted
a small part of his farm into the first ever dog cemetery
in Australia:


The cemetery is basically located in the middle of nowhere:


Doggy graves:


Salt defective land (anything that tries to grow there will
die):


Cool looking building in the middle of nowhere:


Hippo's yawn:


Hippo's yawn is basically a rock formation shaped like
a hippopotamus yawning:


Back in aboriginal times, every pregnant woman would
come here to give birth due to some spiritual reason:


Inside the hippo's mouth:


This rock formation right next to the hippo is shaped like
an elephant:


A beautiful pond filled with black swans right next to the
place we stopped for lunch:


Black swan:


Wild cockatoos on a tree:


Another emu:


Finally we arrived at wave rock:








Wave rock is basically a gigantic wave shaped rock/hill:


me posing in front of wave rock:


Look how tiny I am compared to the gigantic rock


The view from on top wave rock was just amazing:


view from on top wave rock:


Amazing scenery behind me:


Breath taking view from on top wave rock:


Looking down on wave rock:


Video clip of the view on top wave rock:


That's my dad standing up there:


After visiting wave rock, we went to Mulka's cave by using
this here dirt road:


Mulka's story: During aboriginal times, the aboriginals
got married through arranged marriages
and weren't allowed to freely choose who
they wanted marry but one couple who
were so deeply in love with each other
decided not to obey their tradition and
got married despite not being arranged
to do so. They had a son called Mulka who
was born cross eyed. Mulka was banished
from the tribe because the aboriginals
believed that anyone who was borned
cross eyed is evil. So, Mulka found a cave
which is now known as Mulka's cave
and settled down. Unfortunately, Mulka
decided to become a cannibal and would
sneak into villages at night to kidnap
children which we would later eat. Mulka
was eventually hunted down and killed.
Till this day, the aboriginals dare not
come near this cave because they believe
that the cave is evil and those who visit it
would become evil as well. So, I suppose
that I am evil now muahahahahahaha!!!

My dad standing in front of Mulka's cave:


Inside Mulka's cave:


Mu guide Stuart told us the story of Mulka a.k.a Mulka
the terrible while he sat on that rock:


Ancient aboriginal paintings which are way older than
Mulka could be found in the cave :


Mulka probably slept here:


After visiting Mulka's cave, we hit the outback again
and entered the region of the outback where countless
wheat farms are located:


Just beautiful:


Some sheep grazing:


Sunset over the outback:


As we were about to enter the town of Babakin,
the tour guide said this: Welcome to the
GREAT METROPOLIS of Babakin, Population: 6 people.
The town consists of a town hall which is as big as a big
bedroom, a small cafe (infront of the coach), a rest house,
a primary school and 3 houses. The primary school has
11 students as it caters to neighboring settlements
as well:


We drove into the sunset and headed back to Perth:


Our in-coach movie was Mr Bean. Hey, they had to let
us watch something for the 4 hour ride home:


...........................To Be Continued...............................