Perth travelogue: Day 5 (5th Dec)

~After breakfast at hotel, we departed on the Australian Pinnacles tour on board a small bus with other tourists from other hotels ~ the coach guide who served us was Steve, an amiable and most helpful Australian guy ~ alighted first at Caversham Wildlife Park (again! Yippee!), this time for a shorter tour ~ interacted with the koalas and kangaroos again -- don't think I'll ever tire of it! ;P ~ stopped by the Indian Ocean and walked on the soft fine sand into the cold refreshing waters ~ lunch was a picnic buffet set by Steve, which I thoroughly enjoyed ~ then it was the stop at the Pinnacles ~ though it was close to 40 degrees Celsius, I didn't really feel as unbearably hot as I'd expected cos there was, again, a constant breeze blowing -- hardly perspired even ~ Beebee, Hubby and I wrote our names and signed our comments on the guest book at the souvenir store entrance, then went in to browse about ~ made our book purchases there too ~ Steve had cold juices awaiting us back at the coach -- how thoughtful!

~Sand dunes at Lancelin next! It's amazing how the sand built up over the years to become soft, yet solid grounds for roller coaster rides on the vehicles ~ tried sandboarding as well; scared of the tall dune for adults so got Beebee to try the smaller dunes with me; Mummy tried that too, surprisingly! ~ wasn't as breathtaking as it would have been along the steep slope of the tall large dune that Hubby tried FOUR times on, but I'm satisfied -- at least I can declare that I've tried sandboarding before! :p ~ Steve stopped by the road for us to take some lovely shots of beautiful orange-yellow plants that flourished on a piece of land that was burnt to ashes by arsonists a year ago ~ captured shots of the beautiful sunset on the ride back to the hotel ~ had dinner at a posh place named Matsuki Japanese Restaurant, just a few minutes' walk from our hotel, that captivated us cos of the large crowds and nice decor ~ service was excellent -- it was authentic Japanese food served by polite and smiling Japanese ladies in kimonos ~ quantity must have been catered for the huge Aussie appetites as each set meal was really filling!

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