Actually I'm a grumpy gnome now cus Aussie weather was so dry it made my skin scalyish and bad!  Horrors! /: When I say dry, think crispy potato chips even when you have left them out in the open for hours. You totally don't have to bundle up your half-eaten bag of chips cus leaving them exposed to air doesnt even make them soggy! Plus, I didn't sweat a drop in my 10 days there! Sounds good eh? Actually dry air isn't half bad, I just really hate my low tolerance to weather and climate changes :( 

Anw, I had a pretty good trip, first spending 5 days in Perth and then another 5 in Sydney! (: Perth was quite boring I feel, but we had a lovely apartment in Scarborough that overlooks the Indian Ocean, which was really really really pretty! I've never seen such a lovely sunset from my balcony, and  also the clearest blue skies and deep blue waters! Plus, I've waddled in Indian Ocean water okay! Not sea, not river, not lake, not swimming pool but OCEAN! hahahahaha! *very proud*

 dad and mom (:

 With the Indian Ocean behind me (:

Other highlights of Perth included the Caversham Wildlife Park, where we met adorable kangeroos (omg I want one!!!), lazy koalas and a fat wombat as well as Sand Boarding at the sand dunes in some obscure corner of Perth! (: Fun fun!

 Aww I love kangeroos! (: Apparently, kangeroo mommies have a very short pregnancy of just one month, and when they give birth to the babies (called joeys), the little joeys are only the size of our thumb and do not have eyes or mouth or tails. All they have are two little "arms" which helps them to climb into their mommy's snug pouch, and that's where they will stay for the next 7 months until they grow up! So cute right!! I never knew that! lol! See, I really paid attention to the guide! :D 

 And that brown thing sitting there is the famous wombat of the park! hahaha it looks unbelievably lazy and contented and sooo resembled a brown pig! The guide said that its the park's big baby! 

haha and a classic pic of a lazy, sleepy koala. Two fun facts I remb are 1) they are uber lazy creatures who sleep alllll day and 2) koalas do not drink water! They get their liquid intake from the leaves they chew.

Aww. They make good tree decos right!

 The sand dunes in Perth looks just like snow, cus the sunlight reflecting off it made them look white. Very pretty! (: The sand felt good beneath bare feet too; its really fine and smooth unlike sentosa sand haha.

 sand dunes for monster trucks to go up and dwn to scare the shit out of you :D My group driver didn't attempt very scary stunts though, probably cus there were some elderly people in the group. Sianzz!

 Of cus must do jump shots in such a vast area :D

 bro sand boarding down at top speed and sliding off his board haha

  wheee its so fun!! but climbing up (so you can slide down) is effing tiring!!!

haha and that's about it for Perth! (which is why I say its boring) We visited the Pinnacles too, which was cool but just good for a short look around. Apparently many many limestone rocks just sprouted out of the ground one day and it soon became an attraction haha. Its hugeee with no end and I remb thinking what will happen if I'm lost in the vastness of it all. In fact, I was just wondering if there would be a mobile phone signal when my dad's hp rang very loudly in the midst of the desert hahaha. So confirmed, GOT. lol!

The markets at Fremantle were just so so and incredibly expensive, whilst seafood in Sydney beats Perth hands down (Sydney fish market is a must go!!). My family also drove down to a small town called Margaret River, which took agessssssss! I swear I was on the road more than I was taking in the sights of Perth that day. PLUS, by the time we reached there, it was like 4.30pm and everyone knocks off at 5pm in Perth (wth!) Perth is really sparse and hugeeeee, so it takes really long to travel from one place to another, and in my view, I think it sucks. On that fateful day, we also gt terribly lost at night and would have hit a kangeroo on Perth's rather dark highways if not for my bro, who emitted a high pitch shriek of warning so my dad braked in time. I thought it was quite exciting but my mom was damn freaked out haha! 

Some touristy shots of Margeret River:

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I'll prob blog abt Sydney another time (: I love Sydney and its like a Singapore with great cool weather actually, meaning it was a far cry from laid-back Perth. I've always thought that I'll love a laidback life in the country side with rolling hills and pastures but after gg to Perth, I realise that I've always been and will be a "city" kinda girl. I still prefer busy streets, lots of people walking around, lots of activity gg on and shops that open til late :) 

And before I go, I need to talk about a roller coaster of good news and bad news:

Bad news first. On our flight back, Qantas freaking lost one of our luggage!!!!!!!!!!!!! All my clothes, make up, shoes, souvenirs, wine etc etc.......... Turns out our poor luggage got left behind in Sydney.

But comes the good news, they managed to track it down and retrieve it for us, even sending it to our doorstep at midnight last night.

And then the bad news again:

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LOL WTF RIGHT! Have you ever seen such a badly injured luggage??? hahahaha.

XOXO.

in the name of love.
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