Mandurah, Western Australia, 27 & 28 March 2011

Did I already mention how perfect the weather was in Mandurah? Perhaps this will give you an indication, if I have not already made it clear...

 - This is where we spent the vast majority of the holiday-

 - Trying to take photos out of the car window is not advised-

 - Aforementioned hirecar, I wouldn't buy one of these-

 - A beautiful boardwalk out over the edge of a lake-

 

-The edge of the lake, looking pretty-

 

- The Thrombolites! Apparently they are alive and are millions of years old-

 

- The lake, looking like the sea-

 

- These Thrombolites get 2 thumbs up for oddity-

 

- After our Thrombolite adventures I was in need of some retail therapy, so we headed off to Fremantle, this photo is in Mandurah on our way to breakfast, my dress is conveniently hiding an enormously fat person-

 

- It was extremely hot in Fremantle and there wasn't any shade, but it was very beautiful. This is the shoreline where a lot of smuggling happened-

 

- We saw this cannon get fired!-

 

- Me with evidence of retail therapy, in a whale hauling tunnel-

 

- Dim being annoyed about yet more photos-

 

- Awesome graffiti in Perth city near where we ate dinner. (Delicious Indian food)-

Mandurah, Western Australia, 25 & 26 March 2011

 - Poached eggs on toast with avocado, my favourite breakfast-

It seems that while in Mandurah I mostly took photos of food, so here are some food pictures for you to enjoy, along with the photos of the other things I remembered to photograph.

 

- In our awesome kitchen we made falafel -

 

- In the supermarket carpark we found this Jarrah tree which is 445 years old according to the sign-

 

-Me without makeup *gasp* out for dinner at Dolphin Quay after going to the beach-

 

Even though it was extreemly hot on the 26th we decided it would be a good idea to visit the local attraction- a miniature railway and village! We nearly died in the heat but the tiny houses were so lovely and the garden was beautiful, so of course I took a thousand pictures. Here is the highly edited 'best of' selection.

 

- All of the models are built by hand, to scale, and are exact replicas of real, famous buildings from England-

 

-Dim hiding from the heat in the hedge maze-

 

-The maze from above-

Mandurah, Western Australia, 23 & 24 March 2011

After just 24 hours back in Melbourne, I set off on another adventure to Mandurah, Western Australia.
This time I was not alone, dragging Dim along with me, we arrived in Perth very late at night a stayed at a very crummy 'hostel' for the night. In the morning we escaped as quickly as possible in our hire-car, ate delicious breakfast, then began the long drive south to Mandurah.

- Western Australia, the land of names that confuse the GPS -

We stayed in a lovely HUGE apartment at Seashells Resort, with a beautiful view of the ocean. Throughout this trip my photography was a bit haphazard, so there are many walks on the beach and trips to the pool and afternoons reading books which are not documented, but I think you can join the dots.

 

- The enormous kitchen, which we used a lot-

 

-The amazing view of the ocean from our balcony-

 

-After settling into the apartment we went for a walk at sunset to find a restaurant- 

 

-There were some very 'interesting' sculptures around-

 

-We ended up sitting on an outdoor deck watching the sun set behind the boats in the marina-

 

- Dim enjoying dinner at 'Catch 22', those pizza twist sticks were amazing-

 

- In a huge contrast to the weather I had been experiencing in Japan just 3 days earlier, I was actually able to wear less than 30 layers of clothing-

 

- Lemon/Lime tart for dessert, YUM-