Our flight was supposed to be at 3.30 but hey, who's surprised that our budget airline got lost in the sky and we could only leave at 5.30 in the end?
We masked when we got on the flight but we didn't look entirely stupid because other locals were wearing masks as well.
Food was expensive but we really needed to eat dinner thanks to the flight delay. We sanitized everything by the way. And that bottle of water that is shorter than my bear? It costs $3 ($1 for 100ml).
By the time we reached Australia and settled in it was about 1 A.M.
26 June 2009
We visited the Margaret River Chocolate Company, which is a chocolate factory, in the morning.
It is heaven.
Free chocolate tasting
After that, my uncle sent us to the Harbour Town mall to shop. That's where all the factory outlet stores are. You've got your regular Adidas/Nike outlet stores, Billabong/Roxy/Quiksilver, and stores you've heard of but don't see in Singapore like Jay Jays and Valley Girl.
It is partially outdoors (for lack of better phrasing), so when it rains it can get quite inconvenient (and cold) to walk around.
After some help from the visitor centre, we walked to Hay Street and Murray Street for more shopping.
And of all places we chose KFC for lunch. It is VERY, VERY expensive there, you have to pay for sauce, there are no sinks (they give you this wet tissue thing which is barely sufficient to clean your hands), and it is bloody salty (because we cannot get free sauce, perhaps?)
Outdoor water coolers! And great walls.
The sun sets at 5 P.M. because it's winter, so we headed back to Harbour Town for some gelato (the only time we had ice cream which is quite sad because it's Australia after all).
Day one ended with a dinner of gummy shark and red snapper fish and chips, with deep fried bananas and pineapples for dessert.
