Saturday, November 12, 2011

Perth Farm stay (2011) - Day 2 - 23 Oct

The main reason we went Bunsbury is that the Farm that we were going to is 3 hours from the airport, so we broke the drive into 2 parts, with part one on day 1 (1 hour drive, stay overnight), and part 2 on day 2 afternoon (2 hours drive). WK choose Bunsbury because there's a dolphin discovery centre there.

He read the reviews on the Net. Some reviews were that the dolphin sightings were great experience. Some reviews were that there were no dolphins, so it's a total waste of money.

We were extremely lucky. Firstly, it was the centre's open house, so admission was free! It was a carnival atmosphere, and there's some play areas set up for kids. When we were touring its indoor museum/aquarium, we were informed to go to the beach because dolphins were sighted. The nearest that WK and Lynn got was probably about 1m from them!
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People gathered at the beach to watch the dolphins:
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I didn't notice the boy behind WK until I uploaded this pic:
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Afterwards, we drove along the road to view its coastal view. If I'm not long, its the Indian Ocean that we were looking at.
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After lunch,
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we left for our farm - Sunflower Farm at Margaret River. We reached there mid afternoon, at about 330pm. It was supposed to be Spring (not cold), but maybe it's the country side, so it was cold (about 20C).

We got 3 full days there. On all 3 evenings (about 5pm), we drove out to Margaret River for dinner and supplies. We slept very early in the nights (before 9) as there's nothing to do in the pitch dark and cold country side. In the mornings, we prepare our own breakfast (muffins, bread, instant noodles) before pony rides and morning feeds. At noon, we did outdoor barbeque (such as chicken wings, hotdogs, and beef). On day 4 afternoon, we did a tractor ride.

Here's some photos of the Farm, and some of our family activities:
Farm Entrance (that's our rental Camry):
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Driveway into/out of Sunflower Farm:
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The office/entrance to farm area:
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A total of 4 farm houses for rental:
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The front door of our house:
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Playground in front of our house:
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Sheep enclosure at the back of our house
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Laundry area/laundry lines in front of the sheep enclosure:
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Beautiful flowers!
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Living/Kitchen area (having breakfast):
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BBQ lunch:
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