After eating a fair bit of junk food throughout the journey, I settled for this smoked salmon salad for lunch. Pretty good =)
Heidi's clothes somehow matched with this ride. My expectation of Perth was set very low by my friends and colleagues who have been here or studied here. So I quite enjoyed it. We will be back in Perth again one day. 
The next morning, the weather was good to us. We headed straight to the Mandurah Cruise area and again attacked another branch of the Miami Bakehouse. The pie here wasn't as good though.
We booked a cruise out to the Mandurah waterways in the faint hope that we can see some dolphins.
All ready to go!
We had the whole ferry to ourselves, and the kids spent more time running up and down the bow area than enjoying the scenery. One of the ferry crew who drove the boat is called Heidi!
Along the waterways, we could see rows and rows of condos and houses. Sentosa Cove probably got the idea from this place.
We were told by the crew that on average, each house cost about A$700,000 - A$800,000 or so. That's really not too bad if you compare to the property prices of Singapore. Those further away from the wharf and nearer the sea actually cost lesser, some for as low as $200,000 plus. Not bad. 
En route to Fremantle Markets.
Fremantle Markets, a popular tourist haunt, has over 150 stalls selling food, souvenirs, paintings, everything! Like a chatuchak, except that it is cleaner. So it was no surprise that a lot of Asians can be found here.
After the hustle and bustle of Fremantle, our last destination before heading to the Perth city was Kings Park. I've always been a sucker for botanic gardens, and Kings Park is pretty awesome with its view and wide spaces to run about. Oliver wasted no time in running around the park and stretching those muscles. 
I think most people would find the park quite ordinary as there wasn't too much features, except for a rounded arena where your voice could travel from one end to the other even if you speak softly. However, I think this is a great place, and I certainly hope that Heidi will enjoy such simplicity as much as I do in future. 
A friendly Aussie was walking her Labrador Retriever and chatted with us. Her dog enjoyed rolling on the lawn. Oliver did just the same as well.
We arrived the previous night at Ferguson Farm in the rain. The farm was big and easily accomodated the 2 families. Yvonne and Sophia went about preparing the food which we have bought at coles, while me and Charles entertained, and contained, the 4 kids in the room. And dinner of salad, pasta and soup was really good and aplenty.
The farmer, whose name slipped my mind now, drove out his tractor and loaded all of us up its carriage, and took us on a tractor tour round his farm.
Heidi displaying her affinity with flowers. Even her jeans has flower motifs.
After the tractor ride, we were left to explore the area when the animals were kept. Sophia wasted no time in going back to take the pail of waste from our kitchen and fed them to the ever hungry goats.
A photo of the place we stayed at before we left the farm.
We left the farm before noon at head for Mandurah.
This is the original Miami Bakehouse, which apprently many tourist guidebooks recommend you to stop by if you are anywhere near Mandurah. The GPS wasn't quite trusty and after driving around for a while, we finally spotted the famed shop. 
Sophia bought 2 pies from the joint, one a spinach, one a steak pie. The steak pie was really succulent, especially as we were famish after the long drive. Definitely lived up to its reputation.
Soon we arrived at the Mandurah Terrace and foreshore, as Cicerellos at the Mandurah Peel Inlet is also famous for its fish & chips. But somehow I find it quite overhyped and not too healthy (not that they are anyway).
Inside Cicerellos.
Outside Cicerellos.
We decided to check in to the Seashells Resort earlier as the rain prevented us form taking the cruise out of Mandurah Bay. This swanky new place certainly outdo Abbey Bay Resort, and looks more like a showroom. 
The sunset is a sight to behold and I really wouldn't mind spending more time in the room than outside.
It was diffcult to wake up the next morning with the comfortable bed and cool weather.
Another great breakfast place, this time in Prince Street, Busselton. Unfortunately I can't recall what is the name of the place, googled and still can't find. Even google map showed a large tree covering the fascade of the place. I just remember it's called something on prince. Oh well.
At first, we alighted at the street not knowing where to find breakfast. There's a cafe called old chapel nearby near Coles, but only the name sound cool. So we walked along Prince Street and at first, this place didn't look very appealing on the outside and there were no one in the cafe. But after we came in a string of customers also started to roll in.
One good thing about this breakfast joint is that they allow you to customise your breakfast, which I did. Being a sucker for avocado, that was naturally on my wish list. Along with bacon, sausages, poached eggs, toast and cappucino. I could eat them all day.
Busselton Jetty
Just a stone's throw away is Busselton Jetty. At 1,841 metres, it is said to be the longest wooden structure in the southern hemisphere (so much for Changi Broadwalk)...
The boatshed-style Interpretive Centre gives visitors a glimpse into the Jetty's rich past and its future. However, Heidi and Oliver were more interested in the many souvenirs and knick knacks that the shop offers. Especially the porcelain VW Beetle cars which I was worried that they might break anytime.
The jetty also features a rail line along its length. Oliver is seen here practising his hip hop moves.
The constant beating that the jetty took from the angry sea along its length meant that many Aussie dollars have to be spent on restoration.
Heidi wasn't about to be blown away. She just wanted to be carried as usual.
The Centre enables visitors to interact with Bottlenose dolphins in a variety of ways. There are more than 100 dolphins living in the Koombana Bay and groups of them regularly visit the shallow waters in front of the Centre. However, today wasn't our lucky day as the centre staff told us that it was very unlikely that any dolphin would appear.
But since we were already there, and it being our last stop for the day, we decided to wake the kids up and head for the centre anyway. The friendly centre staff more than made up for the lack of dolphins by showing the kids a variety of sea creatures in their aquariums. She explained why some of the fishes look and behave the way they do, and even scooped up starfishes, sea urchins etc and got the kids to touch them. This obviously made them very excited and squirmy.
The view from the seafront of the centre. The real thing look better than the picture.
But where are the dolphins? 
We enjoying and withstanding the cold sea breeze.
Next stop, the farm.
