A trip to Perth

Grumpy suggested we make a trip to Perth to visit his friends who were flying over from Malaysia. I thought it was a good idea as well and jumped at the opportunity to visit my friend Michelle whom I haven't seen in about 8 years.

Also, I was looking forward to this trip, which was in December because right after our honeymoon in January, we have been travelling around to places solo, which is not always fun! So it was nice to be able to board a flight and travel to a new place together as a couple!

I normally take charge of all the boring stuff in our relationship, such as booking flights, organising hotels, etc. But because I was in KL for work at that time, Grumpy made the effort to book and pay for the flights on his own. I was quite pleased.

Until I found out that we were not sitting together in the plane because he tried to save a couple of dollars by not securing our seats earlier. So we were seated in the same row, but separated by the aisle. It was a 4 hour flight!

We were so sleepy because we slept at around 2.30am after the U2 concert, and the taxi came to pick us up to go to the airport at around 5.30am that same morning.

The first day at Perth, we just relaxed and visited some breweries at Swan Valley. It was nice to be able to meet Michelle's two gorg doggies, Momo and Coco.

Day two, we decided to go to Rottnest Island. Rotto is 19km away from Freemantle. Its actually not that far, but because there are speed limits along the Swan river, the journey takes about 1.5 hours from the jetty in Perth.

Check out the water and how clear it is.

Cars are not allowed in the island. So the only way to get around in the island is by cycling. Cycling proved to be quite challenging due to the various inclines. I enjoyed it though, hours of sweating in RPM class has finally paid off.

Unfortunately, my other 3 island buddies struggled and were found walking (and swearing) most of the time, while pushing the bike instead. FAIL!

One thing that Perth is famous for, among the Asian community (in my opinion), is the Corica Apple Strudel. These apple strudels are made by an Italian pastry shop and you need to be booked at least a day in advance to get hold of the strudels, which I did not do. Thankfully, we were round the corner, I gave them a call, and they said they had some in stock for me to take home to Melbourne.

A mugshot of Grumpy with the strudels. Haha

The final day in Perth, our lovely hostess decided to take us to Freemantle, or what the locals call Freo, which also serves as a busy port.

We had fish and chips by the pier. If there was one thing both Grumpy and I loved about the food in Perth, it would be the delicious mussels. You can get mussels anywhere, and it was so fresh and bursting with flavour! The mussels were not big, but instead much smaller size than the ones we get in Melbourne. And that's what I like about them.

Also, back home, one of our usual hang out spots is Little Creatures at Brunswick Street. And because we were in Freo, the 'real' home of Little Creatures, it was no surprise that we stop by to have a few beers and just relax.

A big thank you to Michelle for letting us stay at her house, and driving us back and forth to so many places in the quest of yummy food! We had such a lovely time in Perth!