PERTH, the comfort city

 

PERTH bandaraya yang selesa.(PERTH, the city of comfort.)

Kami cetuskan lawatan santai ke Perth, Australia mulai 28.3.2018 hingga 1.4.2018.
Selamat sampai di lapangan terbang Perth di awal pagi 28.3.2018, sempat solat subuh di sini dan langsung ke penginapan di Thornlie. Rombongan kami terdiri dari 10 orang, 6 dari Kota Bharu, Kelantan dan 4 dari KL.

Saya amat bersyukur kerana bertemu dengan kawan sekuliah selepas 40 tahun berpisah.

The pax of 10 including me spent a holidays in Perth from 28.3.2018 till  1.4.2018. Safely landed at Perth airport early in the morning and was patched to Thornlie for a stay.

I was so grateful to meet an old U mate after 40 years of depart..

 At the Airport

Bersua selepas 40 tahun

Penginapan di Thornlie

Day 1 (28.3.2018): Kings Public Park and Botanic Garden,
 CBD, Blue Town, Blue Boat House and Bell Tower

Kings Public Park

Perth City in the background from Kings Park.

My spouse, local girl and the magpie

Old man and the old gum tree 

Perth City and Swan River

A row of gum trees

Admiring the unknown plant and flower

Swan River

known

CBD..Central Business District

  London Court is an open roofed shopping arcade located in CBD
built in 1937.

Shadowy pathway

The street busker rhythming
Rasa Sayang hey

London Court

Old man in the old section 

of the city

Blue City, Factory outlet

Blue Boat House in the Swan River 

Bell Tower or the Swan Bells are a set of 18 bells hanging

 in a specially built 271 ft high copper and glass. 

Day 2 (29.3.2018):  Pinnacles and Lancelin Sand dune

 Berkereta selama  2 jam dari Perth. 

Pemandangan yang amat unik dan satu keajaiban hasil hakisan dan timbunan angin.

Pinnacles ialah pemandangan darat batu kapur yang unik dan mengkagumkan terletak
di Nambung National Park.

Traveling into the arid land to reach the destination.

Pinnacles is an amazing limestone landscape.

Old man
and the old limestone stack.

Lancelin and sand dunes

View from the top of the sand dune

Success! Ascending a 60ft sand slope

On the convex side of the dune

Lunch by the seaside. 
Comfortable place 
and facilities provided by the local authority

A flock of seagull eagerly waiting for waste food. 

Day 3 (30.3.2018): Apple farm, Mandurah cruise, Rockingham and Fremantle

Di ladang apple, buah lebat tapi tidak boleh dipetik sebab belum masak.

Abundant but not ready to be plucked

The giant sized chilly,
not hot but mildly sweet instead

Mandurah, sebuah bandar di selatan Perth, hanya 1 jam perjalanan. Petempatan tersusun cantik terletak di sepanjang terusan. Mandurah Cruise, selama 1 jam menyusuri terusan sambil menikmati udara bersih, air yang jernih dan memerhati gelagat lumba lumba liar dan burung burung.

  

Rockingham: Ramai masyarakat Islam tinggal di sini. Kami menunaikan solat Jumaat di sini dan mendengar kutbah dari imam yang berasal dari Singapura.

Myself and the Imam of the mosque.

Fremantle, a major port in Western Australia serves as the port of Perth, located at the mouth of Swan River. It's known for its maritime history, Victorian architecture and early settlement and established 1829.

My spouse and the port in the background

The tour group at the port

The beacon in green 

Meet my ex student,
Rithauddin@mok yong

Left Fremantle by sunset and
managed to capture the scenery

Perth city by night, on the way back home

Day 4 (31.3.2018) : Caversham Wildlife Park and Swan Valley


Caversham Wildlife Park

The clumsy kangaroos

Myself (top), koala bear, the warden
and my spouse(bellow)

The group and the wombat

At the entrance

Swan Valley

In the chocolate factory(top)
and the product (below)

The grapes

Picking raisins

Masjid Swan Valley masih dalam binaan,
kami solat zohor di sini 

 Day 5(1.4.2108): Back to Malaysia

At the airport before check in.

PERTH a very nice place to spend our holiday. Mild and soothing temperature, polite citizens, cleanliness of the surrounding, amazing physical features,  good food and variety of delicious fruits comfort us through out the day. Hope to be here again soon.