PERTH, WA II. on the day before departure, we managed to drop by Lancelin for a sandboaring experience. Lancelin is basically a small fishing town located around 110km north of Perth. it is very famous for its sand dunes where people sandboard &&& drive four wheel vehicles/motorbikes/dune buggy. we paid AUD60/person for the sandboarding activity. this AUD60 is inclusive of sitting the Monster Truck which brought us to the middle of the sand dune for sandboarding. the fact that this truck is capable of travelling up steep slopes on the sand dune made it a pretty fun ride; at one point the driver drove us up a almost 90° slope which made all the old Japanese in the car screamed. sandboarding, on the other hand, is incredibly fun. however, if you are a weak person, you are advised to not attempt sandboarding because you have to climb back up to where you originally were - meaning that let's say you travelled down on a 70° slope, you are to walk back up the 70° with the sand board. quite tiring &&& the fact that the sand are soft do not help in easing the climb. 
after that, we headed back to Perth City for dinner. while the rest went back to the apartment, i met Jason again. this time around, he brought me to eat Geláre. it is probably the smoothest ice-cream i have ever eaten; its smoothness beats that of the random yogurt ice-cream i ate in Pisa, Italy. how unfortunate that i was too full from dinner that night, otherwise i would have eaten more. definitely a must-try! &&& correct me if i am wrong, Geláre is only available widely in Western Australia; they have only one outlet outside WA which is in Victoria. then again, they do have 5 other outlets in Singapore. now it makes me wonder, when are they going to open in Malaysia? 
we then headed down to Fremantle to visit the lighthouse which i think no longer operates. it was quite a freaky journey because the streets were dark &&& empty; there were no one else but the two of us during that time. that made me wonder, what happened to Fremantle being famous of its nightlife? it was just around 10.30pm when we were there, so yeah. &&& oh, for those adventurous ones, you guys can go for the ghost tour in the Fremantle prison. i read on the net that that prison is really haunted *gasp// you can search for it on Google if you are interested; i actually saw few freaky photos on the net! 
i shall go for the ghost tour when i grow bigger balls. Jason dropped me home at around 1.00am, after dropping by few other places for catching up sessions. again, thanks Jay, for bringing me around the suburb, making my trip a more interesting one! on departure day, we headed to Swan Valley for a short trip before heading to the airport. Swan Valley, the oldest wine region in Perth is just 25 minutes away from the city. there, we visited the Margaret River chocolate factory, Lancaster winery, Mondo Nouget factory &&& Feral brewing company. i must say that the some of the beers at Feral are pretty nice &&& smooth. oh, the dark chocolates from Margaret River are awesome too - i still have 2 more packets of them in my house! i am actually eating them right now as i am typing this nomnomnom. 
after that, we headed back to the city for dim sum lunch before going for a short shopping trip at one of the two Perth City's street malls (not sure whether it was Murray Street or Hay Street). there are nothing much for the guys but tonnes of nice shops for the girls; i got myself only a pair of black Havaianas while my younger sister bought tops from Supré. &&& that was it, we headed to the airport after that. i am already looking forward to my next return to Perth; i am planning to fly there again either end of next year or the following. there are still many places within Perth itself that i left undiscovered. . there are also few other places in Western Australia that i wish to visit like Margaret River, Coral Bay &&& few others. anyone care to join? definitely need to work as part-timer when i am over in Melbourne to collect money. | 
