Arrived back in Perth on Monday 1st September. Stopped in New Norcia on the way back and did a tour. The whole town is owned by the Benedictine Monks and has been since 1839 or somewhere around then. Lots of old very Spanish looking buildings. Tour took 2hrs so naturally the girls were getting a bit bored by the end! There's only so many churches/abbeys/monasteries that a 3 and 5 year old can tolerate!
Tuesday we went up to Hillary's Harbour to AQWA (the WA underwater world). Great place that had all the exhibits separated into regions along the WA coastline so that you could see where all the critters usually live.
The walk through tunnel was a big hit (after a bit of coaxing for Natasha who was scared that a shark might eat her). I think we went around the 96m loop about 7 or 8 times. The manta rays are pretty cool the way they coast over the tunnel!
Wednesday we did a tour of the Perth Mint. Saw a gold bar being poured, picked up a 12 kg gold bar worth about $200,000 (inside the security cage of course) and discovered that if you add all our weights together we are worth about $7million in gold! No photos to see. Security issues.
After our mint tour we went and had a picnic lunch in the enormous King's Park overlooking the city and river. It was full of spring wildflower events too.
Thursday we went to Lake Monger, just north of the Perth CBD to see the black swans and their chicks. Fed them some bread... they aren't shy thats for sure!
On our way we stopped in at a shop called Kakulas Bros. in Northbridge (inner city suburb) This would have to be the best shop ever!! It has bags and bags (massive sacks that is) of every herb, spice, flour, dried beans, dried fruit, stuff from everywhere in the world and even some harissa paste. Yay! and sooo cheap. It was like being in the spice markets in Istanbul (minus the Turkish salesmen of course). Could move to Perth just for this place.
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