LiFe As It Is...: Perth Day 2: The Fruit Corner and Fremantle Fishing Habour

Friday, June 15, 2018

Perth Day 2: The Fruit Corner and Fremantle Fishing Habour

We woke up at 7am and lazed around bcos the day's agenda was lax. Popo made us bfast. It was nice to have hot food in the cold morning.

We set off after we had cleaned up. The very initial plan was the Adventure Theme Park, only to realise a few days before the trip that it was not opened for winter. Luckily we checked. We thought of heading to the Rottnest Island for the Quokkas - those cute little always appeared to be smiling animals. Daddy Lim was really looking forward to snapping a selfie with one of those. Unfortunately, it was way too expensive. The ferry and admission tickets would cost us over A$250 per family.

After much debate and compromise (between the kids, it was eventually decided on the Fruit Corner, where we could do fruit picking. The orchard was 45 mins drive from the campervan park.

The 1st thing was to already start with some fruits to try to get "things" moving.

It was a day not meant for fruit picking bcos it started drizzling the moment we arrived. Then it started raining very hard, the hardest I have seen in Perth. We had to wait for rain to lighten before we headed to the apple trees. Those were in season now.

I was hoping that we could move soon bcos the kids were getting restless and it was a matter of time before they became Tasmania Devils, witj Zaky leading the pack.

We set off when the rain was reduced to a heavy drizzle. The 10 of us shared 3 umbrellas, which meant most of us were walking in the rain.

Walking in the rain would have been so fun but not in winter definitely. It got especially hard when the wind was howling. Midway, we had to hide at somebody's patio bcos it was raining so hard. Look at the 2 uncles' attire. Lol.

We eventually pressed on despite the rain bcos we didnt know how long we had to wait for the rain to stop. We did eventually pick green apples. Far far away, we could see rows and rows of apple trees in full harvest but with the rain, there was no way to walk over. Though the green apples were sweeter than usual, I still prefer the red ones and there was no way to even think about trying to find the red apple trees. We had to pay for whatever we picked and we didnt pick too many to avoid wastage. The buckets were for show. Our kids each picked 2 apples. Haha.

It was still raining when we were back but the rain stopped immediately when we left the farm. Zzzz.

I still got my red apples.

We drove back to the Fremantle city as we wanted to try the Perth best fish and chips at the Fremantle Fishing Habour. Bcos it was right next to the sea, the wind was again howling. We had all changed into our dry clothes except for Daddy Lim who only had 1 (damp) jacket. Haha. He was dry fairly quickly, all thanks to the wind.

We walked past a playground and of course had to linger. What is a Perth holiday without parks and playgrounds?

What was Popo doing? Hiding behind the big tree; from the wind!

The tummy reminded us the purpose of the trip and set us going.

The best fish and chips in town.

We found a table easily, probably bcos it was after lunch time. The kids were happily playing with seagulls while waiting for lunch to be served.

The fish and chips were really not too bad.

Zaky was restless and I brought him explored a little.

Soon, the other restless monkeys joined him.

A family picture with the iconic signage.

There was no agenda after lunch. We took a aalk around. I wanted to tick off the bucket list and visit the Cappucino strip. It was a street with many cafes. We didnt have coffee bcos we were still full from lunch but Lil Shauna had a tummyache and used the toilet at Hungry Jacks. Haha.

There was still daylight when we arrived back at the campervan park. The kids invaded the playground again while Popo cooked dinner. Tgis jumping pillow is like a trampoline and the kids had so much fun.