Today was another splendid day spent with or rather around the animals. But first of all, let's talk about the breakfast we had. Finally, we managed to visit Miss Maud Pastry House. It was not a far walk from Ibis Hotel. Just cross 2 junctions along Murray Street where you will pass by the shopping area. It is located next to the Miss Maud's restaurant and hotel. Thus, look out for it.
There are many choices to look for in this place, ranging from sandwiches to cakes and pastry. I tried the sweet potato and pumpkin roll which I have yet to see this combination before in a roll! Woooah... it tasted great. It was unlike those meat filling roll where it was mixed with some cream kind, this sweet potato and pumpkin roll was more to the dry side but you could really taste the ingredients. NICE!
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| Miss Maud Pastry House; Sweet Potato & Pumpkin Roll |
Next up for the eventful day today. We were going for the Dolphin, Penguin & Sea Lion Adventure Cruise. You can check out their website for more programs they offer. We booked this cruise through Red Balloon instead of directly from the website as there was a offer back then. Do look out for hot deals to save more!
From Perth City, we took the train on the Mandurah Line and get off at Rockingham station. It was a pretty long journey, taking around 45-60 minutes. From the station, we took Bus 551 to reach Penguin Road. Walk west along Penguin Rd towards the Rockingham Wild Encounters Shop on the beach. Well, there was not much direction in that area despite Penguin Island being a tourist attractions. We just followed the crowd and headed towards the "SEA" area and managed to find the place. Remember to get the family ticket if you are taking the public transport!
Our cruise is at 10:15 and thus, we have to reached half an hour earlier for the registration. It was quite chaotic and well, though they mentioned the cruise will start at 10:15, it did not. We were told to wait under the sun at the dock for the cruise boat to arrive. No one was there to guide us or tell us what to do. We just waited and waited. But the good thing is, the sea, the sky and the sand was a beautiful combination. Here's the dock and the nearby!
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| While waiting for the cruise boat! |
Here comes the highlight after we boarded the boat. The commentator was mentioning that we will definitely get to see the dolphins and true enough, within 10 minutes into the cruise, we started to seeing them jumping in and out of the water. Okay, not quite the way I saw on the television, they did not jump as high nor as fast but it was really cool. Everyone was busy snapping away, hoping to get one or two shots of them flying out of the water! Here's my shot of the dolphins as well as the sea lions. Totally enjoyed myself for the 90 minutes!
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| Dolphins & Sea Lions |
Next up, the cruise boat sent us straight to Penguin Island. Do note that there is no shop at Penguin island and thus, you can bring your own food for a picnic over at the island or grab some food at the Pengos cafe before boarding the cruise. If not, it will be like us, had our lunch after the cruise and the visit to the Penguin Island.
I have been to watch the penguins swimming and walking back to land in Melbourne at the Philips Island. This time round at Penguin Island, I managed to catch them at a closer range. Seeing them being fed by the trainer and seeing how they swam at the man-made pool. They are a bunch of cute animals!
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| Penguins |
More relaxing scenery found at the Penguin Island -
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| Penguin Island views |
Finally was lunch at the Pengos Cafe. We ordered the salmon panini - you have it toasted or just eat it fresh. I had it toasted, not bad after all. We also had the chicken tikka wrap and the beer battered fries. My take, the beer battered fries wasn't that great after all. But overall, it was not a bad lunch by the sea.
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| Pengos Cafe - Salmon Panini, Chicken Tikka Wrap, Beer battered fries |
It was almost in the late afternoon that we reached back Perth City. Then we headed to Harbourtown for outlet shopping. But well, we did not managed to buy anything, purely I guessed we were too tired to shop and some of the shops were closed. We went back to Murray Street and found dinner at Streeton's cafe. We weren't really hungry and thus, we ordered the Risotto to share - not bad and guess we found our breakfast venue for the next day before we headed to Swan Valley for a 'staycation' over the Christmas holidays!
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| Risotto / Perth train! |
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