Backpacking travel & Outdoor adventure: 2012 - Backpacking to ...

Backpacking to Perth WA

Cape to Cape of Margaret River Valley
07 Sept to 18 Sept 2012

Day 09 Sat. (15.09.2012) - Kings Park and Taste Bud Tours

We had a heavy morning breakfast and then drove along the Swan River towards Kings Park. This large city park consists mostly of native bush and is an escape from the city with popular picnic areas and bike paths. There are good views of the city centre from the higher points in the park.

We then walked along the main streets in Perth: Murray St, and Hay St. We walked through the London Court by the north entry and end up at Wellington St.

At 1:15pm pickup from the Wellington Tourist Coach Stand for the Taste Bud Tours, a 4.5-hour half day tour in a spacious air-conditioned coach along the famous Swan Valley Food & Wine Trail. Sample local wines, sweet and savory foods, beers, ciders and coffees. Currently ranked #1 Tour in Perth on Trip advisor. The Deal: $249 for a half-day ?Speed Grazing? experience for 6 in the Swan Valley ($710 value). Taste Bud Tours offers a unique ?speed grazing? experience to show you all the Swan Valley?s highlights in only half a day ? it?s fast, fun and filling. Voted Best New Business in the 2011 Small Business Awards.

The Highlights are visiting:

1. Yahava Koffee Works
2. Cape Lavender
3. Mago Coffee
4. Margaret River Chocolate Co.
5. Jarrah Ridge Wines
6. The House of Honey
7. Mondo Nougat Factory
8. Roadside Farmstall
9. Ironbark Brewery

There are two surprises on this tour:

1st surprise: Pauline met her Sitiawan ACS school colleague son ? Mr. Chandra Boss and family.
2nd surprise: I met my former Public Bank colleague ? Ms. Koay Seok Khim.

Finished the tour at 6.30pm we took the train to Bull Creek where Dave waited to drive us back to Seah?s Haven. Again and again we had fantastic dinner and this time is the grill-out pork using the Weber charcoal grill at the backyard.

Sleeping: Seah?s Haven
Temperature: Sunny 24?C/12?C

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Source: http://chingnengbin.blogspot.com/2012/09/2012-backpacking-to-perth-day-9_30.html

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