The Big Big World: Albany Day 2

We woke up heaps early so that we'd be able to get to Whale World at 9.00 am for their first tour, only to reach there and find out that their first tour starts at 10.00 am! Even the ladies on duty there laughed at us. Pree-ty embarassing. Oh well. So what better way to kill time then to explore the place, pose and take heaps of pictures, and go crazy on the playground? :D

Seaside @ Whale World.

Cool blue 3D glasses with the bro and sis!

Sta decided she was too cool for blue.

L-R: Sta, Rick, Jess, Kim, Me, Tim, Sam, Greg.

This was what I meant when I said 'going crazy on the playground'.

The biggest monkey of the lot. No kidding. Who could've guessed?!

Whale World was pretty awesome - we learnt about whaling, and observed huge-ass machinery responsible for slicing and chopping up whales and extracting oil from blubber.

Whaling: The dirt, the grime, and the gore.

Downside of Whale World: Visual media (3D movie, video, LCD projection) bored us all to sleep.

Best part about Whale World: seeing the GINORMOUS pygmy blue whale skeleton! (imagine how big a true blue whale would be! :O) Oh, and exploring the Cheynes IV, a whaling ship! It was cool, climbing up and down the decks and stairs. I tried to do the classic 'Titanic' pose, which failed for 2 reasons: 1. There was no boyfriend to support me from behind, and 2. In the end I needed 3 people to hold me up. So yeah, pretty failed attempt. :P

W.O.W.

Ahoy, Captain!

Love you guys long time! :)

Back-Front, L-R: Greg, Nick, Sam, Sta, Jess, Tim, Kim, Me, Rick

We then went to see the Blowholes. Man, walking towards the Blowholes was probably THE most tiring walk of the entire trip, the worst part about it was that we didn't see no blowholes! FAILLL. Lol. But the Blowholes (or areas around the blowholes, rather) remain my favourite place in Albany simply for this reason:

"To be with myself and center

Clarity, peace, serenity."

-Big Girls Don't Cry, Fergie -

Just listening to the sound the waves were making against the rocks, and just being still and quiet, and also ignoring the fact that there was a huge lizard staring at me from between the cracks of rock, I felt tranquil and very much at peace. It's therapy for the soul, I'm telling ya. I remember thinking, 'I could stay here and watch this forever.'

We had to literally drag ourselves back from the Blowholes (because of the steep climb uphill, and I really didn't wanna leave that place!). Drove down to The Gap and The Natural Bridge. It was terribly frightening, looking down that deep deeeeep crevice separating the rocks, but it was absolutely breath-taking at the same time.

Rick and I at The Gap.

The Natural Bridge.

Look how tiny we all look!

[Hmm, interesting thought: There's just something about water and waves that I find so appealing, it may have something to do with the fact that I am a Pisces? :) ]

We headed back to Middleton for our BBQ Lunch, which I reckon was one of the BEST meals we had there, second only to the restaurant that we went to for dinner on the last night.

*sizzle sizzle*

We had some time to recuperate (ie. spa, i swear, we're addicted) back at Middleton, then off we went to the Wind Farm! Most exciting part was catching a glimpse of a wild roo and a joey, and while we were ogling at the creatures bounding away, we heard a voice coming from the loos shouting, 'Where? WHERE?!' and then we see Jessie dashing out at full speed. :D But back to the topic, the sheer size of them windmills had us all astounded.