It is pretty late to be typing this entry, because it will be about the 3 days that my family went on our first road trip down the WA south west coast. I thought it would never happen, but alas I made it HAPPEN! It was one of the points on my 'things to do list 2008'. F wasn't too excited about it, considering he has only a few more weeks til the end of uni...and he has a few projects to complete.

However I thought the family needed to get away from the city, the house etc...and just enjoy the country and each others company. We had a long car ride down to Margaret River, it must have taken us about 6 hours. We left at 9:15am and arrived 3:30pm...but we stopped along the way to check out Serpentine Dam, had lunch, also went to Bunbury Beach and bought some Fudge in Cowaramup. I was easily excited by the sight of cows, sheep and green fields with flowers. It was a sight for sore 'city' eyes....as I had the window down to smell the fresh country air.

Sofia was very good on the way, she slept when she needed, stayed up to listen to our ipod tunes, munch on biccies. It was when we spent our first night at Riverview Tourist Park in M.River that she was very happy and hyperactive. It was like she had learnt a lot that day and was on a high! We ate out for dinner at Good Fellas, had a nice smokey woodfired pizza with a fresh caesar salad to compliment. It was nice to have a the sun shining through the clouds and a soft drizzle, cuz it made the whole experience that more 'country'.

Next morning we headed out to the wineries, choc factory, cheese factory and had a mega BIG sundae at Simmo's in Dunsborough. It was a jam-packed day which didn't see us in Mandurah until 7pm. But yes I got a lil tipsy from the Peacetree winery and rocked up red faced at the choc factory. The chocs there were a rip off!! But I have to say the rocky road was the BEST I have ever tasted! The cheese I was much happier with the price...I have turned into a cheese freak all of a sudden, got a chance to indulge in brie and chedder with peppercorns! YUM!

We stayed at the Quest Apartments in Mandurah, and they were beautiful. F was happy to have a kingsize bed, as Sofia snuggles in between. The thing about it was, it was fully equipped, kitchen had everything, bathroom fully stocked, it was the best accomodation I have been to in ages :) We had a cooked meal and stayed in to relax. Sofia was walking around everywhere, and I could tell she was in holiday mood cuz she was so excited and happy.

Last day we went down to the boardwalk in Mandurah and had lunch. It was beautiful weather there, so sunny and warm. It was a nice way to finish up the roadtrip. Then it took us 1 hour to get home, and the grandparents were so happy to see their lil meimei (Sofia's nick) in the end. F said the next time he will be organising the road trip because he thought this was too short and we were rushing around a lot with no time to relax. I will leave it up to him to do better. Hehe. A roadtrip is meant to be 'on the go' though!! But I think next time it will be just me and him, adults only fun..hehe cuz it was hard to go to wineries when we had Sofia with us.

Anyways...Hope you all had a pleasent weekend too :)

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