Saturday, October 26, 2013

Margaret River

We spent the rest of our week in Margaret River.  We stayed a bit north in an area called Bunker Bay.  The resort we stayed at was called Pullman Resort, and it was absolutely stunning.  We had a villa type room with a kitchen and two bedrooms, and a patio that overlooked the ocean.  Justin actually spotted whales twice from our villa.  The views were incredible and the private beach it was on was just breath taking.  I seriously can not say enough good things about this place, for being a 5 hour flight from us in Singapore I can not believe we have never visited in the 6+ years we have been here.  This trip was up there with my favorite trips I have ever been on.  

The area is wine country, and it is super family friendly.  All the breweries and wineries that we visited were catered to children with great playgrounds and kids menus.  We went and saw sheep shearing one day, and got to feed to the sheep.  We also went to a farm where Charlie saw roosters, geese, emus, peacocks and more! There were rolling green fields spotted with sheep, cows and even kangaroos.  We also went whale watching and literally saw whales the entire 2 hours we were out! I did a few early morning runs on the beach when there was no one else out besides one or two surfers, and it was so peaceful.  Every day was fantastic and the week flew by.  I can not wait to go back again.  I will have to make a photo album because we took so many pictures, but enjoy the many below.















































Perth, Australia

We went to Western Australia for Charlie's mid term break last week.  We flew in to Perth and stayed the night there and went to visit my cousin Pat who is living there before heading to Margaret River where we stayed for the remainder of our trip.  It was so nice to see family on this side of the world. I always loved Pat growing up and haven't seen him for many years. It was also the first time I got to meet Pat's wife Barbara and son Cooper.  Cooper is just a few months older then Charlie so it was great to have them meet!  Their house is absolutely gorgeous, they built it themselves. As in my cousin and his father and brother in law actually built the entire house.  So impressive!  It was a great visit.