The Cube

My trips to Perth nowadays are mostly to visit sis and famiy. However, usually sis would organise activities or go to places I've not been to maximise my visit and I am appreciative. This round aside from camping at Hamelin Bay, we caught the Terracotta Warriors: Legacy of the First Emperor exhibition in the WA Museum Boola Bardip. 

The exhibition has now finished and only a very small fraction of the warriors 'travelled' to Perth. It was still a pleasant surprised because I fully expected that maybe only one terracotta warrior was being loaned, and of course, I've not been to Xian.  

313 William St, Northbridge WA 6003, Australia

After exhibition, we walked to the Northbridge for an early dinner. Dinner venue choice this round was Cambodian food at My Bayon. There were 3 adults and 2 kids. We got an appetizer to share, 2 main dishes with rice and drinks to share. 

2/447 Cambridge St, Floreat WA 6014

Souffle pancakes are best when shared. We ordered 2 drinks and 2 pancakes to share. We ordered their seasonal souffle pancake which was sunny mango at the time we visited. The other one was something pandan kaya which I thought was in their regular menu but I can't seem to find it on their menu now. 

Hamelin Bay is four hours south of Perth and situated north of Augusta. It is on the southwest coast of WA between Cape Leeuwin and Cape Naturaliste. It is famous for the abundance of stingrays that frequent the bay. This was the selected camping area that sis invited me to join - we stayed at the Hamelin Bay Holiday Park campsite. 

There was a kiosk near our tent and many kids hung out there. We asked one of the kids what could we find in the kiosk thinking that it could be more of a hot food kind of kiosk. We were told, "lollies". Haha. We did made it to there during one of the opening hours and yes, there were good selection of snacks but also a decently stocked convenience store. 

A jetty was established to service the timber milling operations in the past. Only a few piles of the original jetty remain on site. 

We saw stingrays again in the morning before we departed but the waves were high and the stingrays were fast. We saw them but not fast enough to get good pictures, and vertical challenged. 

It was raining on/off so was cloudy during sunset timing, but we saw double rainbow though. 

Augusta is about 15 minutes drive away from Hamelin Bay, so we visited Augusta the next day. It is the nearest time to Cape Leeuwin. 

I followed sis to pick up my niece who attended a birthday party at Cottesloe Beach. I was told that Sculptures by the Beach in Perth was held at this beach. This was the only non food place I've been this round in Perth. 

This trip I went to 2 eateries and we had food ordered in twice. 

I haven't been to a buffet for awhile but been wanting to try the buffet in Epicurean. We chose the easiest available - lunch on a weekday. 

Tasty beef noodles with one free noodle refill per bowl ordered. We ordered 2 noodles, 2 portion of lamb skewers, 1 side dish of cucumber with homemade sauce, 1 snack - cauliflower popcorn and 6 pieces pan-fried pork & cabbage dumplings. We initially ordered the vegetarian dumplings but they have sold out. 

We went, saw the queue to get into the shop from the car and decided to head back home. We ordered delivery the next day. The kids picked the toppings and flavour. I think it was strawberry and mango. 

I dined in once when I was visiting 2 years ago. This round we got lazy and ordered delivery. Just realised I had the Strawberry Skies 2 years back. 

This was after the dessert after beef noodles dinner. Lychee-ade, strawberry matcha latte, biscoff cake and blueberry basque cheese cake. 

Esperance is a town on the Southern Ocean coastline in Western Australia. It is approximately 720 km from the state capital, Perth and is famous for its pristine sandy stretches and turquoise waters.