Road Trip pt 2

Ok, terribly sorry for the delay in getting on with this post, been pretty busy.
We left sunday (2/10) at 6 pm in the morning. We rented 2 cars, a camry and an elantra. I sat in the camry and was the designated navigator, but did fall asleep once in awhile. I went with our Murdoch Malaysian Association committee, there were 9 of us. We drove 850 km north of perth to a quaint fishing town called Denham. The drive took about 9 hours and what a drive it was. As we drove along, we saw how the landscapes changed. First it was normal highway, then we hit the wineries, then the farms and finally the Real Outback, the sorta stuff you see in movies, with kangaroo carcasses lying here and there and miles and miles of road in front of you. The best was seeing where the desert ended and the sea began, it was pretty awe inspiring.
We stayed at a backpacker's lodge, vey nice accomodation with the beach in front. I wont go into all the nitty gritty details. The highlights were seeing the dolphins upclose, Serena managed to feed them, lucky girl. We also went sailing on this huge catamaran to see dugongs. Philip, Justin and myself managed to help to draw the sail, which was pretty cool. We learned to fish courtesy of Philip, I caught my first crab, using a stick and a bucket, unfortunately it died before we could take it back. Philip got some fish. We just lounged by the beach for the first day. All our meals were prepared by us, with Ying Yu doing the menu. We also went to shell beach, where it full of shells everywhere. We went Little Lagoon for more fishing and swimming. The weather was simply lovely, nice and hot compared to the cold clammy wind in Perth.
Every night we went for walks by the beach. On our second night, we joined these 2 old fishermen looking for squid, he kinda taught us how to catch it and clean it. The guy was so generous, he gave us 2 squids to take back. The next day I cleaned it, crumbed it and fried it as Fried Calamari Rings for our last night BBQ, which also heavenly. After BBQ, we drove out 20 km from our resort and got into this public hot tub, in the middle of nowhere. It was pitch black, and we only had the stars to illuminate us. It was lovely, we saw Scorpio, Orion, and the Southern Cross and also countless shooting stars.
Apart from the highlights, the thing I enjoyed the most was the comraderie. We got really close, and we opened up during the trip to each other. We would stay up at night and get to know each other better and deeper, thanks to Esther who kept dishing out all these deep questions that kinda really made us ponder about ourselves. I cant really describe it in words, it was magic and everything went so well. These are friendships I will cherish all my life just like the memories of the trip. I am truly fortunate to have gone for this trip with such a fine bunch. I really love you guys. Thanks for all the good times. Philip, thanks for organising this trip and for being like a big brother to all of us. To the rest, Mei Theng, Ying Yu, Ainul, Esther, Anhui, Justin and Serena, thanks for everything, you guys are a special bunch. Even now I long to go back to Denham with you guys. every time I will be thinking, ''Ok last week, this time we were doing this and this, etc". Even now, it is so hard to come back to reality and it is kinda depressing, but we will always have each other and our memories, and that is definitely a comforting thought isn't it? Heaven is truly in Denham, but only if you guys are there.