Brownies' Trip to Western Australia Day 4

We woke up earlier today as we had to reach the Guide House by 9am. We had the honour of meeting Liz Butson, the State Commissioner of Girl Guides Western Australia. We were also very touched that they specially opened the Guide Shop for us on that day (the Guide Shop is only open on Thursdays and Fridays and the first Saturday of the month).

Outside the Guide House

The Girl Guides in Western Australia knit teddies all year round to comfort children travelling to hospitals in ambulances. The teddies are donated to St John Ambulance and the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Liz Butson - State Commissioner

Volunteers come to the Guide House to help out with the packing of Guide News to be sent out the Guiders in WA.

Liz Butson with one of the Volunteers

The Guider of Morley Girl Guides came to the Guide House specially to meet us

We had some free time before lunch so we went to Murray St Mall to look around which is of walking distance from our hotel. Our lunch was at a Chinese dim sum restaurant.

Siew Mai & Cha Siew Bao


Their Signature Dish - Fried Cuttlefish

Zhu Chang Fen

Hungry?

Waitresses @ Work

After lunch, we went to Garden City Shopping Centre at Booragoon. It was huge! The major department stores and supermarkets can be found there - Kmart, David Jones, Myer, Coles, Woolsworth...

There were also bookshops, craft stores, bakeries... We had a light dinner at the foodcourt after our shopping.

Sharing a Subway Sandwich

KFC fans

We arrived at the Stratton Community Hall early. =) A guider who was from another area heard about our visit with the Midland Butterfly Guides came down specially to see us.

SC Brownies & Midland Butterfly Guides

Beading a Kangaroo

New Found Friends

After making the beaded kangaroo, we went out of the hall for sing-along. One of the songs that we sang was the National Anthem of Australia - Advance Australia Fair.

After the sing-along, we toasted marshmallows over a fire and enjoyed the Australia Girl Guides Cookies.

Click to listen to Advance Australia Fair

Toasting Marshmallows

Oops! My Marshmallow is Burnt

Can't Wait to Eat it

Say Brownies ~

By the time we got back to the hotel, it was already 8.30pm. We had pizza, garlic bread and fortune cookies for supper plus the fresh apricots that were bought from the supermarket in the afternoon.