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HELLO, I am back here to update about my Melbourne trip. Overall, I enjoyed alot and misses that place even though thumbs down for shopping & night life.. Australia, indeed a relaxing place to be in. The moment I thought of returning back here, I feel stress up :( That's bad I know, cos it is like running away from reality.

Also weather was cool, didn't sweat a single bit even though there was sunshine on certain days. When it rained & wind blew, OMG it was freaking cold. Average ard 12-15 degrees maybe? Totally can't wear my shorts & tanktops I brought, everyday will be jeans, blouse and jacket. Our tour guide ald said, no shorts n tanktops or else U will shake like a spaghettie. And he wasn't joking cos I was shaking despite wearing warm clothings..
6 days trip from 5 to 10 December. So luckly to fly by A380 to and fro. To me, not much diff unless U seat business class la. But still, it is the experience cos A380 only flies to certain places.

DAY 1 (Singapore to Melbourne)

Off to airport at ard 6pm as our flight was at 9pm. The lesson we learnt when taking night flight is Never eat too full for ur dinner cos they will feed U like a pig on board. hahah. The 8 hour flight was quite torturing, I was having leg and stomach cramps and I can't get to sleep on board.

DAY 2

As Australia was 3h ahead of us, we reached at 4am (SG) when it was ald 7am in Mel. Their airport super strict, NO PHOTOGRAPHY when I took my camera out outside their DFS. WTH, I don see anything wrong taking there. Realised some of them quite cocky over there but of course there were friendly ones. Felt so lethargic and right after everyone gathered, our grp which consists of 25 ppl left for sight seeing immediately. Stopped by Mac to have our breakfast b4 heading off to the city for a tour. Weather was super shiok, like walking in aircon room :)

Took 30 mins to get to the Melbourne City. We passed by places like Queen Victoria Market. Smth like our pasar malam but a cleaner and less rowdy environment.

Then Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. For those who are studying in RMIT, it is a big and established University back in Melbourne :) Who knows, I might be studying there few mths later. hahah

Our 1st stop was St Patrick Cathedral. A church that looked like a castle with lost of beautiful flowers, fountains and statues surrounding it. All of us camwhored like mad!

The jump shot that we took many times till our feet were aching. Candid pics are always the best!

Damn nice the flowers, there's 1 more white one which is also beautiful. How I wish I can pluck some home and grow in my garden :)

The cute couple helped us with most of our family pics and in turn we also helped them to take.

I like this, it looked like we were in some parts of England..

The next place we went was Fitzroy Garden, similar to our Botanic Garden. Besides that, we were only allowed to have an outlook of the Cook's Cottate as U have to pay to enter to see some lame stuffs..

Cook's Cottate

Lots of flies flying near the Orange flower when we took and it was nerve wrecking cos U will feel itchy the moment U see it.

The 4 huge trees behind us, reminds me of F4

In the Conservatory. Well, nth special inside leh..

On our way for lunch near Crown Plaza, we passed by Federation Square. Similar to our esplanade. To make things worse, they are having art festival and ya bookfair which I am not interested in. Hahah so 1 shot and off I go.

The hotel that we are staying when we are in Melbourne City. Quite convenient as it is directly opposite Flinders Station.

Then this is 1 of their tourist attraction. Eureka Tower which is the tallest residential building. Some stories behind the structure and it cost alot to stay there, few millions..

Madness to have lunch at 9am (SG) while it was 12 noon in Mel. The chinese food from Dragon Boat Restaurant sucks man. They love to sprinkle lots of salt in their food I guess or is it becos Singaporeans are more health conscious now?? Anyway, after the horrible lunch, we head to Philip Island which took us around 2 hours + to reach. So glad that I was able to doze off during the journey but kept hitting my head on the window that cause me to wake up. Great Sceneries along the way, so nice that I can't stop clicking. hahah sky, seas, grass. Wat a great combi!

Finally reached the Chocolate Factory. Nah, not Charlie and the choco factory but rather Panny's Chocolate.

This is cool, 3 mins to see some magic. Ready??

There it goes, after 3 mins. There will be chocolate fall! * SPLASH~*

Oh ya, this is our coach with all our luggages in that little small black box. It will be funny if the driver didn't tighten the lock..

Next stop was Churchill Island to see some farm animals. Unpleasant smell and lots of houseflies, but well no choice either.

Pls don be mistaken, I am not afraid of this horse but the houseflies instead. They are so irritating! Anyway, the body of the horse feels like brush.

This horse gt fringe somemore la.

Hahah shit all over. So U gt to open ur eyes big in order not to strike lottery.

So glad that our tour don't include farm stay or else I will faint straightaway.

Something that U can only find in Australia! They are the Koalas. But sad, U can only view them from the trees n not to have close contact with it.

They are always sleepy cos they feed on gum leaves. N some fall to their death which saddens me as they are so cute n innocent looking. Can U spot it??

The Koala is fake when some ppl actually thought it's alive. LOL

Back to our Apartment to wash up b4 we left for more sight seeing.

This is the best part of this trip, to me maybe. The nobbies which U gt to see the sealrock, sunset, seagulls and some seals. When I step down from the coach, OMG came out of my mouth cos I was shocked to see such beautiful scenery and also the weather was so damn cold.

Nice right? We can't see the end of this ocean and it's the same in life, we can't see what's planned for us in life. Just got to keep walking till U hit that point.

I admit that I was scared of the seagulls to have this pose.

My dad was so lucky to have so many natural shot taken all thanks to the couple that fed the seagulls. The seagulls totally went crazy eating the chips n was shitting anyhow that it kanna 1 of my tour grp ppl.

The last stop for the night was the Penguin Parade which don't allow any cameras. But it was an educational n touching moment when all the penguins came back to their nest from the ocean when night falls. I was freezing away, when I said that, meaning I was really shivering. I guess, it was only 10 degrees at that point of time when I only wore like what I wore in lecture hall when I am feeling cold.

On our way back to The Waves Apartment, I saw lots of stars covering the whole sky. Really amazing but too bad, my camera can't captured it or else it would be 1 of my fav pic :)

Dead tired that I fell into a coma even though I set the alarm clock to off my charger.

DAY 3

The apartment looked like some schools right?

The small town in Philip Island and the ppl are super friendly there. While walking to the supermarket, there were guys shouting at my tour grp asking us to give them a hug. Nah, definitely not from me but hahah no one bothers abt that request anyway.

The 1st place we went on the 3rd day was to another garden. But I love this place more.

Then we rushed over to the Strawberry farm which took us about 40 mins journey. As usual, I doze off once again, waking up only when my head hits the window.

Busy taking pics till I only managed to pick like half box full. Luckly my dad helped me after that. It's not easy picking loh, cos so many rotten ones and the nice ones kanna picked by other ppl. N U gt to open ur eyes big or else U will be like me, my sis and other ppl in my grp. Why? Cos we stepped into the pool of mud. Yucks man, slippers n legs coated with mud. Can imagine how disgusting it is right? N after that gt to do the unglam washing as they only have sinks there. So, I did like ballet stunt to put my leg into the sink at my waist level to wash.

Anyway, the strawberries wasn't sweet at all =.= But the complimentary ice cream was not bad.

Next was a winery. WTH, they demanded us to pay A$3 for winetasting just becos we are chinese and they mistook us from mainland china. #$#%$^%&^ Comeon, we speaked gd english and we are not so "Gian Peng" like those can.. So Dennis was fed up and brought us to other winery.

Wine tasting. As I was above 18, I was allowed to drink :) My tour grp was like wah ur daughter can drink ah, not bad.. N yea my face turned red after not long, that's the bad part when I drink outside..

After Western lunch at Rye Hotel, we went to Sorrento Car Ferry Terminal to board our cruise.

Luckly I don't have motion sickness, or else I guess I will puke after eating my lunch esp fish n chips.

NAH, it wasn't this ferry. We were cheated by Dennis when he said, eh Look at Queenscliff then everyone were like wah so big shiok la. Then he said, nope ours not that =.=

This is our cruise called Moonraker Dolphins Swims.

We went cruising for about an hour and were so lucky to see all the cute creatures which was on leave the other time Dennis brought a grp to see.

The seals. They are damn smelly. We can smell them the moment our cruise passed by them and they were making lots of noise when they noticed us looking at them.

This is much cuter. The Dolphins :) N I took lots of shots b4 I can captured a nice one cos is either purely water as I am too slow or half body only. So in the end I took a video instead which can be found in my fb.

Us with the lady captain and the guy was in charged of the refreshments on board. From this pic, U can tell that Asians are really smaller in built. LOL

After the cruise, we went back to Melbourne City and checked in. 1 hour later, all of us gathered as Dennis brought us to The Chinatown for a walk and dinner. He recommended this place. Lord of the Fries saying that it tastes so nice. Okie la, like satay sauce on fries loh n it cost like A$6+ for a small box. N that's him posing behind me, no wonder my mum was laughing away when she took this.

Their pathetic little chinatown. More like dead town to me..N after dinner we rushed back to our hotel cos my mum caught a cold due to the cold wind at night.

DAY 4

Day 4 was a boring day compared to the 1st 3 days. We went shopping at Victoria's Market in the morning. Didn't have the mood to shop cos everyone was freezing away as it was raining heavily with strong winds so I guess the temp was ard 10 degrees. Tempted to buy the heat pad loh but then no place to stick n U need boiling water to reuse it.

The fruit seller so cute, he saw us camwhoring when my parents went to the restrooms then he was like U wan me to help U to take? Then after taking he said $5 each! But he was just joking.

The next stop was Eureka Skydeck. It only took 36 secs to reach 88th flrs and we gt to see the whole of Melbourne City. Too bad, it was raining so visibility was low but well it was a gd exp anyway..

Open area and the wind was so damn strong at the 88th flr. See my mum's hair, U shld know how strong yea.

Then we went Chinatown for lunch. It was the best Chinese food I have eaten so far IN MELBOURNE. Everyone agrees with me..Their restaurant food still lose to our "zi char" stall. hahah. Then 30 mins ride to Chadstone Mall to shop. Well, a very big shopping centre but the things were not cheap when U can get it at a lower price here.

But still, we managed to get some gifts for relatives n friends which adds up to be ard A$150+ till the salesgal asked if we wanted gift wrap.

Sweet ASS. LOL

Then the rest of my tour grp went for Puffing Billy while we continued shopping at Chadstone and they came back to fetch us back to hotel b4 we left for night tour at Italian Street.

Dennis recommended this chocolate shop called KOKO BLACK which is famous for their hot chocolate. Seriously, it's damn nice esp on a cold day but U will get nose bleed if U drink too much cos it' super heaty..

They have all these heaters along Italian street which is smth really gd! Feel so warm standing underneath it.

HOT and COLD. Immediately after hot chocolate, we got to pick our Gelato. Everyone was like arghh, cannot finish n eating smth so cold when it was drizzling..

The 2nd last stop was to feed the Possum. At 1st, no one wans to feed it cos everyone was afraid that it will bite. Worse still, Dennis bought 2 big loaves of bread so he says eh if cannot finish ah U gt to eat the bread..

This little gal called I forgot what name cos Dennis kept making fun of her name calling her Sheraton and said that her sis is called Shangri la..She will always wait for us to board the coach n said hello or bye to us b4 returning to her seat.

I fed it just that my mum didn't managed to capture me feeding so in the end I gt to pose for 1.

The last stop was Crown Casino. N that was my 1st time stepping into one. Well, no big deal leh similar to what I see on TV. But the Christmas Decor was super grand.

The 2 little girls asked us to pose like this. So malu la..

Yaya, I am about to sleep at this time. Freaking early..

DAY 5

It was a free day as we didn't follow them to The Great Ocean Road. Journey takes 3.5hrs there which was super shiong n we were afraid of the cold weather too so yep we went exploring on our own. The DFO at Spencers' Street was horrible, the things are like so...sian perhaps. We had our lunch at Hungry Jack which was our Burger King but then there was a diff in the menu. I still prefer BK. Then OMG we forgot the Victoria's Market is closed on a Wed n we took a cab down =.= In the end we asked the driver if there are any place similar to that? So he send us to South Melbourne Market. HAHAH it was really like their market.

After half an hour there, we decided to head back to our hotel as Dad was meeting his friend at 6.30pm. No wonder, many ppl in aus has a car cos it was super hard to get a cab. We spend 1h waiting under the hot sun for a cab. Horrendous! So if U see me being more tanned, U shld know why?

After resting for an hour, my mum, sis n I went shopping alone while my dad had dinner with his friends. We came across this backlane which was super nice so yep we camwhored there.

Jump shot, fail again :(

Alot of tourists found it interesting so all camwhored n we gt a guy to help us. N he thought we were Japanese. LOL it's so much better than being asked if U r from China. Opps..

Our dinner was a simple 1. We takeaway Kebab n pizza back to our hotel to enjoy. Followed by exploring the hotel n packing our stuffs. N my dad was enjoying his dinner at a restaurant opened by John's bro at Italian Street!!! His friend John said ahh I didn't know ur family was together with U or else we can have a family gathering instead of business talk. Well well, too bad we missed the Italian food..

DAY 6

The last day we went for last min shopping. Still managed to get a few blouses and we walked all the way up to Victoria Market. Pro right? I am the 1 who led my mum n sis =P But our legs were aching badly as the walk took us 30 mins. Grabbed a few more Tees for cousins n ourselves n bought some fruits to try as they were really fresh n not that ex.

Initially, I thought this was just a statue then when I took, it waved at me. Hahah luckly it didn't scare the hell out of me like those Just For laughs U watched on TV.

Bye Melbourne as we were send off to the airport. My sis said this shop suits my mum n I cos we are always hightide..

So, we checked in and 8 hrs later we reached this warm island. Seriously, it was like thermal shock. Well, I will miss Melbourne and I wonder when will I be back again?? :)

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