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From Lake Wendouree, it was just a few minutes drive to the Sovereign Hill, the highlight of our third day's tour. Aaron told me that this is highly recommended by his friend and true enough, my kids enjoyed themselves here.Sovereign Hill is a tourist attraction, this place is set up like stepping back in...
Should you rent a car on holiday?When you’re traveling anywhere, especially overseas, you’re going to run into many questions when planning. One of the biggest is how exactly are you going to get around, or more specifically:should yourely on public transport orrentyour...
My son just sent me two pictures taken in the Penguin Parade seashore. He used his handphone to capture, no flashlight was used so it turned out very dark indeed. Blurry pictures... no doubt... Walking back to their "house" after coming up from the sea....Selfie picture taken with...
By the time we reached the apartment after the Phillip Island trip, it was almost midnight. After cleaning up etc. etc, it was almost 1am and we had to wake up at 6am to get ready for another day trip to Ballarat! Aiyohhh... I guess the four of us had panda eyes that very morning... I should have taken a...
Phillips Island - It was almost evening when we arrived at this small town to have our dinner. My stomach was already "making noises" and whatever food in sight was good enough for me!The tour guide recommended this place called Fat Seagulls, good food and prompt service. Never mind about...
Penguins only come out at night, so we were told... their eyes cannot take the bright lights, it will spoil their eyesight. To while away the time, the tour bus driver took us to two tourist places. One of them is Maro as in my previous post and the second one is Noobies Centre. We stopped by here to...
WE booked a three "Day Tours" when we reached Melbourne and due to our inexperience, we paid for the three days tour that runs consecutively. Kind of tiring especially when the day tour ends around midnight and the following day we had to wake up as early as 6am to go for another one. The first...
It was a great relief for the four of us when the bus came to a halt after an hour or so after our lunch. We finally reached The Twelve Apostles!Thank goodness for the pills, we came out quite refreshed without feeling a bout of nausea... (I must remember to take them along during our travel next...
Day 3 - Great Ocean Road 12 ApostlesMy sons went to arrange the day tours in one of the tour agencies along Swanston Street, Melbourne. They came back with a package of 3 day tours with one free attraction for $300 per person. We requested an English speaking tour guide and it is a bit more than...
With only a bottle of table salt, how nice can our meal turn out to be? LOL...We went to an Asian supermarket to buy a packet of noodles and a bottle of salt. I didn't buy any oyster sauce or something similar cos we are not going to stay a long time and I don't want to waste the spices. Instead I...
After our heavy meal, we set out again and before we do each time, my young tour guides will "consult" the map for directions first... . Checking out where to go... north or south... east or west....Great, eh...
So much to buy but we didn't actually bought a lot as yet. We always ended up buying souvenirs that we don't use and giving out to our family and friends. But old habits die hard... ladies are ladies.. we still want to grab stuff we find fascinating and cheap, right? Shopping is endless...
Day 2 - Another free and easy on our own...We woke up late to replenish back the sleep we have lost on the first day and it was almost noon when we left for Victoria Market, just two traffic lights away from our apartment.Walking along the pavement toward Victoria Market...At the junction while waiting for...
First day, first evening in Melbourne.... We had our dinner in Southgate food court, it was a very long walk from our apartment and our stomachs were "growling" by the time we reached this place.... we had our dinner here... a very simple one...We had a fusion of Chinese, Italian and Mexican....She...
Continuation.....The weather was quite hot in the afternoon around 32 degrees but towards the evening, it was 16 degrees as we were told by the receptionist. So when we set out around 5pm, my girl and I equipped ourselves with the proper attire. It is quite a long walk... with my boys...
After the wedding, it was time for us to pack for the honeymoon... ooopsss.. I mean "Familymoon"... This year's Chinese New Year is really a non-stop continuous event, from Reunion Dinners to the Wedding of the year and this morning, we landed in Melbourne! (I am so thankful that my "battery" is...
The dinner reception was held in Kinta Riverfront ballroom... before dinner, cocktail was served and as usual, I was busy taking pictures every now and then. Everyone was in high spirits during the wedding dinner, this is one happy occasion to remember.... Two young ladies were in charge of the...
It was around 3.30pm when we adjourned to St. Michael Church for the wedding service after the tea ceremony. When I entered the church, it reminded me of my own wedding held here more than 26 years ago. As the service continues, I whispered to my daughter that a church wedding is kind of...
Besides celebrating Chinese New Year, everyone in the family were also busy with the preparation of my nephew's wedding. It is the first wedding held in my in-laws, first time ever for everybody in the family. Sure the excitement grows as the day comes closer. So much to be done and it is a good...
Some random pictures taken during the 1st and 2nd day of CNY.... and some of the humour I encountered with small young girls that left me "speechless" for some seconds....Christopher Au came visiting bringing his kids and his niece... and I believe he would never taught his princess to respond...