Melbourne (22.02.09 - 28.02.09)

We were in Melbourne for exactly one week.

To a good extent, my husband is an avid photographer and myself, a self absorbed person and likes to take pictures of myself, thus by the end of this trip we have accumulated almost 3 GB worth of pictures and short videos in the SD cards (dua SD card ye) of our camera.

As a picture can sometimes describes things better than words ever can (that, or a picture allows each person who sees it to personally intrepret whatever they want from that particular picture), I've decided to post max pictures of our trip and write min of my two cent (or non-sense).

My favourite picture from each activities we did in Melbourne, every day we were there!

DAY 1: ARRIVAL







-- At Tullamarine Airport, baru sampai so macam blurr sket --

-- Husband with a tram in the background. Mase nie confuse on how tram works, so last2 jalan kaki je la--

-- Our crib for a week. A studio apartment, ader pantry gitu --







DAY 2: MELBOURNE ZOO & MELBOURNE MUSEUM

I really love melbourne zoo & museum because of the display theme. Effort yg sgt besar for each display, ader theme tersendiri that make you involved in the display. Example kat melbourne zoo, die nye tmpt gajah the theme is ala2 thai, indon & msia sket (i think sbb gajah2 derang datang dr cni kot). Then tmpt kangaroo die buat cam the australian outback. Tanah merah & kering. So, really interesting.

-- Pagi pegi melbourne zoo! --

-- And then, the museum --






DAY 3: GREAT OCEAN ROAD

A road trip along the Great Ocean Road. Kerana kami x bley drive, so kami joined a tour. Very beautiful but the day of the tour was cold...

-- Bells Beach --

-- Great Ocean Road Memorial Arch. Monumen kat blakang husband tu ialah org2 yg balik from WW1 yg bekerja utk buat Great Ocean Road --

-- Ini adalah koala liar. Bukan kat zoo. Die ske lepak kt area nie kot, sbb aku nampak 2 ekor koala tdo kat atas pokok mase stop kat cni --

-- Maits Rest Rainforest Walk. Nama die Maits Rest sbb Mr Mait (polis of some sort la) ske berenti kat cni mase die on his watch masa zaman dulu2 --

-- Twelve Apostles --

-- Loch Ard Gorge. Tmpt nie byk sample2 batu yg digemari oleh ahli batu (aku bukan ahli batu, tho dulu blaja la sgt sket masa kat uni) --

-- A small town called Colac, bout 2 hours from Melbourne. Singgah cni to get something for dinner on the way back --

DAY 4: MELBOURNE AQUARIUM, YARRA RIVER, SKYDECK & FEDERATION SQUARE

-- Melbourne Aquarium. Btol2 kat CBD --

-- Yarra River Cruise. Tgk the city from river --

-- Lepas cruise tu, we walked along Yarra River. Lalu la kat garden2 yg cantik, Birrarung Marr sme nampak la and then back to hotel --

-- That afternoon, we enjoyed the sunset from Eureka Skydeck and stayed there till nearly 9.00 pm. This is the view of the city at night from the Skydeck --

-- After Skydeck, kami pg dinner and then lepak jap kat Federation Square. Sgt la sejuk so mmg kejap je dok ctu. Mase nie dah 10.30 pm something --

DAY 5: TRAIN & TRAM HOPPING OUTSIDE MELBOURNE

-- Naik train dari Southern Cross Station sampai ke last stop at that line which is Frankston. Bout 1 hour naik train from Melbourne. Nak pegi beach tp cam makan mase je at that time sbb ptg tu nak sopping. Hoho~ --

-- At Frankston. Nie jalan nak pegi mall kat ctu --

-- Lepas Frankston, naik train and tukar train at South Yarra station to go to Prahran. From Prahran Station we walked (quite far!!) utk pegi ke Malaysia Hall. Pastu naik tram kt depan Malaysia Hall je, dah x kuase nak jalan!! --

-- Sampai Melbourne like 5.00 pm singgah jap kat Direct Factory Outlet. Sempat tgk2 je sbb hari Jumaat die tutup pkol 6.00 pm. Sengal --

DAY 6: SHOPPING & ST KILDA

-- Hari yg didecicatedkan utk explore Queen Victoria Market and segala shopping mall kat segala ceruk. Start the day with good bfast at the park!! --

-- Setelah penat menyopping (and hv a quick nap at the hotel), let's go to the pantai!! Nie kat st kilda. Beautiful :) --

-- After the beach and dinner, we went to Luna Park. Kecik je park nie, ride die pon x banyak. Tp bess :) Pkol 10.30 pm baru bertolak balik ke hotel. Sbb malam tu jumaat malam sabtu, mase naik tram nak balik hotel, terserempak ramai org yg baru nak kuar. Giler havoc dlm tram!! --

DAY 7: SOUTH MELBOURNE, PARKS & HOME

-- Flight dr Melbourne ke Singapore adalah waktu malam, so pg tu, kami melawat ke South Melbourne --

-- And singgah jap kat garden on our way back to CBD --

-- Faiz & Nadirah --

-- Dlm flight ke Singapore. Mase die baru served dinner, aku cbok amik gambar food tuh. Stewardess tu kesian tgk kot, so die offer la nak amikkan gambar. Haruslah aku ok je!! :) --

-- Sampai Changi Airport around 1.00 am, and our flight to KL was at 08.55 am. Tdo kat airport jap mase tu --

Banyak lagi gambar2 ader kat sini dan juga kat sini. Tapi of-courselah this is not the total of 3 GB worth (which translates to around 500 pictures).

I had a good time while I was in Melbourne. Love the city, love the fact that derang clean-up after makan at public places (kutip sampah sendiri & buang, pinggan letak kat satu tmpt) and paling love ialah the public transport. Paling tak love ader 2 main things; 1. Derang xde cili sos and 2. The temperamental weather. Alhamdulillah, kt msia evryday pon i've got sunshine (kecuali hari ujan).