Saturday, August 15, 2009
Melbourne: 19 Jul - 25 Jul
Since I've visited Melbourne last September, I thought the second trip there would be more relaxing and less packed. Well, Mel being Mel, the many tours/activites/shopping areas/food called for a 7day-full of FUN!!
There was already 8 of us touring around Melbourne including Fab and the man who are residents there. Throughout the trip, the many meetings of other friends of the group often increased our group size to at least 10 ppl? Dinner on our second night was at Sophia, well known for their Italian food. Being Singaporeans, we ordered a FEAST and we were all bloated by dinner. ohh!! We stayed at this apartment near Lygon - Parkville Apartments.On our first night, shuk, YL, HA and I decided to venture to Lygon STreet for dinner/supper and the bummers/Harry Potter fans - xy and jenni headed back to watch Goblet of the Fire. It was a good 1 hr walk away but the Italian food was heavenly!! Garlic prawns pizza was SUPERB!!! And there's this yummylicious HOng Kong dessert house that serves Chinese food which is 100 times better than those we've tried in BNE.
Visited Uni of Mel where xy's friend brought us around. That very night, we headed to this ShangHainese place for dumplings buffet!! Yes!! More food! hahaha. Think we had 4/5 meals daily when were in Mel!!
Since I've visited Melbourne last September, I thought the second trip there would be more relaxing and less packed. Well, Mel being Mel, the many tours/activites/shopping areas/food called for a 7day-full of FUN!!
There was already 8 of us touring around Melbourne including Fab and the man who are residents there. Throughout the trip, the many meetings of other friends of the group often increased our group size to at least 10 ppl? Dinner on our second night was at Sophia, well known for their Italian food. Being Singaporeans, we ordered a FEAST and we were all bloated by dinner. ohh!! We stayed at this apartment near Lygon - Parkville Apartments.On our first night, shuk, YL, HA and I decided to venture to Lygon STreet for dinner/supper and the bummers/Harry Potter fans - xy and jenni headed back to watch Goblet of the Fire. It was a good 1 hr walk away but the Italian food was heavenly!! Garlic prawns pizza was SUPERB!!! And there's this yummylicious HOng Kong dessert house that serves Chinese food which is 100 times better than those we've tried in BNE.
Visited Uni of Mel where xy's friend brought us around. That very night, we headed to this ShangHainese place for dumplings buffet!! Yes!! More food! hahaha. Think we had 4/5 meals daily when were in Mel!!
And I've finally tried skiing!!!(Next up-surfing!!) Paid $178 for a beginner's skiing day trip to Mount Buller. It is a 3 hour drive away from Melbourne and even though we were given 7 different chairlift passes, we only managed to use 2 of it cuz there was too little time!! But it was definitely thrilling! I'm still awed by how the pros do it down those really steep hills! well, practice makes perfect!! We were blessed with nice weather as seen from the pictures!
Visited Phillip Island where it is known for their penguin march and wildlife. On our way there, we stopped by Brighton Beach where all the colourful 'houses' are located. In fact, they are personal changing rooms owned by people. The weather wasn't on our side that day and the gloomy clouds were a stark contrast to the loud colours of the pretty houses.
Second visit to the Great Ocean Road. Once again blessed with a pretty day. Jenni managed to drive 600km+ all by herself!! *salutes her!! hahaha. Oh!! and i didnt realized i could lick my own elbow until recently and what's more amazing is that most ppl cant do it. haha! james decided to challenge us. So whoever could lick his/her elbow, he would buy the person anything from the nearest convenience store. And i got a complimentary mint and chocolate chip icecream from him!! hahaha!!
Puffing Billy train ride was fun!And people from the town will definitely wave to passengers on the train vice versa. Took a trip up to Blue Dandenongs as well. I like how the name sounds. Had scones and tea up there and it kinda reminded me of Cameron Highlands.
Platform 1 2/3
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Blog started on 6th July 2008.
non domestiques.
Away from Home.
Chew.
Joch.
YuJin.
Tzeye.
Carine.
Lina.
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Sherrilyn.
Hany.
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Chub.
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