June Holidays - Trip to Melbourne & Sydney (10-17 Jun 2011) - Part 2

We arrived gloomy Sydney and checked into a Medina 2 bedroom service apartment.  The apartment is as big as a 4-room flat with everything included.  We were all happily washing and drying our clothes with the machines provided so that there's minimal laundry back to Singapore.

Gloomy Sydney .. is because it was raining non stop during our short visit.  Such a waste.  See Kaelyn holding the umbrella tightly whilst doozing off . 

We head straight to Circular Quay where Sydney icon - Sydney Opera House, Habour Bridge & Darling Harbour are.  Nice but because of the weather, the sky turn dark sooner than expected so our photos didn't turn out too well

We ended our day earlier as we are setting off early the next day for the Blue Mountains National Park.  We took a train to the Blue Mountains for the Three Sisters.  The journery was super long... can't remember how long but I thought it was almost 1.5 hours on the train.  As we get nearer and peaks, the mister it gets.  By the time we reach our stop, oh my god, the weather is soooo cold & misty...we reckon it will be unsafe to get there, all of us will get drenched in the mist and near impossible to see anything even if we get to the Three Sisters.  See, we can't even see what is opposite the road... Such a disappointment!!  We had Subway for lunch and head back to town.. Travel for 3 hrs to eat Subway was the joke till today.

After a disappointing visit to the Blue Mountains, we all agreed we need to eat something good for dinner to make ourselves happy.  We had a nice charcoal bbq dinner... see the prawn, when u put the sticks of prawn on the machine, it auto turn the sticks so that the food will be cooked evenly without you turning it manually.  Nice, warm & cosy evening!

Day 3 breakfast is homecooked meal.  After eating all the Australian food, we are all craving for porridge hahah.. so here's the spread. 

Today is the day where we parted our ways too.  Daddy & Mummy decided to bring Kaelyn to kids attractions while Uncle Swee Lye & Aunty Christabelle will find their own entertainment - Shopping!  We visited the Sydney Aquarium and Sydney Wildlife World.  I think these are the highlight of Kaelyn's trip.


 

Hope to see you soon... Australia!

June Holidays - Trip to Melbourne & Sydney (10-17 Jun 2011) - Part 1

Confession Time!  Mummy has neglected this blog for the past year as work has kept me really busy.. much apologies!!  Also with the lost of my handphone, all the precious photos of Kaelyn were gone.. heartache!  Let me recollect the wonderful memories of the past year and blog them without the photos. 

This Jun holiday, we are on a free & easy holiday together with Uncle Swee Lye & Aunty Christabelle.  I love Melbourne which is really nice and vibrant.  We spent our first 2 days in the Melbourne City. 

Victoria Market is just 2 minutes walk from our hotel (Sky Lounge Central Apartments) where fresh produce is easily available.  See how nicely the minced meat are presented!

 Daddy & Uncle Swee Lye picking fruits for all of us... the rock melon is really sweet!

Trams are easily available at Melbourne.  This historical public transport adds a nice dimension to the modern look of the city.

 We are at the Federation Square - juz right behind Daddy is a campfire whereby passerby can join in for some warm moments and sing along.  We also visited Melbourne's Chinatown and Harbour Town Outlet Mall.   

The last 2 days, we rented a Nissan X-Trail as we're tracking into the surburb of Melbourne.  We are heading towards Phillip Island today.  We stopped by Nobbies Centre where you are able to catch tons of sealion but erm.. where are all the sealion today?  No luck!

We finally reach Phillip Island and all of us are seated here facing the freezing sea... feel like we are all 面海思过 ...when the sky started to turn a bit dark, the penguins will head to shore for home.  The penguins are really small and cute.  They will wait for their friends, queue up and walk towards the sand to find their homes.. such good team work (sorry we are not allow to take photos). 

Today is the last day at Melbourne and we are going to drive to the Great Ocean.  These are some scenic pictures along the Great Ocean Road... first time seeing a lighthouse at a closeup.

 

Our final destination is to see the Twelve Apostles. There are many routes to take to reach our destination and we've chosen the worst routes of all. The roads are winey and is the longest route. Daddy has to drive really fast at the last 1 hour as the sky is getting dark. The scenary was awesome and worth the visit! 

There is some news about ash clouds from a volcanic eruption in Chile that have drifted across the Pacific and caused havoc for air travel in Melbourne so the next morning, we set off for the airport earlier in case of bad jams.   Phew, clear sky for the day and we took a domestic flight to Sydney with no delay.  Kaelyn is having her organic lunch on board.  Sydney, see you in 1 hr 30 mins!!

East Coast Park

Mummy love the sea so is Kaelyn.. so today we dragged daddy to the East Coast Park to cycle

OKTO Talent Competition

We had fun taking part in the OKTO junior talent competition.  This is one way to encourage Kaelyn to be independent and to boost her confidence.  We rented this costumes and use one of the dance piece she learnt at the Huay Kuan. 

Putting on makeup (Happy!!) and getting ready to meet the judges

 She is next after this boy.  When it is her turn, she walked in confidently by herself. 

We have to wait outside and can only see from the little window.  No photo is allowed..

Though we didn't hear back from Okto but it was a fun to dress up my 依璇格格 ..