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!!