Australia - Melbourne Day 1 - Day 3

Finally, got this blog starting. Just want this little space to be my memories of the things I had done since I had such a poor memory. First on my list, my aust trip with reb in July 2008.

Day 1:

Landed in Melbourne Airport on Qantas Airlines.
Took a cab to amy's place but the cab fare is so so expensive.

Imagine forking out $50aud for a 30mins ride.

Lesson learnt: Not to take cab in Melbourne

Reached amy's place at Swanston Street.

Her place is quite cosy as compared to the NTU hostel.

NTU should seriously consider building this kind of hostel, a small kitchen when you stepped into the house, a living room and toilets and rooms.

Up next, the famed Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne.

This place reminds me of a very big pasar malam as you can find any things you need from here. From groceries, to clothings, to soveniers.

You can even haggle the prices here.

Next, we went shopping at Melbourne central shopping center and sightseeing at the state library.

To conclude the first day, we had dinner at melissa place.

Reb had a wonderful time with Socks (the cat).

Day 2:

Reb wake up with the great anticipation of her life.

Essendon Direct Factory Outlet here we comes!!!
This place is basically a Takashimaya with all the boutiques inside.
And the interesting fact is the prices over here is dirt cheap.
Yes dirt cheap.
Unlike in Singapore whereby all the branded goods are throw inside a shop.
This place is a huge place for us to spend the whole day here.

Damage done to reb and me: Ard 4 tops for her and 3 Guess tops and 1 Puma shoe for me.

After the day shopping, we took train to have a a Vietnanese Food.

Food Delights!!!

More Pictures with the skiiny statue!!!

The fries at Nandos are unbelievably nice.

Can someone bring the franschise over to Singapore???

After that, we went over Mel uni to explore a bit and the sch itself is big but rather run-down.

Day 3:

The weather is not very good but still we decided to stick to plans to visit the Yarra River and the Federation Square.

Perhaps of the weather the Yarra River is not very nice and I think in a Mel trip, if you decide to give this a miss, it is perfectly alright.

After that, we went over to Federation Square and I would say the building is artistically done up.

And Chocolate Pizza.....

Is simply Delicious

Up next, brunch at a cafe known as MART.

If you haven't realise, when you spell MART backwards, you will get TRAM.

Interesting?

Why are the food so delicious????

After the brunch, we finally visit the botantic garden and the shrine of remembrance in Mel.

The structures are so beautifully crafted and thsi really makes me wonder there isn't there any interesting building in Singapore?

Btw Shrine of remembrance is to mark a sign of respects to those soldiers who died in the WW2.

Meet up with charles and derrick after the botanic garden outing at Rose Garden.

The food over there is just average and I seriously don't think that it is a good place for meet up.

Anyway off to Crown Casino after dinner.

The gals went to play jackpot while I went to play CASINO WARS.

That night, lady luck is shining on me and I managed to win ard $100 aud despite starting with just $10aud.

After which, we went over to Derrick place for a drink and this concludes the day.

Highlight of the trip coming soon.............