Aussie Pictures
Picures are finally up. I took well over 400 photos but finally decided to post only some of them up because I don't think my aunts will appreciate if I post too many of their pics up without their approval. Not that I didn't try to get their approval.
Day 1
Off to Melbourne.
Day 2
We arrived in Melbourne very early in the morning and the hotel wasn't exactly up for check-in. So they brought us round and round the city, making us go sightseeing and shopping till we wanted to bang our heads on the wall. Another thing was that it was darn cold. 3 degrees when we arrived in Melbourne airport.
See? It's so cold that my mum has to pretend to be an Eskimo.
Off to Queen Victoria Market early in the morning.
Oh, this guy claims to be the brother of Phua Chu Kang. Looks a little like him too, huh? He charmed the socks off us to buy nougats from him. =p
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne.
The black stone posing behind me is St. Francis of Assisi.
The interior is gorgeous.
A life-sized statue of Our Lady of Fatima.
Conservatory.
View of Melbourne City.
Foggy.
Finally off to the hotel.
Oh yeah, guess what was the first thing we did when we got to the hotel room? We spent the entire time trying to open the lock to my luggage. When it didn't work, we sawed it off.
Melbourne City night scene. Oh. We gotta cross this bridge to get to the restaurants and casino from our hotel.
Day 3
Scenery taken from the bus.
Warrock Farm.
They made us sit in this weird truck thing. I think we wasted more energy going up and down that, than if we had walked all the way.
Definition of sheep shearing:
To turn this..
Into this.
Now let me give you a 10-step sheep shearing demonstration.
Step 1: Get the tools ready.
Step 2: Hold the cutter properly like this.
Step 3: Drag the darn sheep out.
Step 4: Stick him between your legs.
Step 5: Shave.
Step 6: And shave.
Step 7: And shave.
Step 8: Keep shaving.
Step 9: Don't stop.
Step 10: A little more to go...
And voila! A shaved sheep. As clean as a man with a shaver in the morning.
Kangaroos are cute.
And gentle.
And tasty. Haha. (I took this in Sydney later on, when we had our lunch in some Chinese restaurant. Kangaroo meat.)
Wombats are lazy. Didn't see much of them.
Lunch!
Oh, we went to some optical illusion thing. What's it called? Theme park? Hardly.
Defying the law of gravity.
Mirrors everywhere.
Look who's on the menu!
That's me up there. Got sabo-ed by my mum and the boys from my group. Grr... The top half is actually vertical. That means you got to let yourself free-fall for a while.
3D train.
Where's the exit? Where's the exit?
We don't knowwwww........=(
Next stop. Koala Conservation Centre!
Koala stopped to pose for photo. =)
After Koalas we headed for Philip Island to see the little penguins swim home. Apparently, the penguins will swim out to sea during the day and return home in the evenings back to shore - to their babies, eggs and holes.
So anyway, the penguins smsed our tour guide or something to say they'll be home by 5.30pm. So we went at 5.00pm and waited for almost an hour.
Sorry. No picture of penguins because they didn't allow cameras. I secretly took some pics of ourselves, but still no penguin. =( They said we'll scare the penguins and they'll get lost and won't be able to find their homes. Whatever.
Anyway, this is the pic of the beach of which the penguins swim back to, everyday.
Day 4
Going to see the twelve apostles.
Long long long journey... Got down for lunch and took some pics along the way.
Just a casual pic of a signboard of some medical clinic.
Finally reached the twelve apostles - Port Cambell National Park.
"And so I tell you, Peter: you are a rock, and on this rock foundation I will build my church, and not even death will ever be able to overcome it. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of heaven; what you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven, and what you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven." Matthew 16:18-19
Aren't cows suppose to be one of the most hardworking animals around? Why are they all slacking?
Day 5
Off to Sydney.
Not my first trip to Sydney though. Been there once when I was a little kid in kindergarten, because my dad got posted there for a while. I think we stayed at some apartment just off Darling Harbour.
1 hour domestic flight.
Darling Habour. Sydney Opera House. Sydney Harbour Bridge.
We're sitting on Mrs Macquaries Chair. Apparently there's some story to it. Something about the governor's wife having nothing to do so she just sat on the grass patch and watched the scenery everyday. So eventually they got the convicts to build some stone chair for her.
Taking a cruise down Darling Harbour in Captain Cook III... erm.. ship? Yacht? Cruise boat? Whatever.
Sydney Aquarium
Sydney Tower.
The view from Sydney Tower is beautiful.
Day 6.
Fish Market.
Echo Point.
Strong winds and drizzle.
Taking a peek at Blue Mountains.
Forcing my smile for the camera in the cold.
Day 7
Free day.
Monorail.
Tram.
Downtown Sydney.
St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney.
Queen Victoria Building.
Day 1
Off to Melbourne.
Day 2
We arrived in Melbourne very early in the morning and the hotel wasn't exactly up for check-in. So they brought us round and round the city, making us go sightseeing and shopping till we wanted to bang our heads on the wall. Another thing was that it was darn cold. 3 degrees when we arrived in Melbourne airport.
See? It's so cold that my mum has to pretend to be an Eskimo.
Off to Queen Victoria Market early in the morning.
Oh, this guy claims to be the brother of Phua Chu Kang. Looks a little like him too, huh? He charmed the socks off us to buy nougats from him. =p
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne.
The black stone posing behind me is St. Francis of Assisi.
The interior is gorgeous.
A life-sized statue of Our Lady of Fatima.
Conservatory.
View of Melbourne City.
Foggy.
Finally off to the hotel.
Oh yeah, guess what was the first thing we did when we got to the hotel room? We spent the entire time trying to open the lock to my luggage. When it didn't work, we sawed it off.
Melbourne City night scene. Oh. We gotta cross this bridge to get to the restaurants and casino from our hotel.
Day 3
Scenery taken from the bus.
Warrock Farm.
They made us sit in this weird truck thing. I think we wasted more energy going up and down that, than if we had walked all the way.
Definition of sheep shearing:
To turn this..
Into this.
Now let me give you a 10-step sheep shearing demonstration.
Step 1: Get the tools ready.
Step 2: Hold the cutter properly like this.
Step 3: Drag the darn sheep out.
Step 4: Stick him between your legs.
Step 5: Shave.
Step 6: And shave.
Step 7: And shave.
Step 8: Keep shaving.
Step 9: Don't stop.
Step 10: A little more to go...
And voila! A shaved sheep. As clean as a man with a shaver in the morning.
Kangaroos are cute.
And gentle.
And tasty. Haha. (I took this in Sydney later on, when we had our lunch in some Chinese restaurant. Kangaroo meat.)
Wombats are lazy. Didn't see much of them.
Lunch!
Oh, we went to some optical illusion thing. What's it called? Theme park? Hardly.
Defying the law of gravity.
Mirrors everywhere.
Look who's on the menu!
That's me up there. Got sabo-ed by my mum and the boys from my group. Grr... The top half is actually vertical. That means you got to let yourself free-fall for a while.
3D train.
Where's the exit? Where's the exit?
We don't knowwwww........=(
Next stop. Koala Conservation Centre!
Koala stopped to pose for photo. =)
After Koalas we headed for Philip Island to see the little penguins swim home. Apparently, the penguins will swim out to sea during the day and return home in the evenings back to shore - to their babies, eggs and holes.
So anyway, the penguins smsed our tour guide or something to say they'll be home by 5.30pm. So we went at 5.00pm and waited for almost an hour.
Sorry. No picture of penguins because they didn't allow cameras. I secretly took some pics of ourselves, but still no penguin. =( They said we'll scare the penguins and they'll get lost and won't be able to find their homes. Whatever.
Anyway, this is the pic of the beach of which the penguins swim back to, everyday.
Day 4
Going to see the twelve apostles.
Long long long journey... Got down for lunch and took some pics along the way.
Just a casual pic of a signboard of some medical clinic.
Finally reached the twelve apostles - Port Cambell National Park.
"And so I tell you, Peter: you are a rock, and on this rock foundation I will build my church, and not even death will ever be able to overcome it. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of heaven; what you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven, and what you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven." Matthew 16:18-19
Aren't cows suppose to be one of the most hardworking animals around? Why are they all slacking?
Day 5
Off to Sydney.
Not my first trip to Sydney though. Been there once when I was a little kid in kindergarten, because my dad got posted there for a while. I think we stayed at some apartment just off Darling Harbour.
1 hour domestic flight.
Darling Habour. Sydney Opera House. Sydney Harbour Bridge.
We're sitting on Mrs Macquaries Chair. Apparently there's some story to it. Something about the governor's wife having nothing to do so she just sat on the grass patch and watched the scenery everyday. So eventually they got the convicts to build some stone chair for her.
Taking a cruise down Darling Harbour in Captain Cook III... erm.. ship? Yacht? Cruise boat? Whatever.
Sydney Aquarium
Sydney Tower.
The view from Sydney Tower is beautiful.
Day 6.
Fish Market.
Echo Point.
Strong winds and drizzle.
Taking a peek at Blue Mountains.
Forcing my smile for the camera in the cold.
Day 7
Free day.
Monorail.
Tram.
Downtown Sydney.
St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney.
Queen Victoria Building.
Day 8
Home...
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