Precaution against airborne viruses
Krispy Kreme for breakfast
Our Studio Apartment/Hotel @ Oaks on Collins
The Kitchen
The Living Area
The Bed right next to the toilet! Frosted glass and it doesn't have a lock...
Toilet
Shower
Having Indo food at Nelayan
Quite a few people eating here
Silvia loves the Mee Soto at this shop. The best she have eaten.
Looks delicious. My first time eating it!
Nelayan @ Swanston Street
QV Square
Melbourne Tram
AU version of BreadTalk in SG
Outside view through the window our hotel
Eureka Tower
Rialto Building
Has Oven and Dishwasher
Fridge
Microwave
Puny TV
Flinders Street Station
Crowded
St Pauls Cathedral
Eureka Tower from Yarra River
Flinders Street Station from Yarra River
Rialto Building from the Yarra River
Southgate Shopping Centre
Sandridge Bridge
Crown Casino
Inside Crown Casino
Having Japanese @ Izakaya Chuji
Japanese Beer with Japanese food.. Perfect!
Silvia's Asahi
Takoyaki, Not best I've eaten.
Agedashi Tofu with Thick Sauce. Quite tasty.
BBQ warming up!
Delicious!
Silvia eating Yakitori. The guy behind checking out my camera...
Yakitori
Beef slices
BBQing the beef
BBQing the squid. Best squid I have eaten. Doesn't taste like rubber.
Izakaya Chuji @ Lonsdale St
Buying 'Bao' @ Nam Loong
Nice and hot. Perfect for the chilly Melbourne weather.
More pics of the apartment
Day 1 Ends
Panorama of Eureka Tower from Princes Bridge
HDR Panorama of Eureka Tower from Princes Bridge
Panorama of Melbourne CBD from Yarra RIver
Day 2 Begins! Heading out to Great Ocean Road. I mistakenly booked the car for the Monday 28/09 instead of Tuesday! Luckily there was a car at Hertz...
Driving on Westgate Bridge. Lots of traffic.
Drove past Geelong and on our way to Great Ocean Road
Heading to Torquay. The GPS keep asking me to turn back because I detoured.
Split Point Lighthouse in the distance
I guess this is one of the Twelve Apostles(?)
Split Point Lighthouse
Cloudy day
House suspended on a pole. Apparently it is available for rent.
Great Ocean Road!
Winding road throughout the journey
Panorama of The Great Ocean Road
Lots of senic spots to stop and take pics.
Cape Patton Lookout
Interesting trees. Shaped like an umbrella
Apollo Bay
I had to stop and take a pic of this area. So beautiful. It is rare to see green hilly terrain in Perth!
At Castle Cove
Very green. Feels like I am in New Zealand/Some European country.
We continue our journey.
More beautiful landscape
An Apostle at Gibson Beach Step
Walked down the steps, but didnt go on the beach as the tide was too high.
Silvia was brave to go down the beach.
Credit: Silvia
Silvia's legs got wet when a big wave came!
Reached the Twelve Apostles
Sun is behind the Apostles making it very dull and hazy.
Twelve Apostle
The two Apostles from the Gibson Beach Steps
HDR Panorama
The base is being eroded away by the waves and soon it will collapse.
Hazy
Looks like a hut
Large crack
Saw lots of birds around the holes. Must be their nests.
The Apostles
At the Loch Ard Gorge Beach
Cave
Silvia's footsteps
If you are wondering, those are shower caps. Wore them so we don't have to clean our shoes!
Panorama of the cliff
Waves crashing on the rock formations
My model to get the focus.
We ran off when the water came really close!! Luckily it didnt flood my tripod.
The Island Archway. The archway collapsed in June 2009
Our rental car, Toyota Yaris. It has a Queensland Plate.
Long drive back to Melbourne!
Moo Moo Cows
Having dinner at Ajisen Ramen. Ordered Lemon Tea and it taste much more authentic than the Lipton ones.
My Char Grilled Steak Ramen
Silvia's Chicken Katsu Ramen
Beef Enoki Roll
Fried Tofu
Ajisen Ramen @ Bourke St
Killed quite a few bugs... What an exhausting day. That wraps up Day 2.
Day 3. While we still have the car till 9am, we drove straight to Brighton Beach to take the famous huts.
Aussie
Panorama of Brighton Beach Huts
Melbourne Central
Historic Shot Tower
Having breakfast @ 中華名小吃 (Dumplings Plus)
Nice Interiors but not the food..
Iced Lemon Tea
小籠饅頭 Xiao Long Bao
燒賣 Siu Mai
煎餃 Pan fried dumplings
中華名小吃 (Dumplings Plus) @ Swanston St
Chinatown @ Little Bourke St
Melbourne Town Hall
St Paul's Cathedral
Krispy Kreme everywhere.. None in Perth..
Horse Carriage
Seagull standing on top of the statue
Inside of St Paul's Cathedral
Huge Pipe Organ
Entrance of the cathedral
Stained glass
Pews
Stained Glass at entrance
St Paul's Cathedral emblem
A blurb about the place
Panorama of Federation Square
Walking towards MCG along the Yarra River bank
Federation Square
In the middle of St Kilda Rd
The Arts Centre
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) International
Using the mobile while horse riding
Victoria Barracks
Shrine of Remembrance
View from the top of the Shrine
Panorama View from the top of the Shrine
Inside the Shrine
Lest We Forget
What ANZAC is all about
And.. And.. And.. And.. ANZAC
Man With The Donkey
Inside the G
This is as much as we can see without paying.
Outside of the stadium
Tall tower holding the lights
Reception on the left
Rod Laver Arena, where the Australia Open is held every year.
Having lunch @ The Coffee Club in Harbour Town
Ferris wheel getting demolished due to the heatwave
Steak Sandwich
BLT Sandwich
One of the entrance to Harbour Town
Dockland Stadium aka Telstra Dome aka Etihad Stadium
Apartments at Docklands
Having Ice cream
Bolte Bridge
Panorama at the Waterfront City Marina
Our Hotel
Having Korean for dinner. Ginseng Chicken.
Spring Onion Pan cake
Spring Roll
BBQ Beef, Pork & Chicken
Having Coffee at Koko Black
Very Busy
Koko Black @ Lygon St, Carlton. That concludes Day 3!
Day 4. Head straight to The Lindt Chocolat Café.
Table 9
Nice Interior
Can't wait for the food to arrive!
Busy making the drinks
Seats are only empty for a short while! Quite busy.
The Lindt Chocolate Degustation
Lindt Ice Cream
The Milk Delice and Hazelnut Slab. The Delice is very Delicious!!
Cake
Mocha
Hot Milk Chocolate
The Lindt Chocolat Café @ Collins St
Tiffany & Co right next to The Lindt Chocolat Café
Ralph Lauren
Gucci
Louis Vuitton
Taxi doing a Hooks Turn
Melbourne GPO
Rather large pouch
Lets shop!
The Korean restaurant where we had our dinner last night.
Ebi Mayo Sushi Burger
California Roll
Yakiniku Sushi Burger
My Mince Beef Ramen (Forgot the Japanese Name)
Met up with Silvia's friend for lunch.
Sushi Burger @ Exhibition Street
Having dinner at Rockpool Bar & Grill
Sapporo beer
Salad of Prawn, Calamari, Octopus and Mussels with Rocket and Smoky Potatoes. Quite tasty
Another shot
Wood Fire Grilled Quail with Smoked Tomato and Black Olives. Very tasty.
The David Blackmore full blood wagyu, Sirloin 200g. Highly recomended!! Other 'cheaper' beef just can't compare.
Sautéed Mushrooms
Baby Kipfler Potatoes Sautéed with Wagyu Fat and Rosemary
Entrance to Rockpool inside Crown Casino
Crown Casino, Gas Brigades show. Apparently a lot of birds get 'grilled' by the fire.Wonder if that is where that grilled quail came from... That completes Day 4!
Start of Day 5. Outside of Rockpool.
Belgian Beer Cafe! Too bad I didn't get to have a drink here.
Belgian Beer Cafe
Going up to the skydesk on L88
One of Silvia's friend stays in one of the 4 apartments in the middle
'The Edge' - a glass cube which projects 3 metres out from the building.
Very windy and cold.
Thanks to the strong hair gel my hair stays intact
BHP Billiton Building
Silvia with view of West Melbourne
Docklands
Albert Park Reserve
Eastern end of Melbourne CBD
MCG & Rod Laver Arena
Our hotel on right of the #500 building
Inside the skydeck
Only one way down
Was closed when we arrived so here is just a quick pic.
Luna Park @ St Kilda
Roller coaster ride
St Kida Pier
St Kilda Pier
Panorama of St Kilda Pier
Melbourne CBD in the distance
At Ginza Teppanyaki for dinner
At Max Brenner for dessert
Suckao
Chocolate Dip
Hot Chocolate
A box of fries with African Sauce (Mayo, Tomato Sauce topped with chopped onions) from Lord of The Fries
Indeed it is very tasty!
Damage to the wallet
Panorama of the Crown Casino
Panorama of the Flinders St Station along Yarra River
Panorama from the Princes Bridge. That concludes Day 5, our last night in Melbourne.
Day 6. Ate the remaining Delice and went to Krispy Kreme for breakfast.
Yummmm
Walking around with my Lindt Hot Chocolate and more Delice
Some random dude posed with me.
He even took a pic for us. Thanks Mate.
Royal Exhibition Building
Turtle washing the kid's ....
Exhibition Fountain (Hochgurtel Fountain)
Entrance to the Melbourne Museum
Will puncture your type
Doesn't work on shoes
Having lunch at A1 Cafe 天王 - Hong Kong Style Cafe
Peking Duck - Not authentic...
鴛鴦 (Yinyong) mixture of coffee and Hong Kong-style milk tea
Shredded Duck Porridge
Combination meat with Rice
油條 (yóu tiáo)
A1 Cafe 天王 @ Russell St
Southern Cross Station
Yummmmm
That's all folks. Had a great time except for the cold weather.
