9D8N Ade Mel Syd

Laoshu is back frm her 9D8N Aust Trip~ woowhoo~ Its great~ Fun~ Had a wonderful time...

Depart from Singapore on Nov 30.. Taking the midnite flight SQ 269 to Adelaide.. Eat n Slp n Watch on the plane...

Day 1 - Dec 1
Finally arrive adelaide after abt 7hrs? ard there lar... haha... Anyway reach Adelaide on Dec 1.. Waited for missy @ the airport for 1hr plus... wait n wait... wana slp again man... wahahaha... Once missy arrive... We quickly make our way to our hotel.. Check in @ Rendezvous Allegra Hotel Adelaide.. nice wor.. hehe.. check in liao quick quick c got any city tour or wad to bring us ard Adelaide not.. lucky we still able to make it for the city tour.. Went to Eagle on Hill... Mt Lofty Submit & Hahndorf Village...

@ Rendezvous 5-stars Hotel

Day 2 - Dec 2
We jus stay @ Rendezvous Hotel for 1 nite.. the next morning.. early early wake up... Sg time 2am plus wake up.. tiring.. wahaha.. Anyway check out early coz goin to Kangaroo Island~ took the coach to Cape Jervis Ferry Terminal to take ferry to Kangaroo Island.. Do u know tat Kangagroo Island is the 3rd largest island wor.. Its 7 times larger den Singapore wor... omg rite... hehehe... Check in @ Seafront Cottage @ Penneshaw.. Hmm... not bad not bad... jus like chalet.. nice nice... Aft tat we managed to rent a car n drive on our own.. tour ard the island... We went to Emu Bay.. lovely beach... nice scenery... Den to Emu Bay Lavender Farm..

Following tat we went to Kingscote... Went to have lunch there... den continue our way to Island Beehive...

Next is the Baudin Beach.. which is aso known as the American Beach.. Its veri windy n cooling... shuang o~ hehehe... nice nice scenery..

After tis, head back to our cottage hse... Missy n mama went to the nearby shop to grab some thingy back to cook coz we got a small kitchen in the cottage hse tat we r staying.. Well well.. in the end they bought back maggi mee... wahaha.. poor thingy hor.. gotto eat maggi mee for dinner... hahaha... jk lar... put some mushrooms, vegetables n eggs in... mmm tat will b gd liao~ haha... yea.. n tats our dinner for the nite... Aft eating... went for the complimentary penguin tour...

The Little Penguin aso known as the Fairy or Blue Penguin standing abt 33cm tall.. So cute rite... can imagine tat... hehe.. When watching penguins.. we r not allow to use any torches or camera flashes coz they r veri disturbing to penguins.. They will go blind for awhile n u will need to giv them abt 1 min to recover its nite vision.. Onli can use red lights to shine on them.. We off the flash n try to take photos of them.. but its veri hard as u know when no flash is been used.. pictures turn out to b blur... anyway.. take n take.. suddenly my cam bcome slp mode.. n when I on it again, I forget to off the flash.. I took a pic.. n when I c flash... I say "shit!" So paiseh... alreadi know cant use flash den still forget... aiya.. if cam dun auto off den I wunt have use flash... haiz... haha.. anyway bcoz of tat... I accidentally got a nice pic of the penguin.. lol~ Oopss~ :X so paiseh~ hehe..

Day 3 - Dec 3
Again early wake up... get ready for our day tour @ Kangaroo Island.. We were brought to many places for the day... 1st went to the Seal Bay to see the Australian Sealion.. Nice wor... they were all lying on the sand by the sea... nice to see not nice to smell.. haha~ :X Next is the Beckwiths Farm.. Aft having lunch there... we r allow to go near the gum trees to see wild koalas.. Walk together with the coach driver-cum-guide.. saw alot of thingy... took alot of photos again... haha... aso can see alot of wallabies... cute wor... hehehe... nv get the chance to c it b4... n its so closed up somemore.. haha.. lalala.. Aft tat went passed Flinders Chase National Park while goin to the Remarkable Rocks...

Following next is the Cape du Couedic Lighthouse... Frm the lighthouse, we took a short walk down to c the spectacular natural Arch... Tis area is the breeding ground of a colony of New Zealand Fur Seals.. We saw them frolicking in the water n on the rocks under the Arch.. They r so cute...

Last but not least... went to the Flinders Chase Visitors Ctr... We r allow to take a stroll n look for koalas n kangaroos inside.. Me n Cousin went... saw tis 2 or 3 kangaroos.. omg! so kawaii... haha.. its so closed up with them.. we can touch them wor.. hehe... but I didnt.. scare.. hahaha... lousy laoshu~ wahaha... Hmm.. thou its kinda abit tiring but its fun... get to c so many thingy which I nv seen b4... great~ hehe..

Day 4 - Dec 4
Woke up @ 7am(aust time).. get ready everything... Leave Kangaroo Island @ ard 8am.. Heading back to Adelaide.. Went to Hertz to get our car.. yes.. we r driving again... Its a 4L 4-doors Ford~ Nice car... Went to the nearby Kfc to have our lunch... yes.. Its KFC.. haha.. well.. nth much nearby so anything lar... can fill up our stomach can liao.. hehe.. Drove along Princes Highway... On the way we jus look out for those scenic places n stop by to take pics or jus have a rest... 1st stopping spot is @ Tailem Bend.. stop for toilet break.. haha.. n aso to find i.. information centres.. Mus b the yellow i wor.. coz there r some i which is onli an information board.. no staff to approach.. haha..

Den head to Meningie.. over there nth much.. so jus stop for toilet break.. n take a rest... long journey... B4 reaching Kingston(the place whr our inn is located @), we went to a nearby petrol station to fill up our petrol... n aso grab some drinks.. take a break again... take take pics... hehe... Den head to find our Comfort Inn.. Thou the Comfort Inn in Kingston seems abit.. ermm.. how to describe leh... well.. well... like seldom got ppl stay de loh... how to say.. haha... anyway the food there is gd.. delicious.. Aft dinner... went for a walk at Maria Creek.. there is the interesting 'clock' there... Well... follow the instrutions n u will b able to know wad time isit at that point of time if u got no watch with u... jus stand on the date accordingly.. back facing the sun.. cant rem much.. haha.. anyway its something like tat... n u will b able to know wad is the time.. Saw alot of little ducks in the creek.. Oh ya, Its interesting to see sunset on one side... n the other side moon rising... n we did saw tat there... dun think we can c tat in Sg rite? hahaha...

Day 5 - Dec 5
Again woke up @ 7am.. check out n continue our trip... Well... our main purpose is to travel to Melbourne.. Yes~ By driving~ gonna make our way along the Great Ocean Road~ hehe... so gotto wake up early n travel quickly~ haha.. :P 1st stopping point for the day... haha... Robe.. Same thingy... once arrive nia.. look for i.. information centres.. Ask if there is any lookout point.. So we went to tis Doorway Rock.. as well as the Cape Dombey... took some pics here took some pics there... enough of rest... off we go... haha... Reach Millicent.. went for toilet break... yes.. tats wad we always need.. haha..

Den off to Mount Gambier.. Its a blue lake city.. mus go wor.. hehe.. 1st went to the Blue Lake~ Woowhoo~ Its so nice.. its veri cooling n the Blue Lake is so beautiful.. next is the interesting lake... its the Leg of Mutton Lake... wad a name rite? haha... interesting... Leg of Missy Lake... wahahahah... the Leg of Mutton Lake has alreadi dry up... It used to have the shape of the Mutton's Leg.. but not now... Anyway, jus bside it is the Valley Lake... Nice lake~ especially the Blue Lake... its exactly the reflection of the sky.. tats wad the staff says.. so is like if they sky is greyish... the water in the lake is aso greyish color... interesting rite... Mmmm....

Hunt for lunch @ a Noodle Canteen.. interesting too.. haha.. I mean the packing... Set off to our next stop.. Portland.. nth much there so jus toilet break rest awhile.. n off we go.. Port Fairy... again find i.. n continue driving... At last we arrive Warrnambool... our next stopping point... n we r gonna stay 1 nite @ Warrnambool Comfort Inn.. Same is Comfort Inn but every seems different frm Kingston Comfort Inn.. Much more nicer n cleaner I would say... Anyway jus 1 nite.. hehe.. Went to search for yummy makan place... spot tis Siamese Restuarant.. Test it out... Hmm... not bad wor.. quite yummy... eat till full full... delicious food..

Day 6 - Dec 6
Set off early once we r ready... Frm Warrnambool head off to Port Campbell.. On the way there... we went to the London Bridge.. n the Arch.. veri cooling n windy... get out of the car nia was like.. grr grr grr~ cold~ haha.. Once we reach Port Campbell.. same thingy again.. look for i.. Check out abt the scenic spots... Went to the 12 apostles... one of the 12 apostles jus colleapes last year... Took some pics... n off we went to the Apollo Bay..

Next stopping point is @ Lorne.. there is something u wunt wana missed out... yea.. its the Erskine Waterfall.. omG~ Its so nice... The waterfall is so beautiful.. esp when u walk all the way down to the bottom... which is abt 313 steps... *faint~ tiring* Goin down is veri easy... but... aiyoo.. climbing up the steps is super damn tiring~ Cant imgine how the old couples r goin to climb up aft viewing... we youngters alreadi feel so tiring aft the 313 steps...

Drive off to Torquay to have lunch... Didnt realli go too far in the town to find makan... so in the end jus have a grab @ Mac.. Along the coast is so beautiful... so nice... esp during the drive on the Great Ocean Road... Scenery so nice... veri shuang o~ hehe...

Finally arrive Melbourne~ We made it~ hahaha... We have reached Melbourne~ Woowhoo~ Check in @ Hotel Ibis Melbourne... The hotel is nice... jus like an apartment style.. While missy n cousin go n return the car we rented @ Melbourne Hertz.. Me n Mama pull our luggages up.. Since we alreadi at city.. Staying for 1 nite.. n is veri near to the Queen Victorial Market liao... so might as well jus return the car.. no nid waste any $ for the parking... Aft check in... rest awhile den head off for our dinner @ Esteler77... Yummy food too~ nice wor.. hehe...

Day 7 - Dec 7
Make full use of the day... Walk ard Melbourne in the morning... went to Queen Victorial Market.. Happily shopping ard... hehe... buy buy tis buy buy tat... back to hotel pack thingy.. den check out... Leave our luggages at the storage room.. N off we went again... walk ard... We get to c Changi Village~ hehe.. Its Changi Village Nasi Lemak... Wow~ Looks delicious o~ Had our lunch there... eat till~ omg~ yum yum~ We r so full... such a big plate.. Slowly walk walk ard... den we took a tram to the Federation square... We took the tram without paying wor... wahahaha... Ooppss..~ =X Shhh... hahahaha... Jus nice @ Federation square there got some performance goin on... see see awhile.. den cross over the Yarra River to the Queen Victorial Park & the Alexander Park... there is tis flower clock there... quite a nice flower clock.. too bad the time is wrong... haha.. no battery liao lar.. wahaha...

Next we jus walk ard Swanston St & Bourke St.. walk all the way along Flinder St... Wahh.. realli walk alot wor... jus walk walk see see look look... Den frm Flinder St.. walk all the way to Spencer St.. Went to the DFO(Direct Factory Outlet) Shopping Mall... Wahh.. big sia... n aso cheap o~ some lar.. hehe... time to shop again... haha.. bought a couple of clothes... But at tat point of time we r realli tiring... haha... legs aching.. lol~ but still gotto head back to hotel to take our luggages.. Its time to leave... Make our way to Melbourne Tellamarine Airport.. Its time to fly over to Sydney... Went Hungry Jack's(Burger King) for dinner...

Took a Domestic Flight - Virgin Blue DJ889 to Sydney... Reach in an hr time.. veri fast.. took a taxi back to Missy's 'Beehive'~ Missy's 'Beehive' not bad sia... quite nice.. nicely decorated.. wahahaha... not bad arh missy... well.. time to load photos... Guess how many photos we have taken... hahaha... so far 7 days onli.. with 2 cameras.. Hmmm... hard to guess rite? wahahahaha... well well... u cant believe it.. we had over 600 photos... jus in tis 7 days... steady rite? wahahaha... happy loading.. haha.. Aft loading them.. its time to browse thru our photos... while looking thru we were there laughing.. giggling.. lol~ so funny some of the pics... haha... laugh laugh laugh.. tok tok tok.. till 2am plus den slp.. tired liao~ hahaha...

Day 8 - Dec 8
Gotto go Markets~ wahaha... Went to the Royal Randwick shopping ctr to buy fish n fruits.. mama gonna cook cook for dinner~ As mama not feeling gd.. she stayed @ hm while missy, cousin n me went to Chinatown to grab some assam, coconut milk n 'zi hun'~ haha... Aft tat we head to Paddy's Market.. lalala... shopping time.. Bought some vegetables for dinner n aso 2kg of cherries... hahaha... Den frm Paddy's Market we walk all the way to Sydney Fish Market.. Veri tiring again sia... haha... the day b4 walk so much liao.. den now still gotto walk so long again... wahh.. hahaha... keep asking missy r we reaching.. haha.. At last~ Can eat my salmon... oysters... lobsters.. Wahahaha... On our way out to find tables.. we saw tis big pelican standing in the center of the door of the Fish Market.. wana go out aso cannot.. so big.. Hmm... eat eat eat... 1st time tried the raw oyster... c missy eat like so nice... raw one sure got that raw raw smell.. sure bth... anyway jus try... haha.. get 1 smaller one n eat.. Hmm.. not bad wor... Im ok with it... wahaha... happy eating.. den later grab another one.. haha... lalala.. I dare to eat raw oysters~ hahaha... 1st is salmon now is oysters.. not bad not bad.. hahaha... When we r almost done.. suddenly we saw tis strange bird with a long black beak... so ugly.. so eekk.. so scary.. haha.. faster eat... scary black bird.. lol~ Aft tat no energy to walk back liao.. long journey.. wahaha.. jk lar.. anyway jus took the metro tram to the central den change bus back to Randwick.. den walk hm... Wad a steep slope... lol~ missy's hse there got a 45 degree steep slope... tiring sia when goin upwards... wah seh~ gd exercise arh... hahaha...

For dinner, guess wad... yea.. mama cook... curry fish head~ yum yum~ missy missed it soooo much~ esp mama's cooking~ lalala... delicious~ Missy invited her HK fren over to join us for dinner... cool~ all of us had a wonderful dinner... aft dinner still got supper wor~ haha.. 'zi hun'.. u know wad will b havin rite? wahahaha... lalala.. Mmmmmm..... Aft everything.. its time to do some calculations.... hahaha... c how much we have spent.. etc.. haha...

Day 9 - Dec 9
Went to Paddy's Market again to buy cherries~ 5kg of cherries~ yum yum~ haha.. yes.. we gonna bring back the 5kg of Cherries back to SG... head to Woolworth again to grab some more moisturizer cream.. Went to chinatown again to buy some dishes back for lunch~ hehehe... Den time to pack again... Took some more pics b4 leaving...

Taking afternoon flight SQ 222... head to airport n grab some chocolates... den off we went~ fly back to SG~ bye Missy~ cya~ Shall save up more $$$ n fly over again... hahahaha... Overall its great... nice experience.. lol~ The onli thingy I dun like is the flies~ sickening flies... they r not afraid of humans.. haha.. they will jus stick to ur clothes or face.. jus fly to u.. irritating sia.. Oh ya.. too bad duno whr my fren's mum is at.. if not can go visit her shop.. onli thingy I know is @ Surry hills.. haha.. but which st leh? hahaha... next time lar.. next time got chance den go find... lol~

Hmmm guess wad... Now total photos taken r... wahahaha... u cant believe it~ Its 699... jus 1 more to go den 700 liao wor.. scary man... so many pics... gonna develop quite alot wor... hahaha... jialat... lol... And in total, we have drove for 1101km frm Adelaide to Melbourne wor... BOY kor~ Steady wor... Total expenses for 4 of us is ard $2k... expenses nia wor... anyway.. total $ for myself... I have spent ard $2.5k myself.. including air tickets n accomodations... everything included I spent ard $2.5k~ omg~ my salary is gone~ hahaha.... Tml Im flying off again... hahaha... yesh Im still on leave~ till next Monday den work... wahaha... tis month onli work for 1 wk... lalala... :P

Tml flying off to Langkawi... hoho~ total of 15 ppl goin together... fun o~ shall blog on my Langkawi trip when Im back~ hehe...

Cya again when Im back on 15th...

So sickening... duno y I cant load pics frm here... sianz... shall insert some pics here next time.. fedup liao.. haha.. anyway.. my yahoo got aso lar.. lalala~ but they r not in order.. still new to the new yahoo photos thingy.. anyway wana c in order come my hse c loh... can tell u more... wahahaha... jk~ :P

Will update soon~ cya... Take care all~ muackxx...

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