A good meal, Healesville, St Kilda etc..
Omigosh can't believe I forgot to mention it in the previous post. Thanks to *Wong si-fu* I had the privilege of enjoying a very grand dinner a coupla days ago. =) Thanks for the invite HauWei!
Now, to the beginning of my ramble; Friday last week, as Monash's Big Day Out program, we went to Healesville Sanctuary up in the mountains. Happily my campus was more than adequately represented in the entourage of 3 buses plus a small coach. Its a full day trip. Left campus in the morning, and stopped by Olinda first, a small place (not exactly a town, since its so small) up the mountains. Olinda's pretty quaint. The wind that day was rather extreme, gusts blowing non-stop, so you can imagine how cold it was up there. We ended up hanging out at this warm cafe. By we, it means the bunch of us who transferred/exchanged over, plus Bernard plus Lina.
*not everyone's in the pic.
After that was off to the lookout point, where one can experience a great view of the city of Melbourne in the distance. Although beautiful, the wind was so strong till I could hardly appreciate anything hahh..Next stop was the Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary. Umm not too much to describe, 'cept that we saw most of the animals there, all the *must-see* Aussie animals ie koala, kangaroos, wallabies, platypus, Tasmanian devil etc..Interesting to see their conservation efforts..haven't developed my pics yet so no pics of that at the moment. Most of the animals seemed lethargic, prob because of the weather. Oh, except for the Taz devil, which kept running around its little island in circles. They even set up an electric fence around its enclosure..come to think about it, it looks like half a pig actually..
*finally the koala awakens from its deep slumber (pic courtesy of Bernard)
At 5 we all went to the Healesville Town hall to have our night of fun! Dinner plus bush dance was the programme of the night. Thoroughly enjoyed it, as almost everybody participated in the dances. Maybe our mentality does change when we're in a different country..the band introduced many dances, made myself giddy by spinning round and round and round =)
Next up- yesterday after church we decided to visit St Kilda, which is just a tram ride away from the city (sigh the wonders of modern transportation). FYI St Kilda's one of the beaches in Melb. By the time we arrived, poor Tuck Him and Bernard had already been freezing for 2 hours while waiting for us hahhha..did the usual, walked the pier, the beach plus the many cafes there. You can actually see sunset from there, but it was too cloudy. We in our moment of madness went to buy cakes and walked to the pier to enjoy them. By then our hands were mostly numb in the wind, plus our faces, plus our tongues..you get the idea. Another wacky idea was to next wait till dusk and hope to spot some penguins (yes, I know what you're thinking right now - penguins in St Kilda??). Bernard said he'd heard them before, but hadn't seen any. All the way to the end of the pier, a local told us she hadn't seen any before. But just before we were about to give up, we spotted one! Me being sceptical thought it was a sea gull/duck. But clearly before us hopping about the rocks was a little penguin =P Too bad I didn't have my camera with me..our super chilling few hours there was meaningful at last - seriously it was very very very cold by the sea..according to TuckHim it was 4degrees min, and when the wind blows it feels like 1degree..
hmm, today. Today was good too. Good food I mean. Almost everyone knows I can hardly cook. Funny how most guys I know can cook..? (Don't kacau me Sam I know you can cook too). Bernard came over just now and cooked lunch, which tasted great. This means I've got another *si-fu* to learn from!
The pic below shows how dark Melbourne is by 5plus pm..
Now, to the beginning of my ramble; Friday last week, as Monash's Big Day Out program, we went to Healesville Sanctuary up in the mountains. Happily my campus was more than adequately represented in the entourage of 3 buses plus a small coach. Its a full day trip. Left campus in the morning, and stopped by Olinda first, a small place (not exactly a town, since its so small) up the mountains. Olinda's pretty quaint. The wind that day was rather extreme, gusts blowing non-stop, so you can imagine how cold it was up there. We ended up hanging out at this warm cafe. By we, it means the bunch of us who transferred/exchanged over, plus Bernard plus Lina.
*not everyone's in the pic.
After that was off to the lookout point, where one can experience a great view of the city of Melbourne in the distance. Although beautiful, the wind was so strong till I could hardly appreciate anything hahh..Next stop was the Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary. Umm not too much to describe, 'cept that we saw most of the animals there, all the *must-see* Aussie animals ie koala, kangaroos, wallabies, platypus, Tasmanian devil etc..Interesting to see their conservation efforts..haven't developed my pics yet so no pics of that at the moment. Most of the animals seemed lethargic, prob because of the weather. Oh, except for the Taz devil, which kept running around its little island in circles. They even set up an electric fence around its enclosure..come to think about it, it looks like half a pig actually..
*finally the koala awakens from its deep slumber (pic courtesy of Bernard)
At 5 we all went to the Healesville Town hall to have our night of fun! Dinner plus bush dance was the programme of the night. Thoroughly enjoyed it, as almost everybody participated in the dances. Maybe our mentality does change when we're in a different country..the band introduced many dances, made myself giddy by spinning round and round and round =)
Next up- yesterday after church we decided to visit St Kilda, which is just a tram ride away from the city (sigh the wonders of modern transportation). FYI St Kilda's one of the beaches in Melb. By the time we arrived, poor Tuck Him and Bernard had already been freezing for 2 hours while waiting for us hahhha..did the usual, walked the pier, the beach plus the many cafes there. You can actually see sunset from there, but it was too cloudy. We in our moment of madness went to buy cakes and walked to the pier to enjoy them. By then our hands were mostly numb in the wind, plus our faces, plus our tongues..you get the idea. Another wacky idea was to next wait till dusk and hope to spot some penguins (yes, I know what you're thinking right now - penguins in St Kilda??). Bernard said he'd heard them before, but hadn't seen any. All the way to the end of the pier, a local told us she hadn't seen any before. But just before we were about to give up, we spotted one! Me being sceptical thought it was a sea gull/duck. But clearly before us hopping about the rocks was a little penguin =P Too bad I didn't have my camera with me..our super chilling few hours there was meaningful at last - seriously it was very very very cold by the sea..according to TuckHim it was 4degrees min, and when the wind blows it feels like 1degree..
hmm, today. Today was good too. Good food I mean. Almost everyone knows I can hardly cook. Funny how most guys I know can cook..? (Don't kacau me Sam I know you can cook too). Bernard came over just now and cooked lunch, which tasted great. This means I've got another *si-fu* to learn from!
The pic below shows how dark Melbourne is by 5plus pm..
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