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Day3 Sun- Grampians.
-Awoke 6.40am. Met up with photography club ppl. Took a nice bus to Grampians Natl Park.
-3 hours plus to get there. Midway stopped by Ballarat (more kangaroos and warm coffee! oyah, not makan kangaroo, is kangaroos at park) and also at Halls Gap..
-Lookout 1 : Gorgeous scenery. We were really high up..
-Lookout 2 : More gorgeous scenery. Took some "I'm top of the world" kind of photos. Will post some up if/when I ever get access to a scanner.
- MacKenzie's Falls : After the short but steep walk down, was a little disappointed. Msia's falls are nicer.
-Back and reaaally tired.
Day4 - The Dandenongs..
By now was alittle jaded from frequent travel..Took a ride on the Puffing Billy (next to Belgrave station) to Emerald Lake. Was forewarned that the ride was pretty normal, and yeah, its only the novelty of travelling on an old steam train..Sights were few and far in between.
Emerald Lake..less said the better. It would be a nice place to picnic. Couldn't help but compare it with Taman Jaya (in PJ) 'cept this one's high up in the mountains. They even had those bicycle-boats thingy (I don't know what its called) Maybe it was the weather, drizzling and gloomy..
Visited the William Ricketts Sanctuary too. Quite a small place, dedicated to this man's vision of love between all people. Most of his clay sculptures are set along the little trails that round the sanctuary, almost all aboriginal in theme..
Day 5- City of Melbourne
Walked and walked and walked. Discovered some nice places to go. Coffee, anyone? There's this nice cafe somewhere in the backlanes behind Swanston St. And yummy waffles too! Melb isn't that small when there're many places to rayau, just a matter of will.
Day 6- Tulip Festival
Went to Belgrave station (40 train stations from my place!) found out we missed a bus, so ended up exploring Belgrave town (small-ish). The tulip festival is at Monbulk. Had in my mind a vision of that place as being large (as in tea-plantation kind of size and scale). But it wasn't so..would describe it as being medium sized. Fortunately there was plenty of sunlight, tulips were pretty in the brilliant sunshine..esp the red ones. Personally liked the dark purple ones, but those weren't available for picking..
-Awoke 6.40am. Met up with photography club ppl. Took a nice bus to Grampians Natl Park.
-3 hours plus to get there. Midway stopped by Ballarat (more kangaroos and warm coffee! oyah, not makan kangaroo, is kangaroos at park) and also at Halls Gap..
-Lookout 1 : Gorgeous scenery. We were really high up..
-Lookout 2 : More gorgeous scenery. Took some "I'm top of the world" kind of photos. Will post some up if/when I ever get access to a scanner.
- MacKenzie's Falls : After the short but steep walk down, was a little disappointed. Msia's falls are nicer.
-Back and reaaally tired.
Day4 - The Dandenongs..
By now was alittle jaded from frequent travel..Took a ride on the Puffing Billy (next to Belgrave station) to Emerald Lake. Was forewarned that the ride was pretty normal, and yeah, its only the novelty of travelling on an old steam train..Sights were few and far in between.
Emerald Lake..less said the better. It would be a nice place to picnic. Couldn't help but compare it with Taman Jaya (in PJ) 'cept this one's high up in the mountains. They even had those bicycle-boats thingy (I don't know what its called) Maybe it was the weather, drizzling and gloomy..
Visited the William Ricketts Sanctuary too. Quite a small place, dedicated to this man's vision of love between all people. Most of his clay sculptures are set along the little trails that round the sanctuary, almost all aboriginal in theme..
Day 5- City of Melbourne
Walked and walked and walked. Discovered some nice places to go. Coffee, anyone? There's this nice cafe somewhere in the backlanes behind Swanston St. And yummy waffles too! Melb isn't that small when there're many places to rayau, just a matter of will.
Day 6- Tulip Festival
Went to Belgrave station (40 train stations from my place!) found out we missed a bus, so ended up exploring Belgrave town (small-ish). The tulip festival is at Monbulk. Had in my mind a vision of that place as being large (as in tea-plantation kind of size and scale). But it wasn't so..would describe it as being medium sized. Fortunately there was plenty of sunlight, tulips were pretty in the brilliant sunshine..esp the red ones. Personally liked the dark purple ones, but those weren't available for picking..
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