The World Out There: December 2010

Hihi, welcome to my first entry of Travel with Mun!

First stop, Australia! Melbourne and Sydney..

Well.. its my first time visiting Australia.. and some things struck me while i wandered around the country.

1. Alot of chinese. Well.. apparently its unlike Europe and perhaps its more Asia accessible here in Australia..

2. Literally no 3in1 coffee.. Milo is scarce.. No chilli sauce(they call it Hot Sauce) and you gotta pay for extra Mayonaise/hot sauce etc..

3. Cost of living is so high that Starbucks there is equivalent to Singapore's Kopitiam!

4. Really environmentally friendly country.. Such that when I want to take the night scenery of Australia's skyline, very few buildings actually turn on their lights.. So it was kinda dark and.. uninteresting..

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I dont really enjoy the city life in Australia.. their people have very diverse characters.. most of them are really nice and helpful, while aplenty scatter the streets at night, half drunk, harassing people. In short I dont feel safe at night. However I do love what Australia has to offer for tourists, sight seeing and stuff. But not shopping or food etc.

Comments aside, i shall highlight some events with pictures during my trip!

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First stop, some church in Melbourne.

And here is an artisitc shot lol.

Australia is a heaven for flowers!! So many species not found in Singapore! I shall just display a few here (:

Im at the Federation square now.. The so called meeting place for all people in melbourne.. Flinders station is on the left.. which is something like Dohby Ghaut interchange (:

Then we visited a 88 storey building tower in Melbourne to see the citylines..

Queen Victoria Market was closed on this day, but luckily some food stores are opened..

And here, i think this is German or Swiss donut with chocolate. The most delicious thing I ever tasted!!!

Melbourne is also scattered with many of these trams.. Cute.

And then there was farm visit!!!! In this cute little wagon thing..

First stop, FEED THE CALVES!!! (i was posing for this photo with an empty bottle, thereby scamming the calf thinking theres milk inside)

Then i milked the cow!!!! Hmm... warm... erm... nipples??

Then the shepherd's dog chased the sheeps here and there for demostration~ Its summer so the wool are shaved off.

And a quick demonstration on sheep shearing...

Poor sheep.. such brutality..

Then we learnt how to crack a whip..

We entered the kangaroo enclosure and they started hopping towards us thinking theres food!! but sadly theres none for them cos its their mating season...

Awww cute!!

Spasm face..

Food at the farm house!!

Most delicious steak in my life. EVER!!!

An award winning shot. Bee on flower!

Then we visited a chocolate factory in Philips Island.. All made of chocolate!

waterfall of chocolate

a tonne of chocolate

create your own chocolate. it says YJ!

chocolate koalas..

Then we visited some mind boggling shop.. waste of time i think haha

THEN WE VISITED THE KOALA CONSERVATION SITE WHEN IT RAINED LIKE CRAZYYY

Then we went to some seaside which was supposed to house sealions, but we saw a angry mother seagull instead..

And sadly no photos for penguin parade.. penguins swim back from ocean after a long day of feeding (:

Flinders station at night..

THE LEGEND CHICKEN BURGER IN MCDONALDS

A rest point during our 3hour drive to the Great Ocean Road. A scenic place..

Then i made the best shot of my life..

We reached.. and me and my father paid SGD$100 each to take a 10min helicopter ride to view the apostles..

READY SET VROOOOMMMMMM

Awesome shit..

And it begins to rain again.. sigh..

Night scene in Melbourne

Then off we fly to Sydney!!!

i like sydney more.. cos it feels more urban.. and.. there seem to be a system in place in terms of the cityscape..

Sydney Fish Market!! The MUST COME if u ever visit sydney! I will let the pictures speak for itself. Enjoy..

Then we visited the opera house.. It looks better on TV anyday..

but nonetheless.. one of the places u must visit before you die haha..

Sydney aquarium..

Free and easy at night..

Took the train back to hotel! triple decker!! LOL nice..

Now the sydney tower...

Next stop, Blue Mountains.. cos the water vapour reflects the sunlight making the mountains blue..

NEXT!! must visit place in sydney, port stephens. Dolphins and whale watch..

Solaris conquers sydney LOL!

All wild dolphins in the sea!! I was shooting the dolphins at 3.7frames per second to find the perfect shot of a dolphin.. Pity they dont jump high out of the water like in movies..