Melbourne Day 1

Ok, finally have time to post on the Melbourne Trip...pardon the delay here...trying to recall the details here hehe

First Night/2nd Day:

Everyone met at Changi Airport Terminal 1, Row 1; checked in through the departure area, bid parents goodbye and off we went at around 11:25 SG time
Emirates was ok, seats still acceptable, although it was a bit uncomfortable, got big sized ppl sitting beside me so lol....

Reached Melbourne in the early morning at around 8:45am Aussie time...went up to coach, where we got to learn the driver's name, Don. Nice guy to begin with!...Jas couldn't really understand his accent, as he's got some heavy Brit accent with some Australian...and Jas even said I sound like him....cannot interpret what I say sometimes -.-...

Arrived at a small town, where we got some groceries for the trip....and gotta tell ya...the stuff there is way ex! One bottle of water (2 to 5 litres) can cost about AUD5 ++, around SGD6 or more! So were the provisions like biscuits etc

Pics taken b4 I got motion sickness... X_X

This is where the coach ride turned into a nightmare for me...the turning was horrendous and my motion sickness came back really badly! Almost puked but managed to 'hold out' in the end, thx Jas!

Lunch was another thing: Seafood Pasta! Sounds nice, but after the nightmare ride, really no appetite to eat alr, and the contents of it were: Cheese, more cheese, some seafood like prawns and clam (what I tasted) and some raw veggie with a minty taste...also gulped down some water after every bite (somewhat like ur Amazing Race Challenge with food that you never tasted before from another country)...actually, without the motion sickness, could've finished it cause it tasted weird to me...oh well...what a waste :'(

After that, more travelling!....but to a nice National Park, where a natural structure called the Twelve Apostles is at...near the coast...according to the guide, there are 8 left, 3 vanished with 1 recently eroded if I recall correctly...

The wind was really chilly since we were at the coast...made my face dry like anything sia....imagine smth stinging ur skin, that’s how the wind’s like...

Also saw a weird field opening with a near-regular shaped area, almost like a circle..crop circle? Even Mr Wong was puzzled hahas....

Got to another place where there was another structure called the Razorback...there’s a rather large indentation at the bottom of this rock due to the action of waves, causing erosion..

Then, it was a long ride to the hostel, good thing I slept, without knowing that Jas took some pics while I was catching forty winks...very funny.....

Ms Tan checking our room...

Reached our countryside hostel at around 7 in the evening and it was still quite bright...rooms were rather small...couldn’t even unpack our luggage inside! Had to do it outside instead, where there was a small space to do that...

Went to dinner at a nearby diner: Fish & Chips with a prawn! Now, that;s better hahas!...also took a look at the surroundings there, got a river just beside, so this town is like ur suburb, nice, slow-paced, peaceful, quiet...

Around 8:45pm...
Pic of Jupiter and the moon

Had our debrief at the lounge...also played pool b4 that lol! The balls are smaller than what we actually used!...and the cue ball is smaller than that...well, how we paid our money was rather unique! It’s inserting AUD3 into a special coin slot, where you position it correctly according to the size, then you push the lever in...this triggers the release of the balls inside the pool table, and you can play already! You can probably guess why the cue ball is smaller than the rest!

Slept at around 12:15am, whereas back in Sg, only 9 plus...still awake for the rest eh?? lol...

To be Continued!...3^rd day in progress hahas!!!