Our trip to Melbourne (above picture taken at the Melbourne Museum)

On our first day, which is also the day we arrived, we headed straight to the hotel in Bell City Preston. Had a look at the hotel then headed out and tried catching the complicated tram. Didn't know which way the city was and there was no one around for us to ask so we just followed the map and headed down to the train station and even had trouble buying a weekly ticket from the machine.

We got on the train and got our tickets checked too by the Melbourne transit officers. Damn, we broke the law on our first day! We didn't validate the ticket as after purchasing it, we were meant to run it through a little metal box at the entrance. Thank gosh the guy was nice enough to let us off and gave us intructions on where and how to validate it!

Our first night in the city included dinner and a major search of a woolworths which took us a long long time to find! It was located in the QV Building we've walked passed many times. We didn't see the small Woolworths sign there... fail.

Our 2nd day spent in the City again and because the night before, it was already night time and most the shops had already closed. We totally got lost again because the city looked different in the day! We spent the day walking around and also checking out the Queen Victoria Markets. It turned out to look like another Flemington Market except alot cleaner. Was not what we expected and what our Directory had our minds set to.

Headed back towards the heart of the City where we went to see the Central Station of Melbourne. Their building is so awesome! See the picture above? Its the inside of the station. It's cone-shaped!

Along the streets outside the Telstra building. Telstra was doing a great advertisement with the Android phones. A large screen with the angry birds for people to play around with! It gets really packed around that screen in the afternoons too.


Theres another screen beside it that allows people to stand in front and these little snow droplets start falling and Christmas hats detect your head and gets placed there too : )

Our random walk around the City lead us to EasyWay!! I thought I was gonna have to live without it for a week but no : ) My one drink per week made it in me! Theres Danny checking out the Directory we got from the hotel for attractions in the City. We decided on the Melbourne Museum and we got there 1.5 hours before it closed too.

This was one of the buildings outside the Museum. I believe its the Parliament house but I cannot be 100%. Didn't have time to check what building it was due to time and the Museum was closing soon.

Got into the Museum for free as we had our concession cards with us. Thank goodness somewhere in Melbourne accepts concession cards. We thought we had to go as adults the whole trip! Above picture is inside the museum. There were lots to see inside. All the things about Melbourne's history and stuff such as Phar Lap.

Pictures while inside and outside the Museum. Just chilling after such a rush through the place and our feet were getting sore. Come to think of it, during our trip we hardly had time to sit down and rest for a bit. There were too many things to see as the place was so new to us.

Walking through the park/garden near the museum and heading down towards the fountain. The place reminded me of Hyde Park.

Here it is, the fountain!

Taking our new-age tourist shots with the fountain.

Heading down towards the city again. Thats the tram back! Their trams there are so convinient. Its equivalent to a car/bus almost. Travels right in the middle of the road and cars have to give way to it. From what I've seen, driving in Melbourne would be a bitch.


Walking through Chinatown.

After so much walking around, we finally had a good sit down dinner at the sake and grill restaurant in Chinatown. It was one memorable dinner. Ordered a banquet for 2 and had such good service there! Nothing in Sydney can compare from what I've experienced. The food was also really great!

Back at the hotel, resting up. Thats our weird view from our hotel. The place is filled with low rises that its really really "wth?" No high rises for us to remember and use as check points incase we got lost.

Day 3. Started off with a really cold swim at the hotel. I don't know whats wrong with us. The sun wasn't shining yet and already we jumped into the pool for a morning swim/exercise. Didn't last long and we had to get out coz it was unbearable. Unsatisfied with the exercise, baby left me at the hotel room for the gym lol.

Spent the day at Brighton Beach! I wanted to come here for the rainbow huts that go along the beach. We actually walked the wrong way and ended up spending a good while google mapping the place again and realised it was in the other direction we walked. had to take the trek back to where we started and down further from there.

After a good muck around as we walked, we found the huts!

Hello there, non-tourist attraction and empty beach... I wasn't so hyped when I found them. Too exhausted for it all.

We left the suburb and headed down to Docklands where they had a really big shopping complex. That place had nothing but outlets! It was a pity that when we got there, it was a tad bit late and most shops had already closed. I would kinda blame it on getting lost and all at Brighton for it haha

Had dinner near by at the wharf side. Italian for dinner~ Yumm : ) It was very satisfying!

Thats our view from the restaurant. Couldn't take a better picture as I was lazy.

Thats the new phone case I got Danny! and thats a cute little dog that walked by during our dinner. It was so fat and short it was almost being dragged by the owner!

Day 4 was spent shopping at one of the biggest shopping centres near-by. It had over 200 stores in that place and was also pretty well known. We didn't buy much there except for lots of toys at the capsule machines. Had lunch at the Pancake Parlour (spelling...) and headed back to the hotel early to get changed.

It was to be our night out to the Crown Casino! On our way to the Casino we had a tour around the Flinders Street station and Federation Square.

That night at the Casino we had quite some luck. Danny taught me how to play some of the table games and we also learnt a new game they had that scared us off the table. Pai Gow... omg never again.

Here are the toys we bought and collected during our stay. The bigger toys were bought at this really awesome figurine store in the city. I want them to open a store here in Sydney too! I could easily collect my Bearbricks that way!

On our 5th day, we checked out at 11AM and made a trip to DFO where I bought shoes for my sister and I. Wasn't much to see there as its almost exactly the same as the Sydney DFO. Had lunch there at this restaurant they had. They had really big servings and it was very satisfying too.

After the shop around, we took the awesome yellow taxi (yes, their taxis are yellow and it still amazes me!!) to the airport. Our trip ended just like that.

It was a short trip and regretful that we couldn't do many things. If the opportunity comes around again, I would definitely go to Melbourne again and complete my trip. Hopefully by then we'd get lost less and see more.

Our trip to Melbourne (above picture taken at the Melbourne Museum)

On our first day, which is also the day we arrived, we headed straight to the hotel in Bell City Preston. Had a look at the hotel then headed out and tried catching the complicated tram. Didn't know which way the city was and there was no one around for us to ask so we just followed the map and headed down to the train station and even had trouble buying a weekly ticket from the machine.

We got on the train and got our tickets checked too by the Melbourne transit officers. Damn, we broke the law on our first day! We didn't validate the ticket as after purchasing it, we were meant to run it through a little metal box at the entrance. Thank gosh the guy was nice enough to let us off and gave us intructions on where and how to validate it!

Our first night in the city included dinner and a major search of a woolworths which took us a long long time to find! It was located in the QV Building we've walked passed many times. We didn't see the small Woolworths sign there... fail.

Our 2nd day spent in the City again and because the night before, it was already night time and most the shops had already closed. We totally got lost again because the city looked different in the day! We spent the day walking around and also checking out the Queen Victoria Markets. It turned out to look like another Flemington Market except alot cleaner. Was not what we expected and what our Directory had our minds set to.

Headed back towards the heart of the City where we went to see the Central Station of Melbourne. Their building is so awesome! See the picture above? Its the inside of the station. It's cone-shaped!

Along the streets outside the Telstra building. Telstra was doing a great advertisement with the Android phones. A large screen with the angry birds for people to play around with! It gets really packed around that screen in the afternoons too.


Theres another screen beside it that allows people to stand in front and these little snow droplets start falling and Christmas hats detect your head and gets placed there too : )

Our random walk around the City lead us to EasyWay!! I thought I was gonna have to live without it for a week but no : ) My one drink per week made it in me! Theres Danny checking out the Directory we got from the hotel for attractions in the City. We decided on the Melbourne Museum and we got there 1.5 hours before it closed too.

This was one of the buildings outside the Museum. I believe its the Parliament house but I cannot be 100%. Didn't have time to check what building it was due to time and the Museum was closing soon.

Got into the Museum for free as we had our concession cards with us. Thank goodness somewhere in Melbourne accepts concession cards. We thought we had to go as adults the whole trip! Above picture is inside the museum. There were lots to see inside. All the things about Melbourne's history and stuff such as Phar Lap.

Pictures while inside and outside the Museum. Just chilling after such a rush through the place and our feet were getting sore. Come to think of it, during our trip we hardly had time to sit down and rest for a bit. There were too many things to see as the place was so new to us.

Walking through the park/garden near the museum and heading down towards the fountain. The place reminded me of Hyde Park.

Here it is, the fountain!

Taking our new-age tourist shots with the fountain.

Heading down towards the city again. Thats the tram back! Their trams there are so convinient. Its equivalent to a car/bus almost. Travels right in the middle of the road and cars have to give way to it. From what I've seen, driving in Melbourne would be a bitch.


Walking through Chinatown.

After so much walking around, we finally had a good sit down dinner at the sake and grill restaurant in Chinatown. It was one memorable dinner. Ordered a banquet for 2 and had such good service there! Nothing in Sydney can compare from what I've experienced. The food was also really great!

Back at the hotel, resting up. Thats our weird view from our hotel. The place is filled with low rises that its really really "wth?" No high rises for us to remember and use as check points incase we got lost.

Day 3. Started off with a really cold swim at the hotel. I don't know whats wrong with us. The sun wasn't shining yet and already we jumped into the pool for a morning swim/exercise. Didn't last long and we had to get out coz it was unbearable. Unsatisfied with the exercise, baby left me at the hotel room for the gym lol.

Spent the day at Brighton Beach! I wanted to come here for the rainbow huts that go along the beach. We actually walked the wrong way and ended up spending a good while google mapping the place again and realised it was in the other direction we walked. had to take the trek back to where we started and down further from there.

After a good muck around as we walked, we found the huts!

Hello there, non-tourist attraction and empty beach... I wasn't so hyped when I found them. Too exhausted for it all.

We left the suburb and headed down to Docklands where they had a really big shopping complex. That place had nothing but outlets! It was a pity that when we got there, it was a tad bit late and most shops had already closed. I would kinda blame it on getting lost and all at Brighton for it haha

Had dinner near by at the wharf side. Italian for dinner~ Yumm : ) It was very satisfying!

Thats our view from the restaurant. Couldn't take a better picture as I was lazy.

Thats the new phone case I got Danny! and thats a cute little dog that walked by during our dinner. It was so fat and short it was almost being dragged by the owner!

Day 4 was spent shopping at one of the biggest shopping centres near-by. It had over 200 stores in that place and was also pretty well known. We didn't buy much there except for lots of toys at the capsule machines. Had lunch at the Pancake Parlour (spelling...) and headed back to the hotel early to get changed.

It was to be our night out to the Crown Casino! On our way to the Casino we had a tour around the Flinders Street station and Federation Square.

That night at the Casino we had quite some luck. Danny taught me how to play some of the table games and we also learnt a new game they had that scared us off the table. Pai Gow... omg never again.

Here are the toys we bought and collected during our stay. The bigger toys were bought at this really awesome figurine store in the city. I want them to open a store here in Sydney too! I could easily collect my Bearbricks that way!

On our 5th day, we checked out at 11AM and made a trip to DFO where I bought shoes for my sister and I. Wasn't much to see there as its almost exactly the same as the Sydney DFO. Had lunch there at this restaurant they had. They had really big servings and it was very satisfying too.

After the shop around, we took the awesome yellow taxi (yes, their taxis are yellow and it still amazes me!!) to the airport. Our trip ended just like that.

It was a short trip and regretful that we couldn't do many things. If the opportunity comes around again, I would definitely go to Melbourne again and complete my trip. Hopefully by then we'd get lost less and see more.