<font color="aa00aa">lilac, chihiro,</font>
no lah, i was there for abt 9/10 days, not 2 wks lah. cos i skipped a lot of places (too troublesome to go if not driving) so a bit "sian" in Melbourne City
<font color="aa00aa">oreo,</font>
we only went GOR & Grampians, but din managed to cover all the tracks in Grampians too, cos most of them are like, need to hike/walk for 2~3 or 4~5 hours!! so we only went to those that needed minimum walking. no choice lah, can't torture myself & my mum rite?
GOR is terrific!! even though it was my 2nd trip and some of the places have changed (they built a information centre near 12 apostles & "surrounded up" some places so can't go in) boy, it's so cold & so windy that all the pix taken there are in jackets & the hair prob looked messy
other than that, it's Richmond (but hubby & myself not so much of a shopping person). bought a day tix so hoped on-off the trams a number of times to go to the different streets. hmm.. the food at Min Tanh II is terrific!! hubby was saying go back there for dinner another day, but of cos, we din lah. imagine gotta pay extra abt $6 each (tram ride)) juz to go back for dinner??
we skipped Ballarat
(we stopped too many times & hubby was tired from driving, so skipped), Phillips Island
(i been b4 & find it a waste of time, somemore so far), Werribee (Mansion)
(was afraid couldn't finish GOR in time, so din stop by although it's along the way), Mornington
(too troublesome to go if not driving. gotta take train, bus, taxi to go berry picking) & Yarra Valley
(me can't drink now, so not quite worth it rite? kekeke)
if u include all these places, it shld be quite alrite to be there for ard 8~9 days.
basically, i was there for the Moomba festival, but it was not what i experience few yrs back so a bit disappointed. but guess my mum had a bit of fun watching the parade, though
we spent a day (plus few hours the next morning to do last minute shopping) at Queen Vic market. was quite an eye opening experience for my mum. also walked to Something Aussie (if u need the map, let me know cos i couldn't find it on the 1st day) & bought nouggats which is cheaper than QVM.