Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery was just a couple of minutes drive from the Fergussion Winery & Restaurant, and we stopped here for a short 25 minutes before continuing on. As is fashionable in many Chocolateries these days, the
For our two kids at least, the day they were most looking forward to ever since we talked about the itinerary was the Puffing Billy Train ride, included in our third and last day tour for Day 7. The historic
According to our planned itinerary, Day 6 was to be our Gardens and Museums day where we’d visit the Melbourne Museum, Royal Exhibition Building, Cook’s Cottage, Carlton, Parliament, Treasury and Fitzory Gardens and finally St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Lots of walking
We went with A Tour With a Difference for our Great Ocean Road trip, and here are some comments about them. In mind that Great Ocean Road visit is extremely popular with visitors, we were expecting to see hordes of
After enjoying three days of sunny weather and one of half-half, on the fifth day and second of our day trips out to what visitors to Melbourne routinely note as a ‘must do/visit’, it rained non-stop and the sun was
One of the most important landmarks in the state of Victoria that isn’t just a place for tourists to look and gawk but is actually a working business place is the Queen Victoria Market, reportedly the largest open air market
After four days of wonderfully sunny days, our fifth day in Melbourne finally saw inclement weather. Not quite to the extent the state experienced a week before we arrived, it did mean a somewhat more chilly morning. We returned to
The original itinerary I drew up for Day 3 really had just one item – Melbourne Zoo in the morning, and that’s it. It was a fine day though with a wonderfully blue sky, and the weather wasn’t as chilly
One Uniquely Singaporean thing we do is that every zoo we visit gets compared to the island’s Singapore Zoological Gardens. Truth to tell, the Singapore Zoo’s open concept was very novel for its time when that concept first came into
As history goes, Ballarat was the site of a gold rush that started in 1850s, and was instrumental to early settlers laying the foundation for the township that is today. The 25-hectare site comprises 60 historically-accurate recreations of houses, business
Our Melbourne itinerary was largely designed for the kids, and the first of four animal parks was included as an optional item with the first day tour we booked, and with Grayline (more comments of this day tour company in
Checking into the Pegasus Apart’Hotel @ A’Beckett Street was quick, and the paperwork had already been prepared before our arrival. Interestingly, we were not required to pay the $200 security deposit for incidentals. Rather, our incidental deposit was $1 using
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