Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
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
The nightly concerts at Club Med Bintan was the second major event outing for the new Olympus 40-150mm f2.8, the first being Hannah’s K2 Graduation Concert a month ago. The shooting conditions were similar in some respects – fast subject
Of the whole bunch of us, I reckon Hannah probably got the most out of our Club Med Bintan stay. Ling wanted to try out a couple of activities (e.g. trapezing) but was trapped down by Peter who clung onto
Hannah has finally finished pre-school and will be progressing onto Primary One next year. She’s been really looking forward to starting in a new environment and meeting new friends and teachers, so much so that every night at bed time
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