from victoria, we moved on to new south wales & sydney was our first stop. took an overnite coach from mel & arrived in syd early in e morning.

sydney opera house~~ one of e best known icons of aust~~ built in 1973, it was one of e world's most distinctive 20th century buildings. listed under e UNESCO World Heritage Site, e opera house was among the 20 selected finalists in the 2007 New Seven Wonders of the World.

harbour bridge~~ nicknamed the coathanger because of its arch-based design, e bridge carries six lanes of road traffic on its main roadway, two lanes of road traffic (formerly two tram tracks) and a footpath on its eastern side, and two railway tracks and a bicycle path along its western side. According to Guinness World Records 2004, it is the world's widest long-span bridge.

after visiting e 2 iconic attractions of sydney, we proceeded to e cbd area, where i chanced upon e EY building! & sadly again, we cant find dt...
i'm a rep from e spore branch~~ lol!

had an expensive fish dinner at nite. yup, we fine dine... i noe we r supposed to be on a backpacking trip, but fine dininng once in a while is jus a way to pamper ourselves! & this restaurant is highly recommended by our frenz.

red grouper dat jun ate~~

jus this 2 plates of fish alone cost us ard sgd100~~ we did xin tong for a while & wonder if it's worth it. but kian says dat e fish was e most delicious fish dat he has ever eaten in his whole life, so guess it's worth it ba! haha... well relax la, we r on a holiday!

Yarra Valley, e region surrounding e yarra river, is e home of many famous wineries.

Yering Station, victoria's first vineyard, renowed for producing award winning wines.

wine tasting at e cellar~~

a superb place wif breath-taking scenary~~

xuguang treat us to dinner at this famous chinese resturant dat serves e best lobster mee~~ it's a muz try dish in mel~~ & it lives up to its std, yummylicious!

so wat do we do at nite when we r back at e apartment? we gamble of course! haha... xg bought this whole set of poker chips dat's really cool~~ exactly like e casino kind~~

random pics~~

Night scenes of mel~~

mel cbd actually looked very much quite like spore cbd, wif e high rise offices by e side of e river~~ we saw pwc, ey & kp... kian was quite upset dat there's no dt...

went to crown casino for our buffet dinner~~

this was b4 we ate e food~~ everyone was hungry & happy!

this was after~~ food was so terrible dat we were cursing & swearing throughout e meal! price was ex somemore, even e glass jug dat's used to fill our water (note: plain water oni! if u wan other drinks u've to pay extra!) was yellowish & dirty. we were super astonished by e long queue, y on earth wld anyone wanna eat here?!?!? *faints* but i was highly entertained by e guys, they'll go right down to e details when criticising, like: "did they forget to put eggs inside this cake?" haha... super funny!

Philip island, situated in e western port, is located abt 2 hrs drive (140km) from melbourne.

e wildlife park was our first stop~~koalas, wallabies, wombats & many others~~ they r all jus soooooo cute! my fav is e wombat, it's so adorable dat i wanna bring it home! it's kangeroos feeding time! haha... e whole area is filled wif lotsa lotsa kangeroos & they r so tame dat they'll jump towards u & wait to be fed! there's this king kangeroo dat's as huge as me & we r all quite terrified by it (thou it means no harm)! & we r super evil, after we had our hands full of e kangeroos' saliva, we actually wiped it on their fur! lol!

some random pics~~

we werent allowed to take pics due to e sensitivity of e penguines (they r wild, we dun wan to scare them away). this is e closest pic i can find on e web, but still it's nothin like e experience we had. it's really amazing! seeing e little penguines being washed up by e sea onto e beach, waddle & waddle to form a line, then march into their burrows in e sand dues is jus so... beautiful! i was hoping there's really a lost penguine under our car, then we can bring it home! haha...

had Nando's for dinner after a day's activities~~ Nando's is a global fast-food restaurant chain originating from South Africa with a Portuguese theme, specializing in chicken dishes with either lemon and herb, medium, hot or extra hot peri-peri marinades. it's very popular in e US, UK, Aust & NZ, but they hav not enter Asia yet. their peri-peri sauce is so nice dat we bought 4 bottles back spore!

shall continue wif where i left off, where was i... oh ya, e great ocean rd... shall give a little intro... The Great Ocean Road is a 273km stretch of road along the South Eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities, constructed as a Memorial to those killed in the First World War, & one of Australia's great scenic coastline drives.

much of e road hugs tightly to e coast, where mountains meet e sea, wif lotsa sharp curves & bends.

some of e great senic dat we visited includes e Loch Ard Gorge, London Arch as well as e famous 12 apostles~~

top 2 pics: Loch Ard Gorge @ Port Campbell, natural limestone and sandstone rock formations created by erosion from waves and rain. the waves were so huge when entering e gorge dat they reaches almost as high as e top~~ it was really beautiful~~

bottom 2 pics: London Arch @ Port Campbell, was formerly called London Bridge b4 e bridge collapes due to its similarity to its namesake.

more pics of e famous 12 apostles~~

not forgetting apollo bay, a coastal fishing town wif a small population of oni 1777 where we went to see gloworms @ nite. din take any photos of e gloworms thou, cos e forest was too dark for any pics. yup, we went into e forest at nite in pitch dark (wif a guide of course).

e table gang: ziyang, xuguang, hongwei, kian & ee how~~

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