Me and my family went to Australia for a short getaway from our hectic home. Basically, we landed on Melbourne first, and then had an hour and a half flight to an island called Tasmania. And guess what... Tasmania blew me away. Metaphorically and sort of physically... hahaha. Tasmania was super windy, and COLD. The family regretted not buying good jackets. I mean, seriously though, that place was literally changing seasons all day long. My brother in law told me that before the change of seasons (Aus is going to have summer soon), we will experience rain. And it did. It rained for a couple of times, but with the cold wind blowing too, we would just snuggle in our Airbnb apartments. Speaking of apartments, we had like 5 different apartments from place to place. Really cozy! However, there was one that's kind of shady, the owner was, too. But it's okay, it was just one night. And that night though, there was a group of another asians, I think they were from Hong Kong, cuz they spoke Cantonese...and they said they booked our place too..even weirder, it was the same owner as well! Luckily we got here first...if not...we'd have to find another apartment in the cold, cold night. The best apartment was the last one, 2 nights yassss, in Melbourne. My own room was lit. Haha. It was amazing, no lie. Gosh, writing this made me miss Aussie so much!
Also, we visited many parks and reserves in Tasmania. And again, it blew me off. I can't stop saying that. Haha! We visited popular tourist areas like Mt. Wellington, yes and that....IT BLEW ME OFF. HAHAHAHA REALLY BLEW ME OFF!!!! We got to the summit of that mountain, the view was freaking breathtaking, but I can't breathe easily....the wind was so strong! We got pictures taken, but my iphone kept dying due to the very cold temperature. We too visited Freycinet National Park. That was when we bought a $55 Wombat toy, just cause my dad likes it. Hahaha! But that toy accompanied me every night since then..so.......... :P
The last day in Tasmania...we spent it by spending money. YES, SHOPPING TIME, at Salamanca Market. People were lively, everything was. And ya, the people in Australia...so so so friendly, and kind, and bubbly! Although I mistook the amount of money I had to pay for the food in a cafe, $13, but I thought the cashier said $30. Sorry lady. Hahahaha!
Not to forget, the animals.. there were countless of em! Their wallabies..man, they're so friendly and cute! But in Tasmania, who can forget about their Tasmanian Devil!!
Last but not least in the island, we hunt and literally chased for the southern lights. We sort of saw it, but looked like we didn't. I don't know whether they're sourthern lights or not. I saw a little greenish flowy sky sorta thing, gosh i dont know how to describe, but they looked like clouds as well. So I really doubt it. Nonetheless, there was a galaxy of stars! Astronomical ones. Beautiful. Like the milky way, which they have the white white flowy thing surrounding the stars? Yeah...really beautiful. Wanted to capture them on my phone, but to no avail, all I could capture was the color black. So that point of time, I just appreciate it with my eyes, and also hoping my eyes could do the capture. xD
We returned to Melbourne for the last 3 days in Aussie, and we shopped, ate, a lot, and just walked around the city. It was all good. Nothing much of a difference from Singapore too, just a city, but with fresh air, and clear blue skies. And the people there were not as agitated as the people here in Singapore...
By the way, the Chinese food there was a no-no. Haha, overall the food there was fine, but just not Chinese...
And I even sent a mail to myself from Australia, and it took one week to come! Hahaha I felt so....wow. Much misses already. Zzzz
I'm not going to upload all my pictures taken, because there's a ton of em. Too many to be uploaded. Haha, just going to share a few here, for memories, for when I look back to my blog in the next 10 years.
Just to end off now, Australia was amazing. Melbourne and Tasmania! Would love to go there again. Really.. :)
 |
| This was what they meant by 'clear blue skies'..... Melbourne, such a great city! |
 |
| Beautiful Ferris Wheel in Docklands! |
 |
| The zookeeper purposely fed this camel near me and this cute one eventually sorta "hug" me. Ah, cute! I also learned that there are too many camels in Australia, just too many.. |
 |
| Good close up of a zebra. Their stripes are just like our humans' fingerprints, very unique. |
 |
| Tasmanian Devil! What a lazy one here.. |
 |
| Sun was about to set when we're on the plane back to Singapore. Beautiful. x |
