Trip to Melbourne - Day 2

Hey guys,

So, I stopped at posting up photos of my first day at Melbourne...

Day 2 is much more memorable, I would say. I visited the iconic 12 Apostles. The view was breathtaking...it was one of the most magnificent collection of limestone stacks I've ever seen.

Here are the photos that I took on the way to the 12 Apostles. Enjoy! :)

And finally, we arrived at the 12 Apostles!!

That's me at the entrance of the site.

You see the little cave at the bottom of the land mass? Over time the little space will widen due to the hydraulic action of the waves and a new Apostle will be formed!

lol... this looks like some... weird looking cake with caramel as topping

After the visit to the 12 Apostles I visited the fairy penguins! Unfortunately, no photography was allowed... so I didn't take any photos. You could google it :) So, that's all for Day 2!

Looking Back - March Study Trip to the University of Melbourne Day 1

Hey guys,

This is the first entry I'm posting up to document the enjoyable and memorable trips I had to various countries throughout my school life for the past year. This year had been extremely stressful (life in S3, you know...), especially in the academics part of my school life. However, there are many other activities and events that has made this year especially engaging. My trips overseas would, of course, be one of the things.

First up, my trip to Melbourne, Australia. This was my second time visiting Australia. Previously, I've visited Brisbane for an exchange programme with Christian Outreach College, Brisbane. I guess my trip to Brisbane was more enjoyable because of the home stay that I had with the Gray family, and there were fewer lessons to attend. A significant portion of my trip to Melbourne was to learn more about Australian history, which was also the main purpose of the trip. Besides that, I visited several breathtaking natural sites at countryside and intriguing street alleys in the city. Though it wasn't as relaxing as my previous trip to Australia, I had a sense of accomplishment after completing the 3-day academic programme at the University of Melbourne :D

So... here are the photos that I've taken... enjoy!

Day 1 - Arrival at the Melbourne International Airport

:) My first photo at Melbourne (right: Foo Ce Shun :D)

Zai Wei checking out what's Melbourne all about

Our dormitory - Melbourne Metro YHA

Aw... the room was really squeezy... 4 people living in such a small room... but it was fun anyway living together :P

A night view at the roof top of the hostel - at the backdrop is the city of Melbourne!

On the way for lunch (the same day)

Picture on the streets with Mr SLIM - what an honour!!

Just a random pic of Luk Yean eating this huge sandwich... Lol

After lunch, we had this street tour. Everyone was so exhausted and most slept through the whole city tour on the bus... LOL. Here are some photos I took after we got down the bus to have a short walk around the city and its street alleys.

Haha.. this was taken on the bus though :)

This nice antique clock tower here is also taken from the bus.. (there's a cool yellowish tinge because of the bus' window)

I'm not sure what mall this is...

Ah ha... the interesting street alleys - the beginning

Cool graphiti!!

Okay, back to the main streets:

LOL

A church with historical significance - you can see it's being built in two different periods from the different colour of the materials being used to built the church

A cool sculpture!

Next, we went to a port... a really nice one.

That's me :)

DINNER TIME!

Assortment of Pastas! :P

A huge vegetarian pizza!

Haha, yeah, after dinner we headed straight back to the hostel and to rest. I looked forward to the trip to the 12 Apostles the next day... the photos of the trip there would be in the next post. :)