Melbourne Winter 2013 - Part I

Masa Master dulu, everytime aku pegi winter trip,  aku rasa tak best. Ala-ala rasa macam perabih duit jer. Tak enjoy pun. Maybe it depends on whom you travel with kot.

Last year masa kitorang sampai Adelaide, dah tengah winter, then posa pulak. So, takde la jenjalan sakan. Kang asyik dok amik rukhsoh bermusafir je, ada yang tak puasa sebulan pulak. Hehehe

Anyway, masuk hari raya ke-4 kitorang bertolak ke Melbourne dengan family As. Konon travel sesama, kalo jadi apa-apa hal, senang.

Mulanya nak bertolak seawal subuh sepi'ee, but considering travel malam lebih senang bila anak-anak tidur (takdelah 10kali sekejap dok tanya "Are we there yet?")... so we made a move waktu malam. Hasilnya, MrHubby ngantuk dan terpaksa berhenti banyak kali untuk nap. Rasa menyusahkan family As pulak.

 Day 1

 
Hentian pertama bila dah terang sikit adalah The Giant Koala, kat Western Highway, Dadswells Bridge.

Kalao selalu kita tengok koala comel dan cuddly... tapi yang ni giler ngeri! Terus aku terbayang Ultraman nak lawan dengan resaksa koala. Hewhewhew

Perjalanan diteruskan menuju Victoria...

What a beautiful morning with double rainbows! Boleh le cari pots of gold (yeah rite!)

Then stop jap kat Ararat. Saja benti amik gambar :P

 ... sebelum stop kat park untuk makan breakfast ala koboi. Makan bekal je la.

Perut dah kenyang, selfie satu! ;)
Almaklumlah, walaupun laki fotografer, tapi kalo dah bz dengan anak-anak, terpaksa la snap gambar sendiri, walaupun hasilnya muka menjadi selebar talam (Blame the smartphone!)
@_@

The view along the way was awesome!

 

Ada few more stops we made... sebab nak shee-shee or isi minyak.

Dengan segala lenggang-lenggok MakLimah (Outlander pun boleh melenggang ke?), akhirnya sampai le kitorang kat Melbourne, lebih kurang pukul 12 tengahari. So, kebuluran tahap orang Ethiopia, we decided to go for fast food. Hehehe.
Dan alang-alang dah lalu kat Flemington yang ada KFC (halal), situ je la tempat dituju.

KFC, Racecourse Rd, Flemington

 

Kat sini, cuma popcorn chicken dan nuggets (processed chicken) yang non-halal. Kekdahnye.
Tapi ada serve bacon meal gak la. Huhu. The one we went (at the end of this entry) is the 100% halal one.

Masa dok tunggu makanan tu, angin bertiup punya la kencang, ala-ala Ribut di Kampung Busu. Siap patah segala dahan pokok.

Tak jauh dari tempat kitorang parking, ada dua kereta kena hempap dek dahan pokok. Tapi takde la aku nak gi snap gambar, upload kat FB ala-ala samaritan bagai. Kang nampak sangat pulak typical Malaysian. Hahaha

Then, perut dah kenyang, kitorang pun check in kat rumah Herman/Awin kat Coburg...berdepan dgn railway!

Gila punya penat.
So we just had a rest, tido sampai maghrib. For dinner, MrHubby pegi takeaway je makanan kat Restoran Roza, Sydney Road.

Day 2

Plan asal nak gi Mt Buller terus, since the weather was fine. But thinking that tak sempat prepare makanan untuk lunch, we just ronda-ronda kat city dulu.

Random sceneries around the city.

...and ta-daaaa!!!
Queen Victoria Market lah tempat dituju.
Oh well. Tempat nak ber'zakat' kat peniaga-peniaga kat situ. Bahahaha. Nothing new  :P

Penat membeli, duduk rehat jap makan Tim Tam.
Apakah? Kit kat takde, Tim Tam pun kira boleh laaa...

Then, sambung (window) shopping lagi.
Mengenangkan kegilaan aku terhadap hats (read HERE), memang susah nak tahan diri daripada try letak (at least satu) atas kepala. Hehehe.

 Tapi korang tengok je la...gambar sapa lagi banyak yg excited menerai segala hats and beanies. Hahaha

Adoiyaiii...
Sia-sia jadi photographer bila nak amik gambar sendiri, terpaksa minta orang snapkan...macam toooot je jadinya.
Susah sangat ke nak put everything in the frame, without too much langit and too much lantai? Duh!

Bila snap sendiri, x cukup korum la jadinye....
*sigh*

Ooooo... Lil Adam dengan crayfish, Moreton Bay bugs besar-besar.
Terus rindu kat MIL. Kalau musim je, mesti dia call suruh balik Endau.

Penat jenjalan, isi perut sikit... kat food court.

 

We just had some fish and chips.

See... whila Lil Adam and I busy making that dracula-look... Lil Adib pulun dok sumbat mulut dia dengan fries. Hahaha

Fresh juices!

Haaa..buat perangai engkak-engkak.
Kihkihkih. Masa kecik dulu, mana aku berani buat macam ni. Aku kan well-behaved.

Then we thought of taking the shuttle to the other parts of the city, tapi full pulak. Since it only comes at 30-min intervals, cancel la plan.

Instead, we rode the car to the Harbourtown.

Compared to the Gold Coast Harbourtown, yang kat Melbourne ni memang le tak best. Hahaha. (bias statement!) But seriously...

Lil Adam trying to blow the didgeridoo.

Unfortunately there's no pic of him lari sebab aku momokkan dia dengan back scratcher made of kangaroo feet. Hahaha

In my attempt for a selfie with my boys...
Life is a blessing! (minus the cranky part few mins before the pic was snapped)

Asal nampak je restoran Malaysia, ada je gatal nak spend. At this Chilli Padi, we just bought a glass of Teh Ais. Tak kick sangat pun, tak cukup manis... banyak susu je - maybe to suit the matsaleh tastebuds.

Sebelum balik rumah tumpangan (ooo...sounds fishy!) malam tu, we were thinking of having a decent dinner... tapi semua mahal nak mamf.

Yang lawaknya restoran ni...

Kebabulous

Kebablicious

Kebabies.

Hahahaha. Kebab babi ke? Hahahaha. That's hilarious, man!


So, last-last we ended up makan KFC (again!!!).
Tak kesah la kan...sebab jarang jumpa KFC halal. So alang-alang tu...pulun cukup-cukup.

 

This KFC Fawkner is located on 1293 Sydney Rd, Fawkner.
Cer tengok kat dinding atas kepala waitress tu...it says "Bacon not available".

So...burppp!!!
Tak payah cerita la kot what we ate kan? Kan?

To be continued in Part II