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Thursday, August 9, 2012

2010_12_30 Melbourne Gaol and University of Melbourne Day 9

Back to the City

Although I have been to Melbourne twice or thrice

Still there's quite a lot that I have not explore due to all my previous trips was short ones

The melbourne Gaol is one of the most famous tourist spot of Melbourne wining many awards...

so we thought we pay a visit

Second on the list is

The University of Melbourne

This University has earned its reputation on my list to visit due to its fast climb in the University rankings

In addition, there's a lot of good work/research done here that become probably the best university to study in Australia other than ANU

So the day was jam packed with walking, Walking and WAlking....

One of the attraction of Melbourne Central, that house a shopping mall and train station

Wished I can bring that Clock back!!!

It look so elegant!!!

Our brunch

at a tibetan food restaurant

not bad, pretty nice

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2010_12_29 Mt.Buller day 8

From sea to mountain

It's definitely good to have a change of views

Mt.Buller is the closest and the biggest skiing resort to Melbourne

and takes ~3hr to get up here.

During Winter season, it's a busy place due to its close proximity to the city

but it's a very quiet place outside winter

Most people came here for a quiet escape with family/mountain biking and hiking

The best of all, the accommodation prices is a far cry from the expensive prices during winter season which makes it a very affordable place to stay with such great view around you.

Of course most accommodation here cater for winter only as running them with so little visitors outside of winter is high. So only a few lodges are operating making the choices limited, luckily they don't charge rocket high prices.

Oh and it's a perfect place to escape the summer heat, it's so cool here, other than the UV, haha.

Some of the bigger lodges (no, we didn't stay here) with awesome view

Ski run stations and chairlifts

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Monday, August 6, 2012

2010_12_27 Along the Great ocean road day 6

Another day to continue our GOR exploration

One of the "maybe 12 apostles??" (below) is one of the amazing rock feature along the GOR carve into a unique rock shape and a thin slice

You have to walk down the Gibsons step to the beach. From here if one continue walking along the coast, one will eventually get to the twelve Apostles, however, be warned to watch for the tide to avoid getting trap in between.