Melbourne D3 -- City

As we felt that the complimentary transport to the city is too late, the owners sent us to the train station to catch a train to the city!

On the way to the city





First activity in the city: lunch with GuMa at the Chinese restaurant opposite our hotel

Strolling along Chinatown which is just outside our hotel

Having fun along the way

Hosier Lane





Enjoying themselves everywhere they go

I think they are beginning to look like each other..

Flinder's station

ACMI

walking ard without an aim and finding beautiful things along the way

Lazing ard with ice cream..
Relaxing in open areas with an ice cream on a cool day is really quite a good thing to do!



Shopping!



Enjoying my coffee in peace... I am loving it!

Recharged and ready for more shopping!
At the Royal Arcade

Beautiful Russian doll shops where the owner brought them ard to look for the smallest russian doll in the shop

Brian took this with my phone and insisted that we pose with chocolates

The major shopping district

Lego!

Meeting the twin

Not too much a fan of Thomas now, but still liking it
More proud of the sticker activity book he found

Look at this!!

Dinner at the foodcourt
We had fried rice, Hor Fun and Laksa..
I must say it tasted quite good!

Happy with his laksa
Like father like son..

caught the free city tram to our next stop

On the way to The Eureka Sykdeck

A cool Brandon while the other 2 are struggling to put on their jackets

Beautiful sights along the way

And we finally reached!
Did not really know the way and took a while to walk here! Luckily the boys were really cooperative!

Nice view of the city at night up here at level 88



We also paid extra to be in the cube that extended out of the building and you can see the city under your feet.
The girls who took it with us were really scared and the 2 boys told them that there was nothing to be scared about and that they would not fall down ;p



Still energetic after visiting the skydeck although it was very late at night
Brian still asked me where we would be going next

Along the bridge

Happy as can be

View of Eureka Skydeck
Reached hotel quite late and really exahausted from the walk, but it was a great day!

Melbourne D2 -- Farm Stay

Ready for breakfast.. everything at a slow and leisurely pace



The eggs I cooked.. before I had the chance to take a photo of it

Joined the tour again..

Explored the playground while waiting for the other children to finish their pony ride
The 3 of them discussing how to go down this obstacle course

Not too difficult after all!

Even the playground is different and blend so well with the nature

Tractor ride at the playground

Fun.. Fun.. Fun at the playground!!!
I am really glad to expose the boys to such a different lifestyle.. I must say the playground back home are all about the same

Another go at feeding the ducks

This time got to catch and carry the duck!

Brandon is not a fan of hens.. he does not like the smell of the chicken coop
But with the owner, he was not given a choice.. he was made to carry one..
It was not too bad after all

The 2 brothers who are so different from each other..
Brian caught the hens with a breeze, one after another

Learning how to put the hen to sleep....

and Brian did it!!

The baby sheep is Brandon's favourite.. and he has been talking about it since he came back
As for Brian.. I think he belongs to the farm..

Only one adult is entitled to feeding the bull....
And look at that expression!!!

With one day of experience, Brandon volunteered to brief the audience about the little animals

A different experience at the same place

Still enjoying themselves!!!

The boys and their "pets"

Falling in love with little animals..

Back to milking the cow again.. waiting for our turn

The lady owner of the farm.. Mrs Laurie
Yesterday it was their Dg who brought us ard

:)

The butter made from the milk

The owners volunteered to drive us to the supermarket while she ran some errands

The farm house we stayed in

We are gonna miss this path from the farm house...

Visiting the rooster which woke us up in the morning

Conducting the tour by ourselves.. revisiting all the different stops

Lots of time to take photos and enjoy the view

Charming

Last visit and we spent quite some time here...
Gonna miss the little baby sheep, the many sheeps and one ugly but very cute sheep

Getting ready the ingredients for dinner

Chilling out while waiting for dinner to be ready

Chilling out without computers and the internet
No emails, no you tube... Great detox!

The very yummy dinner.. somehow the indo mee we bought from the supermarket tasted super yummy

The first instant noodle meal -- Indomee.. and definitely not the last for the trip