Warrook Homestead Melbourne

This is a place that we stop along the way to Phillip Island for out afternoon tea break. Its the first place we encountered Kangaroo, not a lot but a few. This is enough to get us into frenzy; we chased them around to have our photograph taken with them. Now looking back the Kangaroo might be thinking that there is a bunch of aliens dressing as human taking photographs with them, hoping to show it back to the folks back home in some planet XYZ.

Here I am posing with a Kangaroo which looks a bit sick. I guess it is sick of people taking photograph of him. The crowds at the back is waiting for their turn. I guess same goes for a movie star or famous personality. Day in day out they are sick of people taking photographs of them. And below a good looking ducks.

And at the back of the place, the scenery were serene and beautiful.

Golden Dragon Hill Temple

Today I was at a temple called Golden Dragon Hill in Rawang. This is where my mom and dad ashes are placed. This temple has grown from just a tiny shack into concrete walls and tiles. My dad has once help to clear the bushes and helps out during the construction and expansion. Today it has even a hostel for monk and nuns. Below is my pictorial journey this morning which ended at 1 Utama.

The corner of the temple and the place where all the joss stick will be put and "wish" request to the god.

The main hall of the temple.

The lovely door that is in the main hall.

The beautiful flowers in the temple and below is pictures from 1 Utama

The concrete jungle.

Fish at the concrete jungle

Queen Victoria Market @ Melbourne

Queen Victoria Market is a market with a lot of varieties and I believe the local also did their shopping here. As we wander around, we found that the price is reasonable cheaper as compare to city center. Example Tees Shirt that shows the word Australia or with Australia motif cost around 5 to 6 Aud, if you buy up to 4 pieces. Back in the city center it could costs up to 10 Aud. The fruits look a bit fresher and the number of stalls to choose from is the key attraction. And you will need to plan ahead before you go as it does not open daily, click on to the link to find out more.

We took the train until Flagstaff Station so naturally the fruits and souvenirs stall is the first place that we visit which is located at the open shed. As we wander around we were also trying to search for the famous entrance shown above. After almost 30 minutes we still could not find it. We almost give up until we realize that it should be at an enclosed area hence the most logical place is the fish and meat area which was air conditioned. How can we declare that we have been to Queen Victoria Market Melbourne if we do not have a photo of this famous entrance, right?

Below is some stores in the market.


And below is the open shed area

Royal Botanic Garden Melbourne

I believe Royal Botanic Garden Melbourne is one of the biggest. We were there for half an hour and I have already taken quite a number of pictures. Based on the map (click on the above link) there are a lot of floral and attraction to see. We were quite tired on that day as we have walked from 9 am until 4 pm so we decided to call it a day. Hoping that we will catch it in the remaining days in Melbourne, sad to say that we did not. So below are some of the pictures that I got. So for those who love flowers, this should be one place that you should visit when you are in Melbourne.

Temple of the Wind and some of the interesting flowers below.

Birrarung Marr Melbourne

Birrarung Marr. is a small park but I believe is one of the newer one around in Melbourne. It is near the junction of Flinders Street and Spring Street. You will need to walk across a flyover that connects Flinders Street and Exhibition Street.

There are a few attractions; most likely Federation bell will be your first stop. It is consists of 39 bells which will ring 3 times a day. Refer to the link above for more information.

And the next is Angel a three legged and 10 meter high sculpture. Click on to the picture you will find a another picture of Angel.

The next attraction is Doryanthes excelsa, its a native plant of australia.

Crushed Shell path, its just a small path leading across the park.

My Father 2nd year death anniversary on 8th November.

This is the 2nd year and I still felt although it has just happened. Especially when I see an old man walking past who has difficulty in walking. Why not I, be by my father side helping him, lending my shoulder while he was limping, walking around? My father is a stubborn man; he does not even want to use a cane to assist him. I believe I inherited that character of him.

Person or things like health that we have now will always be taken as granted. Why we need to wait until it has been taken away from us before we realize it? There is a lot of “why” post to our own self when it happens. For those who work hard and who uses the excuses that is for the future of the family, I believe that it is not 100% true. There are some “I” and not totally “We” in those excuses. The company will one day stop loving you but the family will not….

Some may asked why do I still recall the sadness from the past. I am trying to use the past to correct the present and the future.

Last Part of Fitzroy Garden Melbourne

Fitzroy Garden is quite huge there are numerous attractions; this is a quick post to finish off Fitzroy Garden. This is the first day and I was a kid at a Candy Store, clicking everything on sight. I captured almost close to 60 photos just at Fitzroy Garden.

Below is some of the attraction in pictures.

Tudor Village, miniature model of various types of houses.

Sinclair's Cottage, this is free, hahaha.

Dolphin Fountain

The above is Boy And Pelican one of the Sandstone Sculptures

Actually there are more, umm but I think I do not want to bore you guys some more with Fitzroy Garden hahaha...

Scene from Hotel@ Melbourne

Every morning, when we woke up we will see this scenery outside our Hotel Window, Tall building with blue skies.

And when we comes back this is what greeted us, a soft bed

and the Tall building changes its appearance

And finally we also doze off to dreamland and the clicking sound from the lift accompany us for the night.

Some food during my trip to Melbourne

Some may ask, what did I eat during my stay in Melbourne. I think one of the good points is that there are a number of restaurant that uses organic material and does not use MSG. I have did a search before I went down and I manage to find one such restaurant at the Federation Square, it is called Bok Choy Tang Restaurant.


I am shown here eagerly waiting for my lunch on my first visit to the restaurant. The restaurant is nicely decorated with Chinese paintings, furniture and etc which enhance the chinese feel to it.

The above is stir fried chicken with dried chilis.

The above is 2 types of Vege with differrent type of Mushroom.

This is the drink that my wife ordered, on the right is the before and left is after....

Siew Mai with a differrence, it has rice in it...

Wan Ton Noodles, the soup is not like those in Malaysia. You can actually taste the chicken in it. It feels like it was boiled for a long time with the chicken taste slowly absord into the soup.

A piece of clothes that I believe are meant to be place on top of the table. I believe it’s quite suitable for a person like me who is a bit dirty especially dining on wooden tables.

A fish, cannot remember the type of fish, hahaha.
That's all the food I have at Bok Choy Tang Restaurant.

Ah another interesting noodles. This I took along the way to the Great Ocean Road. This is actually Hokkien Mee Australia style, hahaha

I have only ordered this once, spring water. I thought its like mineral water but it looks like it is actually another form of Soda water. Anyone, is it right for me to say so? It got gas or bubble bubbling around it and its sodium contents is quite high...

I have eaten some other foods which is non organic during my trip but I am treating it as “a no choice scenario” as there are no way that I can go on a 100 organic diet while traveling. This trip is like a celebration of a sort, 2 years plus cleans from Cancer. Anyway I spend a few trips to mix rice stores located near China Town that charges only 7.90 AUD for a one time “fill up” of all the dishes available. It’s another type of all you can eat. I actually I gained 3 pounds when I am at Melbourne that is even with all the walking and sight seeing……

Cooks' Cottage @ Fitzroy Garden Melbourne

One of the main attractions is Captain Cook’s cottage. I believe the authority have weigh the historical significant of it and charges 4 AUD per adult. I was quite disappointed though as there is nothing much things to see to justify the cost. Anyway we paid for it and below it some pictures of the rooms inside it. There are 2 floors. The first floor is the dining and second floor is the sleeping quarters and study rooms.

The above is the exterior of it and it was quite well kept, all the bushes was well trimmed.

This is the first floor, which I believe is the dining place.

This is the second floor. You could see books, clothes scatter around and surprisingly plates that have Chinese design.

And Captain Cook himself keeping an eye on the place. And below is his ship….docking at port Philip……