If I could I would stop time and together we breathe in some fresh air and erase whatever that is bothering us in this little space of mine, whereby my life story is told, my thoughts pour out and ideas brew.
After watching the penguin parade, we stop at Cowes for our dinner. There are a few restaurants that were still open in this quiet town. There are a few choices, like Italian pizza, Curries and etc. As usual we ended up eating Chinese food at Wing Lock Chinese Restaurant. Nothing much, just would like to note this down in case I could not remember the sequence of events in this memorable vacation and of course some pictures to share.
What is the main attraction in Phillip Island? Most of us who have went there will definitely shout Penguin Parade, tiny little creature, waddle slowly in group returning to shore at dusk after a long day of hunting in the ocean. They actually wait until its dark enough with their dark colour “coat” that act as a perfect camouflage. This gives them the “stealth” capability to avoid being seen by their predator. You could see them slowly emerging from the waves and slowly making their way converging in small little groups. There are times they will turn back if they hear or see anything that could harm them. This is the reason that no cameras or video camera is allowed to be used to capture or to film them. Umm do you think a rebel like me follows rule, wink wink..hahaha I also manage to capture some pictures of one of them who stay back, most likely a female at the Nobbies, I believe this is legal, hahaha. We were told those who did the hunting were male hence naturally female stays back at the nest. Oh and one interesting thing, I notice when the little penguin making their way up the hill, you could hear noises made by the female calling out to their males, directing them and I did see some immediately mate along the way, hahaha I guess cannot tahan…
And a video of the little penguin at the nobbies and you could see at the end of it I was preparing to take those pictures above.
A weird name, the Nobbies, but the scenery was quite good. It was a bit dark covered by the cloud hence photo wise is a bit challenging. I got some photos to share most of it has been uploaded in my photoblog and one below here.
This next stop is a “safe house” for koala and it charges an entrance fee of 9 Aud per adult. Koala is one of the few cute animals around, in China there is Panda, and in Australia there is Koala. You could see them hanging around in trees, probably due to the liking to the Eucalyptus leaves. We were told that they only spend few hours a day active, the remaining hours is spend hanging around the tree sleeping. Actually the place is quite confusing there are few places within the compound that you will be able to see this animal. Or you can also wait for the “oohs!” and “Ah!”. You will never fail to hear one, if someone spotted this cute little animal hanging dangerously on the tree bark. Actually what so cute about this animal, is it the sleepy eyes? Or is it the furs? Or is it their round body? Or their floppy ears? Below is me posing in front of the centre, who is cuter? hahaha...
This is a place that we stop along the way to PhillipIsland 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.
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 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
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. 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.
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.
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...
