Winnie's Whereabouts

Australia - melbourne n its vicinity

There's plenty of ways to get from sydney to melbourne, i opted for the rail and its worth the journey! Countryside scenery in comfortable carriages.. it is abt aus100 oneway.

Melbourne is compact, and well connected by a network of trams. There is a vibrant student culture, and one of the best places i found was the victoria state library where there's free n fast internet in a classical building. At the hostel, it costs like aus5 for 30min.
Food is expensive. The city is cultural & arty.
Every 20steps or so, i could almost be accurate to say i spot hear a spore-msian accent !

I had a chance to meet up with friends, AK, HB, AF :) , as well as Barry who is building his own house up in the mountains.

Explorations over 2 weekends :
Great ocean road - rugged coast n rock, sprayed by ocean mist !
Dandenong range - Gorgeous bush forest, and also a very noteworthy william ricketts sanctuary.
The Prom - Outjut peninsula near philips isle, isles inlets n funny names.
The Great Stupa - initial foundation works at bendigo, beautiful exhibits

I spent a bomb on natural toiletries, australia has such a commendable and inspiring range of formulations! Afterall, (i heard.. yet to verify) it takes 50kg of raw material and100L of water to produce 100ml of essential oil, i guess quality does come at a price.

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posted by cloudz1 @ 4:21 AM