YowCH & Grace

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Melbourne Trip Part 1/3
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04 Sept, Friday:
Flew from Singapore to Melbourne on Singapore Airlines.

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05 Sept, Saturday:
Paul, Alison, Nathaniel, Hannah and Daniel met us at the Airport. Dr Kabir was there, too. The Ngs then drove us back to Glen Iris, their place in Melbourne.
Ngs' place

After settling down and re-packing at Ngs’ place, we set out to the Dandenongs. YowCH had kangaroo steak at the first lunch at Chateau Yering Historical House. Joseph had kangaroo meat, too. The Chateau has a large courtyard.

We visited Healesville Sanctuary with lots of local animals; koalas, kangaroos, kookaburras, tasmanian devils, wombats and dingoes among others. The zoo keeper took a photo of all of us (it’s the only one photo of this trip with all ten of us Yows and Ngs). We stayed over at Sanctuary House Resort Motel, which is just next to the Healesville Sanctuary.
Koala

Wombat
In the trunk of a tall tree
Dingoes
Ngs and Yows

06 Sept, Sunday:
We set out to ride Puffing Billy, the restored steam engine train. We rode from Belgrave to Lakeside and back to Belgrave, then a late lunch at Olinda.
Belgrave Station
Breakfast before the train ride
Puffing Billy rushing over the wooden bridge
We can sit on the windows!

The Ngs on Puffing Billy
Pies in the Sky, Olinda

At night, Paul drove YowCH to meet Terry Hulme to help set up the tele-conferencing system with TYLin.

07 Sept, Monday:
We took tram to Melbourne city for a guided tour by bus to the south and the Penguin Parade. The tour company was AAT Kings, stationed at Federation Square.
Waiting for the tram to the city
Federation Square (where AAT Kings is)
Long bus ride to Phillip Island

We visited Warrook Cattle Farm, Woolamai Beach, Phillip Island Koala Conservation Centre and finally the Penguin Parade (no photography allowed). The bus took us back to Melbourne at 10:30pm and Paul drove us home.

These cattle had just been weaned from their mothers
YowCH looking very rustic, like a 18th century gold prospector
Cape Woolamai

Probably the largest koala at the Koala Conservation Centre
The koalas are very near us
You don't see this everyday, a koala joey in the pouch
Beach where we watch the penguins come on land to nest