3 hours ++ flight + 2 hours time difference… finally we reached Melbourne airport. It was early 7am!!! Freaking cold out there! The coldness reached till my stomach which made me feel soooo chilled… even when talking to Missy there was breath vapor coming out from our mouths…super cold @_@

As we were taking Tiger airways (budget airlines), the arrival terminal is super lousy. There was just a simple rooftop to cover yourself. No staff can be seen nearby. The toilet was like those temporary toilet.. And once you got out from the “door”, it was a car park welcoming you. >.<

We walked to the main terminal of Melbourne International Airport to have our breakfast.

>> Homemade soup of that restaurant – Hidetide tasted quite nice

>> Big breakfast panino.. the bacon was quite salty… price for this meal was AUS 12.50

>> Waiting for Missy to snap this picture… waited till I’m frustrated … so looked so bored

Then we took skybus into the Melbourne city. The skybus cost us AUD 30 for a return ticket.

Reached  Southern Cross Station. There were lots of people around. This is one of the 3 largest train stations in Melbourne city. Another one is Flinder Street Station. One more I have forgotten the name. lol…

We walked to Missy’s friend (Pei San)’s apartment, which is 3 blocks away from Southern Cross Station… phew… quite tiring with the big bag at my back… >.<

Got the keys from the housing agent cuz Pei San was working that day…

It was a cozy apartment

>> I like the toilet the most.. lol…

We took a bath and nap then only went out for the walk around city

Our first choice: Shopping! It was the closest to Pei San’s house and we were not familiar to the road.. lol.. Direct Factory Outlet-Spencer here we come!

There were a lot of shops there.. but not the brands I really like.. sad… the one has the brand I like is nearby airport.. which is too far for us… *sigh*…

Kinda hungry so we got our lunch first…

>> Powerade again.. lol… kakaaka…..

>> Spicy Chicken with Rice by Australia-Chinese. Quite a big portion so we shared it Cost us AUD 13.30 for this meal

Bought myself a pair of FILA sports shoe. Not very cheap. so so only. AUD 60. Keep it for Chinese New Year next year.. lol… wonder if I can keep it that long.. hmmm…..

Tried a CK jeans… AUD 65.. I do like it… but Missy said the jeans makes me shorter… so I didn’t buy it.. Missy found 1 which suits her well… but she complained too expensive… so didn’t buy… >.< which later she regretted so much after a few attempts on different jeans.. lol…

Some snap shots of Melbourne:

We just simply got a Melbourne city map and walked to Dockland… lol…

>> City tram

We hopped on one of the free tourist tram… lol… brought us round the city…

Got no where to go…so just went to Waterfront

Kept walking and walking….. so not used to walk so much.. lol…

Wanted to see night view of Melbourne… so we walked pass Crown Casino… there were lots of food over there… wow! We just couldn’t decide which food for our dinner.. lol…

Finally we had our dinner @ Pizzahead… cost us AUD 14.40 :

>> Their pizza really big .. and tasted very yummy as well …

Reached to the top of sight viewing building – Eureka Tower within seconds… cost us another AUD 16.50 @_@

All I can see up there was the night view of Melbourne city… there were lights every where…

This Eureka Tower even has a special section, where you can view Melbourne city below your legs. It is called “The Edge“.. additional charges implies. We didn’t go for it as I got height phobia… it is damn scary ok? If the glasses broken then I sure die already… ya ya.. I can still go for roller coaster… but that is different. That even I’m scared I will still go play.. lol…

Anyway, we stayed there for quite long… cuz I took a nap there while waiting for Pei San got off her work.. lol… too free already and all the shops were closed…

>> Just posted some night view here.. cuz all too dark already… well.. we can see Pricewaterhousecoopers‘s building from here.

>> My legs actually shaking over here… have to sit down… scary…

After that we walked back to Pei San’s apartment… waited her for sometime… so we went to Subway for a drink…

There goes our first day in Melbourne…

We were going to Great Ocean Road the next day. Pretty excited because we booked this day trip online. Cost us AUD 69… >.<