melbourne, australia

December 10, 2011

After a 7-hour full flight, we safely arrived at Crown Metropol Hotel. Shortly after the debriefing just as everyone else was getting their bags to proceed to their rooms, I met Honna, Nelli and Ate Bev. Honna and I were highschool batchmates. She and her family moved to Australia five years ago. We all went straight to my room and we talked about a lot of things. I told them about what our current situation in work is and how afraid we all are about possibly losing our job soon. 

December 11, 2011

During my first stay in Melbourne, we all went to Eureka Skydeck, Southern Hemisphere's highest viewing platform which offers a view of Melbourne . The elevator only took us seconds to reach the 88th floor. Three of us tried the Edge Experience. We went inside a glass cube which goes out 3 meters from the building- suspended almost 300 meters above the ground. 

a view of Melbourne from one side of the skydeck

a capture of us inside the glass cube

After seeing Melbourne, we did a little of sightseeing on the city's attractions. Then, we all went to Docklands by taking the City Circle Tram. We had dinner at Nando's and went back to the hotel and swam at their infinity pool.

December 12, 2011

Dita, one of my colleagues and I went to the Melbourne Aquarium. One of the best things I saw from the aquarium were the big Antarctic penguins from their icy home. 

now, tell me what these guys are doing.. :)

After seeing a lot more of those unique marine creatures, we did sightseeing of the city. When I met Hanna that night again, she took me to Cervo Cafe at Crown Promenade. We had pizza and pasta for dinner. Afterwards, we visited a friend with Ate Bev and had little champagne. 

December 13, 2011
I spent the last day in Melbourne shopping at Victoria market and the last night was spent with Hanna, Nelli and Champ at Kitchen Workshop for an all-you-can-eat dinner.

My entire stay in Melbourne wouldn't be so special without Hanna, Nelli, Ate Bev and Champ's presence. It was full of good memories. Visit the 'Multiply photo and video site' tab above for more photos of my travel.