DAY 7
We had the mum-in-law's home made strawberry jam, made from
the extra strawberries that we had picked a few days ago, for breakfast this morning. Super tasty!
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| There are a lot of recipes online which you can follow. All you need is sugar and a jar to hold the jam. |
After breakfast, we headed to
Queen Victoria Market because
the mum-in-law liked shopping here previously.
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| Queen Victoria Market |
Some of the stalls were different but we still enjoyed shopping there.
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| Having Funk Fish fish and chips for lunch at Queen Victoria Market Food Court |
Since I basically did not have anything else planned for the rest of the trip, I googled for the best beaches in Melbourne and randomly chose the
Half Moon Bay because it was just an hour away from Melbourne city. Turned out to be a great choice; it was beautiful!
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Half Moon Bay
(and you can see why they named it so) |
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| Beware of snakes as you walk along the pathway from the carpark down to the beach |
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| The sun was out but that meant lovely blue skies for photos! |
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| The almost deserted beach |
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| Very cute seagulls |
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| As usual, the daddy was at it again, hunting down marine life to show the kids |
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| With the lovely cliffs in the background |
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| Be very careful when climbing the cliffs |
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| We climbed up this rock for this photo and that was as high as we dared to go *laughs* |
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| Strolling along the beach, with the wind in our hair and the waves on our feet |
Although it was smaller than Brighton Beach, Half Moon Bay was a lot quieter. How can you not love the beaches in Australia? =)
And with that, we came to the end of our trip! Time really flies when you're having fun!
DAY 8
The next morning, we had to return our rental car and depart from
Melbourne Tullamarine Airport.
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| Don't forget to claim your tax refunds at the TRS counter after clearing custom |
The flight back to Singapore was via
Quantas. Although we booked via the Emirates website and could have chosen an Emirates flight back, we decided to go with Quantas in the end because the timing was a lot better.
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| Our Quantas plane |
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| Quantas had one of the best pre-flight preparation videos I've ever seen! Very cool and different from all the other airlines. |
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| My dinner |
We arrived at Singapore at around 9.15pm and were very exhausted from a long journey home. I still can't believe 8 days passed just like that! We would have to wait 8 long months before we can travel by plane again. Can hardly wait!! =)
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