So yeah, I can’t even remember which day exactly we went, but I’m pretty sure it was within the last 5 days. That’s the benefits of the holidays; you definitely don’t need to remember which day is it, unless you DO have something very specific planned!
Anyways, we set off near noon in Bon’s car (Bon being the Thai translation of the word Ball) which was an excellent piece of Korean (?) auto engineering. Here’s a piece of conversation between me and Palm after I discover the window on my side was not the regular safety glass they fit into rides.
Me: Dude, see this glass? *knocks* This is some low quality shit man!
Palm: Dude, this is a Daewoo okay? It’s the highest quality in Korean technology!
Me: Oh yeah, I feel real safe after you saying that. Feel like Jesus’ hugging me.
*everyone laughs*
We set off after pumping the car with gas and air. The journey was pretty a’ite. We took the M3 Highway which set us back like 12 bucks. Damned toll system. At least the system here scans you once and you’re cleared for the day.
Okay, first stop we saw a chocolate shop by the side, a li’l place called Hahndorf’s Fine Chocolates. Girls and chocolates. Sheesh!
Arrived at Hahndorf's
Rows and rows of amazin' chocolate...
... pity I ain't a fan of the junk
Gotta give 'em props for presentation!
Next model for Hahndorf? XD
Stopped over and checked the shop out. Real classy place and loads of types of chocolates. They sure know their shit man. There’s a café in the place too. With seats on the inside and the outside. Nicely designed altogether.
So after snapping a few photos, we headed to the nearby café, called The Soda Tree.
Man, that place is retro as hell. I mean, the design, the furniture, the decorations, hell… It was a tight place. You only get these places outside the city. That comfy little feeling, y’know? A little odds and ends shop was attached to this café with some weird old stuff. Old phones, classic mannequins with DOUBLE Ds and two creepy ass clown dolls. Urgh. I hate those clown dolls. Reminds of It so much. You know, that damned Stephen King novel’s drain monster!
So after snapping a few photos, we headed to the nearby café, called The Soda Tree.
Man, that place is retro as hell. I mean, the design, the furniture, the decorations, hell… It was a tight place. You only get these places outside the city. That comfy little feeling, y’know? A little odds and ends shop was attached to this café with some weird old stuff. Old phones, classic mannequins with DOUBLE Ds and two creepy ass clown dolls. Urgh. I hate those clown dolls. Reminds of It so much. You know, that damned Stephen King novel’s drain monster!
We call zis one "Ze Stair"
Lookin' right back at ya!
Oh yeah, you know I look good bitch!
Ready to devour
Table decor
Anyways, the waitress in The Soda Tree was so helpful, she wrote down all the nice places to hit and even dug out one big ass map book to show us how to go to get to these places. Nice lady.
So she directed us to go to this lookout point where we can see a lake, Grant’s Picnic ground, where we could feed the birds, Sky High and another town called Olinda that’s in the middle.
So first stop, we tried looking for this lookout point. One would think that the lake would be in plain sight and pretty close but sadly it was quite far away and the lookout point did get a good view of the lake, but not as one would imagine, so we just drove off, up to Sky High, where there was this maze.
It was a pretty simple maze as I’ve been in there before. I watched the others have their fun and just followed them around as some of us tried to lose each other in the maze. Hehehhee…
So she directed us to go to this lookout point where we can see a lake, Grant’s Picnic ground, where we could feed the birds, Sky High and another town called Olinda that’s in the middle.
So first stop, we tried looking for this lookout point. One would think that the lake would be in plain sight and pretty close but sadly it was quite far away and the lookout point did get a good view of the lake, but not as one would imagine, so we just drove off, up to Sky High, where there was this maze.
It was a pretty simple maze as I’ve been in there before. I watched the others have their fun and just followed them around as some of us tried to lose each other in the maze. Hehehhee…
Elly and Palm
Bad girls that need to be locked up! =P
Li'l Buddha statue in the maze
*insert cheesy tourism ad line here*
Pretty small maze. really!
Eventually we got out of the maze, and headed off to our next destination…
A’ite… from the directions the lady gave us at The Soda Tree, it was pretty easy to get to Grant’s Picnic Ground, the place where we could feed the birds and they are super friendly.
We definitely got the run-around when we stopped over at Olinda, a town between one side of Dandenong and Belgrave, where some locals pointed us in 2 totally different directions. Crap. Either way, long story short, eventually we managed to find our way to the spot, which was closer to Belgrave than anything.
Unfortunately we arrived a tad too late and the shop at the picnic ground had already closed. The shop sold the seeds that the birds go nuts over so… yeah, it was gonna be a tad tough but we managed. I surprised myself really, as I attracted the most birds (shameless self-praise here) compared to the rest. Shevoune was all “Aaaaahh… get them away from me~” and Palm had his first unfortunate taste of cockatoos going berserk on his arms. Elly seemed to handle the birds well by luring them in with Pocky.
A’ite… from the directions the lady gave us at The Soda Tree, it was pretty easy to get to Grant’s Picnic Ground, the place where we could feed the birds and they are super friendly.
We definitely got the run-around when we stopped over at Olinda, a town between one side of Dandenong and Belgrave, where some locals pointed us in 2 totally different directions. Crap. Either way, long story short, eventually we managed to find our way to the spot, which was closer to Belgrave than anything.
Unfortunately we arrived a tad too late and the shop at the picnic ground had already closed. The shop sold the seeds that the birds go nuts over so… yeah, it was gonna be a tad tough but we managed. I surprised myself really, as I attracted the most birds (shameless self-praise here) compared to the rest. Shevoune was all “Aaaaahh… get them away from me~” and Palm had his first unfortunate taste of cockatoos going berserk on his arms. Elly seemed to handle the birds well by luring them in with Pocky.
The bird whisperer (?)
Moments before the carnage
Souvenirs of the carnage
D'awwwww~
*squawk*
Check this dude out! He's eating it off his hand! Or claw... or leg... whatever
Right after that we headed down to Belgrave, where we all knew Puffing Billy was. Our last trip to try to catch Puffing Billy was a bust so we decided to give it a go again this time. When we got there, we found out we missed the last train by saaaaayy… an hour plus? Hahahaha…
Anyways, we got a lucky break… or not but whatever it was, the gates were all open and we had full access to the whole station and there was nary a guard in sight! So we fooled around a little…
Anyways, we got a lucky break… or not but whatever it was, the gates were all open and we had full access to the whole station and there was nary a guard in sight! So we fooled around a little…
Trying very hard to fit in
And on this month's cover of Vogue...
Yeah, we missed it by that much
He's almost there
The overweight couple
And decided to take it down to the tracks and the locomotive…
That's right ladies, give me shock... more...
Pressure of failing MPS finally got to me...
Hangin' around the train
The photo that never made it to Facebook and for very obvious reasons
Chillin' around
AHAH! Take that Puffing Billy guards!
The Puffing Billy train station
Old school Australian public toilets?
All aboard!
RUN!
We all really couldn’t believe we managed to get so much done in just one freakin’ day! But come to think about it, none of the things we did after The Soda Tree required anyone to let us in or anything. ‘cept for Sky High, that is.
Definitely one of the best trips of my life, it sits up there with Dubai in my books for the most fun ever.
Peace.
Disclaimer: All photos were taken by Palm and edited by him or Elly. Thanks for the pics!
P.S: Good God it took me a few days to write this motherfucker down. Will resume normal ranting soon enough
Definitely one of the best trips of my life, it sits up there with Dubai in my books for the most fun ever.
Peace.
Disclaimer: All photos were taken by Palm and edited by him or Elly. Thanks for the pics!
P.S: Good God it took me a few days to write this motherfucker down. Will resume normal ranting soon enough
3 comments:
u go there more like shopping...lol
however i like the part the train chase u lol
Do u have to mention about the Double Dsss??? Maniac! hahaha...Still like the pic u lied on the train track, all because of MPS :P Kill Browyn!!! n yeah that pic of Elly n Shevoune, should have posted on fb lar wahahahahaha...
PY: APA MANIAC?! I am appreciating a piece of art here... And yes, I dunno why Elly didn't post it up!
Yiktsay: Shopping? Wha? No shopping man! Just loads of exploring and getting lost!
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