This is a continuation of my family's holiday to Australia in April..
We spent 5 days in Melbourne and 7 days in Sydney..
Before leaving Melbourne, we went for a full day tour to Puffing Billy, a drive through Yarra Valley where lunch was served and to Yarra Valley Chocolatier and finally Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary with a VIP Meet & Greet Service with guided tour..
The day begins at 8am from Melbourne, and travelling with Grayline today..
I booked all the day tours in Australia through my company and from ADU Australia, which is our biggest land operator in Australia.. So naturally, I get all the perks from being a staff and also Aussie Specialist..
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| Tickets and wristband |
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| Driving through the Dandenong mountain ranges |
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| Posing with the Grayline bus |
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The bus captains served us tea from the billy can..
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| It's so cold that a warm tea is really needed.. |
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| Beautiful as it is, the cockatoo is smelly and they shit everywhere |
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| First stop - Belgrave to Menzies Creek, and that is a real ticket like how they used to have back in the old days.. |
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| Arriving in Belgrave Puffing Billy station, this is the starting of the Puffing Billy train ride |
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| Autumn leaves |
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| Ticket booth in Belgrave station |
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| One of the carriages of the train |
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| The head... steaming puffing out as it prepares to depart |
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The sun is so bright I just had to hide
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| #nofilter see how bright the sun was that day? |
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| Can you see the head? |
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This is how you ride Puffing Billy..
No kidding, really, nobody sits inside on the benches.. You'll see why.. |
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| The station master |
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| Final call! All aboard! |
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| Arriving in Menzies Creek, this is where you get off the train. |
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| Even my nephew and parents also sit on the edge |
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The train ride passing one of the most picturesque view..
TIP: YOU NEED TO SIT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRAIN TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS VIEW..
And, be prepared to jostle and fight with others to get the right side seats!
LOOK HOW FULL IT IS! |
Arriving in Menzies Creek, we boarded the bus back, and head off to Yarra Valley.. I feel there is no need to make a special trip to Yarra Valley as you can get to drive pass the vineyards and have lunch in one of the restaurants and spend some time in the vineyard..
No plucking of grapes though cos it's all harvested..
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| Reaching Yarra Valley |
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| Vineyards! |
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| Vineyard as far as the eye can see... rows and rows of grape trees! |
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| Unrelated random picture |
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| Into the horizon |
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| Since I cannot have beef, the other option is fish & chips.. noticed the sun light? |
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| When in a vineyard, must take picture of it rigghhttt... |
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| Selfie in the vineyard |
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| This is the entrance to Yarra Valley Chocolatier.. look at the queue... all waiting for the ice-cream! |
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| No, this is not a vineyard, but the hill where the chocolatier is located on! |
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One kilo chocolate bars!
I bought 2 of these for my lovely friends to sabotage their gym workout.. |
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| Master sorting out his cocoas |
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| FINALLY, after the long queue, I finally get my ice-cream! |
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| SO MANY TYPES of chocolates!!! |
Last stop before heading back to Melbourne, it was a visit to Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary..
I have no comment except that I don't think it's worth visiting..
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| Emu |
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I'm feeding the emu.. Do you know how they eat?
They fucking peck the lettuce off your hand!!!
FUCK SHIT. |
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| Selfie with emu |
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| Antisocial kangaroo and joey.. and only so few of them here.. |
That's all, not many picture because I don't like this wildlife sactuary.. of the two, I prefer Featherdale Wildlife Sanctuary park in NSW! So much difference!
