Mt. Dandenong - Other Highlights

Hi,

Here are the other places of interests on the mountain......

This is the Australiana Tree ......

The Cuckoo restaurant is one of the popular dining place in the mountain, offering buffer lunch and dinner with dance performances....... but it is a bit pricey though.....

The Tea Pot shop where we bought 2 night light in the shape of a tea pot, very unique...!!!

This shop has won a few awards as a tourist attraction.

Mt. Dandenong - Pie In The Sky

Hi,

I love pie and we went to a specilist pie restaturant suring my visit to the Dandenong mountains in Australia recently.

The restaurant has won a few awards for their pies and it also have a unique name in Pie In The Sky.

Their special is a pie in the float; a pie in pea soup actually

This is the steak and mushroom pie with potatoes and peas.

Kangaroo - Australia

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Kangaroo is only found in Australia.

Here are a few photos taken when we visited the Wildlife Park in Philip Island.

We were given a pack of feeds for the animals in the wildlife park. We fed some wallaby, swans and the kangaroos, of course. This is a very adult kangaroo and when it ran towards me to get the feed on my hand....... I was scared...... and stood still......scary indeed! When other kangaroos approached me too for the feed, it snorted loudly to warn them to back off.

A very interesting but quite scary experience as I was scared that they would fight for the feeds on my palm....!!!

A smaller kangaroo approached Jason for some feed. This one is cute and not so intimidating..!

There was easily about 100 kangaroos in the park and they are free to roam with the human visitors. They are also eating the grass on the ground and some may not even approach us for the feed so it is qutie safe.

What a magnificient kangaroo..!

Koala - Australia

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Koala is only found in Australia and it is not a bear but a marsupial.

We visited a Koala conservation centre in Philip Island in Victoria state, near where my sister is living in Pearcedale ( off Frankston ).

Here are a few photos of Koala.....


We managed to see this koala high up in the tree and chewing the eucalyptus leaves while the few koalas were sleeping away in the trees. Thanks for the beautiful pose but it was hard on my neck looking up into the tree.....





We saw this very close to us, about 5 feet away as we were walking on the boardwalk ( raised platform so that we are closer to the koala ).















Koala is so cute ..........

Mt. Dandenong - Devonshire Tea

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We had Devonshire Tea at this nice cafe and ite was great!























Devonshire Tea is freshly baked scones with jam and fresh cream served with tea. I stressed the word 'fresh' else it is not that tasty. It is the best I have taken on this trip so far.

















My brother, Charles, drove us up the mountain and took us to this cafe called Fornums, which has a very nice environment and settings. A lot of glass panels and nice lightings.

Mt. Dandenong

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We took a drive to the mountains for a change of scenery, instead of shopping and hanging around the suburds.

Here are some nice photos ...

At one of the many parks in the mountain.

Mt. Dandenong lookout and you can see Melbourne city skyline very far away even though it was a sunny day.

This is the view of Melb. city skyline from the Mt. Dandenong.

Jonathan's Birthday

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Since we always visit Melbourne during June, we always managed to celebrate his birthday with him.

During dinner at Limor's. we gave him a hooded vest for the occassion. We bought it at DFO ( Direct Factory Outlets ) when we went shopping.

We were also looking for a hooded vest for Jason but those we found were too thick and for winter wear.....too bad.

Jas giving the present to Jon......

Jon with his hooded vest...

My family & I at the Limor's, a Lebanese restaurant.

Dinner at Limor's

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Limor's is a Lebanese restaurant and we have a plattter of meat and fafalel....

Dinner with my brother and his family.

My brother and his family have been cooking for us and it has been great.... We really enjoyed their cooking and snacks, etc....... Sure going to put on a few Kilos.....!!!

I have yet to lose the 3 Kg I gained from my last trip here 3 years ago...!!!!

Golfing in Melbourne

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My brother took my family & I to a golf driving range, it is much cheaper and the rules are not so strict. This is open to the Public unlike in Spore, you must be a member of some Golf club.

It is a first time for my wife & son so it is a good experience for all of us though I took some golf lesson more than 6 months ago ( lost the feel for it so need some practice before going to the golf course....ha..ha...ha...).

Here are some photos and I will post a few videos later.....

Hitting the golf balls with an iron golf club.....very sunny and glaring at the driving range.......








The practice putting green is in the shade and you can feel the cold again as the sun is no where in sight...... this is the beginning of winter in Melbourne.


Where am I? Well, as usual, I am the photographer......

St. Kilda Pier

Hi,

Arrived safely in Melbourne, Australia ( Just found out that there is a Melbourne in Florida area from my Happytail community where we are all Beagle owners ).


Here are a few photos taken at St. Kilda area, where there is a Sunday flea market and also where I lived for a year and studied at the Elwood High School for my Matricualtion or HSC or GCE A Level.


It looks sunny but it was actually quite cold due to the wind from the sea.

But Jason decided to have a chocolate ice cream....... gutsy....!