Went with hb, just the two of us. It is a belated celebration of our 10 years anniversary that actually falls on 18 July, on fasting month.
Hubby paid for the flight ticket costing approximately RM1170 per pax and book an apartment called the Docklands Private Collection Apartment at AU$100 per nite.
Taxi to KLIA is RM60 from our house. Had to walk a long way to the departure gate Q12. Flight D7 214 departed at 10.30pm, a journey of 7 hours and 30m.
I can't really sleep in the plane so I occupy my time watching the change from night to day, the straight line of Fajar as described in the Quran. I was mesmerised by the beautiful fenomena presented to me. It was such a privilege to be able to witness Allah's creation from above the clouds. Performed "solat hormat waktu" the moment I can see the line of Fajar.
We had ample time to board and we are hungry, so we lepak at a café aptly called "Kafe Warung" at KLIA 2. The nasi lemak set cost about RM19 and curry laksa RM22, English breakfast tea at RM9 but it was delicious, so no compliant of the steep price.
Safely landed at Melbourne Airport at 8.10 am local time. The Q at the immigration is so long and it took us more than 1 hour to get our passport stamped. By the time we finished going through Customs etc, it was already 10.15 am.
We bought a ticket of AU$30 on the SkyBus for return ticket to and fro from the airport to Docklands. One way fare is AU$18. It took 30m to reach Melbourne at Southern Cross Station. From there we catch a smaller SkyBus to reach our hotel at Harbour Esplanade, Docklands.
Docklands's surrounding area. Nearby is the Emirates Stadium. Nice view, nice weather.
The lovely apartment 609A that we stayed. Complete with fridge, stove and oven. Paid a total AU$654 for 5 nights stay. We pay in cash as credit card would attract 1.5% charges on the total amount.
The bedroom
Washer and dryer. They even provide the soap for washing!
The rented car. Rate is AU$65 per day not inclusive of insurance and GPS (cost AU$12). Insurance is AU$20 per day.
We rented the car and GPS on the second day, and headed straight to Tesselaar Tulip Festival at Monbulk Road near Belgrave via Burwood Hiway. We are not even aware that that day was the 1st day they are open for the year! Entrance fee is about AU$22 per pax.
The pleasant drive through the forest
Our delicious snack during the drive
A part of the tulip field. My shoes got so dirty from walking in between the rows of tulips. The sole got so thick with soft earth sticking like glue.. *arghhhh*
Hubby bought a bouquet of 10 red tulips for our 10th anniversary *love*
And we bought a very lovely lemon coconut ice cream only for the owner to give us for free! Otherwise it would be AU$6. He said we are his first customer, not only for the day, but for the Festival! *love*
On the way to Puffing Billy Steam Train station
After that we went to Westfield Shopping Centre that is so big and had 4 major retailers including Target, Coles, David Jones and Myers! I had a lovely time shopping in Target and Coles *love*
End of day 2
The temperature
