Mother’s Day twenty fourteen . Picnic

Today was my second Mother’s day celebration with baby Zaanse. Great to see that the sky is clear and not raining, we have planned to go for picnic at East Coast Park. I also asked my best friend LY to join the picnic, good that she is available today. We prepared some sandwiches, fruits and drinks for the picnic.

Summary . Australia Itinerary | 2014

Below is the summary of our Australia – Victoria itinerary, click the links below to view for more details.

Day 0 – 17/4 | Flying from Singapore to Melbourne thru Qantas QF36.
→ Dinner at Airport before 9pm flight
[ Sleep : Flight ]

Day 1 – 18/4 | Melbourne City
→ Reached Melbourne Airport and pick-up rented car at 8am.
→ Rest at friend’s PY home at Doncaster East.
→ Went Melbourne Southbank with friend JZ to see the fireworks
[ Sleep : Friend’s house ]

Day 2 – 19/4 | Melbourne East
→ Giant Easter Egg Hunt → Fitzroy Market → Brunswick Street
[ Sleep : Friend’s house ]

Day 3 – 20/4 | Melbourne East
→ Easter Fun Day at Rippon Lea House & Gardens
→ Prahran Market → Chapel Street Bazaar → St Kilda Beach
[ Sleep : Friend’s house ]

Day 4 – 21/4 | Yarra Valley
→ Dim Sum at Westfield → Healesville Apartments
→ Yarra Valley Chocolaterie → Healesville Hotel
[ Sleep : Healesville Apartments ]

Day 5 – 22/4 | Dandenong and Yarra Valley
→ Puffing Billy Steam Railway → Earthly Pleasures Cafe
→ Yarra Valley Gateway Estate U-Pick Strawberries → Healesville Apartments
[ Sleep : Healesville Apartments ]

Day 6 – 23/4 | Mornington Peninsula
→ Main Street Market Mornington → Boathouse Resort Motel
→ Mornington Rye Beach → Sorrento Village
[ Sleep : Boathouse Resort Motel ]

Day 7 – 24/4 | Mornington Peninsula
→ Montalto Vineyard & Olive Grove → Sorrento Village
[ Sleep : Boathouse Resort Motel ]

Day 8 – 25/4 | Great Ocean Road
→ Searoad Ferry from Sorrento to Queencliff
→ Great Ocean Road → Bell Beach → Torquay Holiday Park
[ Sleep : Torquay Holiday Park ]

Day 9 – 26/4 | Great Ocean Road
→ Great Ocean Road Tourist Park → Twelve Apostles → Port Campbell
[ Sleep : Great Ocean Road Tourist Park ]

Day 10 – 27/4 | Ballarat . Daylesford
→ Great Ocean Road → Ballarat Sovereign Hill and Gold Museum
→ Daylesford → Farmers Arms Hotel
[ Sleep : Country Gate Cottages ]

Day 11 – 28/4 | Daylesford
→ Daylesford → Wombat Hill House
→ Daylesford Convent Gallery → Amazing Mill Market
[ Sleep : Friend’s house ]

Day 12 – 29/4 | Melbourne City
→ Queen Victoria Market → State Library → Chinatown → Bourke Street
[ Sleep : Friend’s house ]

Day 13 – 30/4 | Melbourne East
→ Maling Road
[ Sleep : Friend’s house ]

Day 14 – 1/5 | Flying from Melbourne to Singapore thru Qantas QF35.
→ 10am flight back to Singapore
[ Sleep : Singapore ]

Accommodation : 1058 SGD for 7 nights
Flight : 1732 SGD for all 3 of us
Car Rental : 1000 SGD for 13 days

Total cost of accommodations + flight + train = 3790 SGD for all

D14 | Leaving Australia

Today was the last day in Melbourne and we were taking 10am flight from Melbourne back to Singapore. We left our friend’s place around 630am and managed to return car in aiport before 8am and done the flight check-in. Good bye, Melbourne and Victoria ~

D13 | Maling Road

Today would be the last full day to explore in Melbourne, and our friend PY’s husband Mat recommended we to try this place called Maling Road. Since we were bored with the Melbourne City, we decided to try this place in the morning and pack our luggages in the late afternoon.

D12 | Queen Victoria Market . Chinatown . Bourke Street

Today was a raining day in Melbourne, looked like it going to be a full day raining. After heard from our friends that traffic and parking in Melbourne was not that good, we decided to take bus from Doncaster to Melbourne city.

D11-2 | Daylesford Convent Gallery . Amazing Mill Market

Took the photo of baby Zaanse before leaving the Wombat Hill House ~ she was really active and enjoy when we leave her to walk.

D11-1 | Daylesford . Wombat Hill House

The sky in countryside was really nice, whether it is morning or night ~ Good morning, Daylesford and Country Gate Cottages … love the sky color.

D10-2 | Daylesford . Country Gate Cottages

After left the Gold Museum, we come to a very countryside place with horse farms around. This would be the place we going to stay for a night for Daylesford visit ~ Country Gate Cottages.

D10-1 | Ballarat Sovereign Hill . Gold Museum

After checked out from Great Ocean Road Tourist Park, we drove to a nearby cafe for breakfast. It located at the Lord Street of Port Campbell town. I ordered the banana cinnamon breads for myself, tasted good.

baby Zaanse . 15 to 16 months

The next day after baby Zaanse turned 15 months old, 28-Mar (Friday) night we brought baby Zaanse to see the i Light at Marina Bay. I get to know about this event from my colleague and decided to bring baby Zaanse for a walk. We started the journey from Marina Boulevard.