Sat 12 Nov 2022: Botanic House

Sat 12 Nov 2022: Botanic House

Lunch at Botanic House with Justin, Sophia and Ally.

Fri 11 Nov 2022: Melbourne to Sydney

 Friday 11/11/2022

Breakfast- hash brown, boiled egg, vita wheat with ham. Glass of milk

Watch Remembrance Day ceremony on tv

11:30am check out. Store luggage 

Tram to Bourke Street 

Walk down to Collins Street 

Chemist Warehouse- bandage 

Tram to QVM

1:18pm Alex Canteen

Banh mi grilled pork x 2 $9 x2 =$18

Bun vermicelli with pork & spring roll

$36

Limeade $8

2:30pm Tram back to William Street change tram to Spencer Outlet

TK Maxx

Walk back to Wyndham to pick up luggage.

3:30-4:00pm Uber to Terminal 4, Melbourne Airport. KC books and pays

5:00pm bag drop and go through security. 22kg each

Walk to Virgin gates and back.

6:00pm Gate 13

7:00pm Maccas

Chicken and cheese burger with fries, nuggets, hot apple pie.

7:30pm boarding 

7:45pm on plane 

8:20pm in the air

Snack is small bag of mixed pretzels, nuts and glass of water

9:30pm land

Get bags. Walk all the way to express pickup zone which is miles away. LC calls Nathan to pick us up

11:00pm home

Thu 10 Nov 2022: ArtVo

 Thursday 10/11/2022

Breakfast - croissant with ham

11am Tram to Flinders Station 

Tram to Docklands 

Look in Kathmandu, Uniqlo 

1:40pm Lunch at Miss Ping’s

Phuket set - LC

Fish cake

Green curry veg

Chinese broccoli and crispy pork belly 

Drink - lime juice $6

Curry puff - KC

Green curry chicken 

Peppercorn Duck

Drink - lime juice

Chiang mai set - JT

Basil chicken 

Tom yum goong

Chicken satay $12.9

Steamed bao $6.90 x 3

Soft shell crab 

Duck

Crispy pork belly

Bangkok Slushy $9.50

3pm - 4pm ArtVo $110 2x $30 and 2x $25

Gelato ice cream $6/scoop

Kinder Buena

City Circle tram 🚃 

Back at apt

JT makes all the vegies, noodles chicken- too much

Pack

Wed 9 Nov 2022: Harry Potter, Melbourne

 Wednesday 9/11/2022

Breakfast 

Tram down to Parliament 

Check out Princess theatre. KC gets tickets printed.

Lune - croissants 

Federation Square- relax eat croissants 

5pm dinner. JT makes choy, soup. Supplemented wit Lulu’s char kway teow rice noodles and hokkien noodles.

6pm head out. Catch tram to theatre

7pm Princess Theatre - Harry Potter. 3 1/2 hrs

Tue 8 Nov 2022: Docklands, Melbourne

 Tuesday 8/11/2022

Breakfast: french toast with ham and tomato, hash brown, dumplings 

11:10am walk down to Spencer Outlets and continue on over the bridge to Marvel Stadium and left to South Wharf DFO, Docklands. Cotton On - buy $20 skirt and $5 tshirt (KC) get $10 off. 

MiniSo, Skechers, etc, Kathmandu. JT looking for umbrella to replace her broken one.

Look at foodcourt but KC wants to eat elsewhere. Head towards Crown, but cross bridge back to city side.

2:00pm Lunch at Them, Vietnamese.

Bun vermicelli salad with marinated pork and spring rolls $15:50. Order extra dish of spring rolls, not knowing it comes with spring rolls. $11. KC and LC have bun with nem nuong. JT has bowl of pho. JT pays cash 5% discount.

Walk back to Spencer Street outlets. Kathmandu- nothing. 

Spoilt gift and homewares- pashmina $15.00.

TK Maxx - JT buys umbrella. Pouring down with rain. 

Chemist Warehouse- I buy 20g scar gel $45.99 and bandage $5.99 to wrap ankle.

Harris Scarfe - go crazy and buy 4 tops ($31.49, $34.99, $54.99 x 2)and a dress ($39.99). KC gets pooh pjs set $41.99. $258:44

Rain has passed. Walk back to apt.

Fashion show 

Rest up

7:20pm head out to dinner 

Catch tram to Bourke Street Mall

Check out Myer windows

8:15pm dinner at Aru, Little Collins St

10:15pm finished 

Missed blood moon and eclipse as we are having dinner.

Walk back to Bourke St to catch tram. Just missed one.

Walk down to stop outside Myers. 

KC wants to see windows again

Not so crowded 

11:10pm catch tram back to William Street.

Back at apt

Shower

Post pics just before 12 midnight 

Mon 7 Nov 2022: Botanical Gardens, Melbourne

 Monday 7/11/2022

Breakfast- ham, cheese, tomato toastie 

Check out lvl 23 pool

Walked to Botanical Gardens

Shrine of Remembrance 

Started raining when we left 

Walked back to Bourke Street Mall

Late Lunch at Emporium food court. 

Sushi $15:80

Dumplings 8 for $11, x2 1 box pork, 1 mixed - pork, chicken and vegetarian 

Nene chicken - 16 fried wings/drummettes - KC paid 

Walked to QV Woolworths via Big W - Lily buys drink, JT gets a pack of chips

Chatime - buy 2 peach ice teas with jelly for me and KC

Walk back.

Feet sore, ankle hurts. 

Buy $1 cheeseburger, hot apple pie at Maccas

Back at apt. Have a nap

Late Dinner - leftovers, cheeseburger, cucumber and sweet potato with pork mince soup.

Sun 6 Nov 2022: Melbourne

Sunday 6/11/2022

11:35am outside Myers- lines to see windows are outrageously long

Daiso

KMart

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Big W

Shaver shop - buy waterpik flosser replacement heads $30.95

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2:00pm QV

Lunch

OMI - Rice with Karage chicken, miso soup and green salad $23.13

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Walk back. Heading to TK Maxx. 

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Stop in at apt to drop off shopping from Daiso.

Head back out to Spencer Street Outlets. 

TK Maxx- buy skirt $24.99 and top $24.99

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KaiserCraft - buy dies and balloons $ 53.96

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Chemist Warehouse- buy Strataderm scar gel $29.99

Cotton On - buy 2 tops $39.99 and $29.95

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Starbucks- Kaylene buys refreshers

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6:30pm back at apt. Others have gone to Coles. They just walked in the door. 6:32pm

7:20pm JT cooking  

Sat 5 Nov 2022: QV Markets, Melbourne

 Saturday 5/11/2022

9:00am breakfast- ham, tomato, cheese toastie. Weetbix bites with blueberries. 

10:30am tram to markets

10:40am QVM

LC buys bananas, cherries

JT buys carrots, choy

MT buys sugar cane juice $17 for bottle otherwise $7 for large cup. Take home mussel pack $15.

KC buys donuts 6 for $7.50. Sourdough bread $6.60.

11:47am

Waiting for tram to go back to hotel 

12:15pm tram back to markets. Walk general stalls. Buy top $35 (doesn’t fit me give to Lily)

LC buys 2 head buffs (for Eva). Buy bags- 3 or more for $11 each. Buy 6 altogether. 3 for me, 3 for mui. Mui pays.

2:15pm lunch at Alex canteen - vietnamese

3:08pm Walk to Aldi for grocery shopping. 

LC buys milk, detergent, eggs, ham, etc

4:30pm Take tram back to apt.

Feet are hurting 

JT makes vegie soup, choy and cauliflower 

I make the mussels 

7:00pm dinner