Today is the second day of Month 2, 2013..it has been a very long gap since my last post..
It had been a very busy year end in 2012..mum's visit, shipping home the belongings/kitchenware/corelle etc etc..packing and moving, cleaning the house and repacking things and lastly resettling in new place.Malaysia Hall Melbourne..what a hectic year end.
And indeed it was yet to settle till the school opened..yup, summer holiday ended late January, in Victoria, schools started on 30th January..and it was Aaisyah first day at new school. Her big brothers stay at Mount Waverley Secondary College.
While composing this post, I am thinking that photovoice would be the best to capture all my year end journey.
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| Early spring... |
Now let starts with my dear mami visit in Oct 2012. It was in cold spring..(indeed it was really cold..the cherry blossoms just ended and she just experienced the cold and windy melbourne..poor mami, wrapped in jumper, winter jacket infront of the heater). And she has just missed the tulips festival.
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| pink camilia..blooming in winter and early spring |
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| white camelia |
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| red camelia |
opps..while choosing which photo to be uploaded..I realised that we took some nice tulip photos during our last visit to the festival..and why not enjoying these pictures first..
Melbourne's tulips festival (Sept-early Oct)
Tesselaar Tulip Farm
Set on a working farm there is an unbelievable display of over half a million tulips made up of more than a hundred different dreamy varieties.It is an annual event at Tesselaar Tulip Farm, located 55 km from Melbourne CBD.
Date: mid September 13th - mid October
Time: Open daily 10am to 5pm
Entry fees: a bit pricey..Adults $18, Concession $15, Children under 16 free*, groups of 10 or more $15 each person when prepaid online.
Address: Tesselaar Tulip Farm, 357 Monbulk Road Silvan, Victoria 3795, Melway Map 123 B5
Other: A variety of food & drink is available (including Dutch favouries; Poffertjes & Croquettes). Free off street parking, dogs on leads welcome.
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| at the entry gate |
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| variety of tulips |
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| love the shapes and colours |
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| more tulips |
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| bed of purple and white |
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| hundreds and hundreds of tulips |
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| the lane of tulips |
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| purple is always my fav |
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| white and purple |
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| walking in the tulip farm |
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| yellow is always great |
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| the reds..YNWA yeah! |
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| and orange not to forget. |
Malaysian Fest @ Queen Victoria Market
and the first outing with Mami in Melbourne was to the Malaysian Food festival at Queen Victoria Market. It is also an annually event, organised by Malaysian company based in Melbourne. This outing as to kill two bird in one stone, visiting the food stall as well as buying the souvenirs home. the food was so so..taste was out with the price was rather expensive. instead, kids were enjoying churros more..(the best churros in Melboure are at Queen Victoria Market and they are damn cheap!).. Mami did not enjoy the food stall much as well as the food...luckily there were souvenirs.
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| the stage..we arrived before the opening ceremony |
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| the officiate by councillor of Melbourne CBD |
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| the presentation from Baba Nyonya Assoc..they sang Gelang Si Paku Gelang etc.. |
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| famous satay in Melbourne |
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| Grilling the satays by the owner: K Melah |
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| people were queueing infront of the stall |
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| other stall.this one was the Chilli Padi's ..a famous eatery in CBD |
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| multicultural Melbourne |
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| in the market...QVM opens everyday except wednesday |
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| buying the souvenirs |
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| the famous churros..don't forget to buy this.. |
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| indeed there was a long queue |
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