Hi Mary & Eveyone
My hubby and I went on our honeymoon trip to Austrialia. Simply love the place, we covered, Brisbane, Gold Coast(Surfer Paradise, LongBeach, Mermaid Beach Area, Sydney and Melbourne. We went there on a 1mth free and easy tour. Australia is a pretty easy place to go by yourself, don't have to follow tour, cos they don't cover much as compared to us going by ourselves, can see more things, eat anywhere we want and check into apartments to stay and we can also cut cost by doing our own cooking at times. That's my own two cents worth.
Same like the rest of the gals, I love Melbourne best, weather is cooling but they are also famous for their 4 season in a day, meaning, morning can be cooling then after sunny(but don't really find hot) then at times raining(don't worry not so often)then evening very cold(all within one day)So, better to bring your cold wear out, even if it's sunny when u get out but weather may just change. The scenery on the outskirts of Melbourne is really fantastic with really really strong cold wind. Imagine I wore two thick sweater yet can still trumble with cold. If you want further details on stay, dinning & day tour packages in these three states, just drop me an e-mail at
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Personally I find Brisbane and Sydney very commercialise, a bit more uptown then our Orchard Rd, with lots of shopping, but clothings there aren't that cheap, some almost similar with S'pore price some more ex, might as well shop in S'pore don't have to waste the luggage space carry all the way back.
Gold Coast was quite fun, with the big three Amusement Park and lovely beaches. Oh, if any of you gals want to buy nice bikinis, this is the place to buy. They have lots of design and colours for you to choose. However we didn't enter the sea water, it's so cold, wonder how those Australians stand the coldness of the water(like our fridge cold water leh). Opps, I think I nearly missed out, if any one of u intend to stay in GoldCost pls pls remember to lock your doors and balcony windows before u sleep, that place lots of break-in in the middle of the night especially during their student school vacation period. My hubby and I stayed in Long Beach one of the newly open apartment on the 12 level, my husband whole waist pouch with wallet was gone in the morning, the "spiderman burglar" came in through the balcony which we did not lock. Who would imagine they could climb all the way up so high, rgt. Anyway, we wasn't the only one, when we report to our Apt Reception they told us they had 12 cases reported that same morning and we reported to their police and was told neighbouring Apts along Gold Coast also encounter the same thing.
Mary, if you want to visit Melbourne, really don't have to follow tour, cos basically Melbourne is very easy accessible by their trams everywhere in the cities, at your hotel or Apartments just get brouchres and book their day tours, don't go for those big tour buses cos the small tour buses can bring you cover more places that those big tour buses can't go and they are cheaper as compare to joining those big tour buses. We joined Autiopia Tours, very personalise and their tour guides very friendly, approachable & knowledgable. The Four Wheels Drive also very fun but if you are not those very adverturous don't join their trips with mountain walk can really peng san from all the walks and they have this manificent giant waterfall(can't remember the name) the walk down is fine but the climbling up is super super tiring, I almost give up walking up, really no strength , if not for my hubby pulling me, I wld have sat there not moving at all
Oh, and remember to try out their delicious tim sum at Shark Fin House, 131-135 Little Bourke Street, situated in Chinatown
