Travel: Australia - Melbourne

[gloyt]

Will penguin watching in Philip island too cold and chilly for young kid like 8 and 4 yrs old.? Is it worth the wait in the chilly night in June?

[kooky83]

micollh:

aurorin, will and my feedbacks from my trip actually inspire my frens and sister to plan theirs haaa.. but i was told summer is super hot.. still autumn/winter go is nicer right? one thing abt mel, food is darn expensive.. our breakfast each time is 25-30 AUD for 2 adults and 2 young kids..how the people there survive ? salary must b very high lor

i think aus like to cook at home right? so it'll be definitely cheaper that way

[szepinge]

Yes, definitely worth the wait!

My daughter was 3 years when she saw
the penguins and until now, she’s 10.
She still remembers.
We went in June, cold but keep them
bundle up, should be fine.

[micollh]

gloyt:

Will penguin watching in Philip island too cold and chilly for young kid like 8 and 4 yrs old.? Is it worth the wait in the chilly night in June?

worth the wait, the penguins arrival now is 530pm.. my 2 yo and 4+yo love it when batches of little penguins climb on shore.. and after that we walk on the bridge side by side with the penguins.. it's an experience kids this age will appreciate ! beside penguins my kids play with the birds.. sea gull or something.. smaller than sea gulls though.. chasing them while we were on the bench...

make sure they are in warm winter clothing and gloves as the wind from the sea is very very chilly..

[aurorin]

micollh:

aurorin, will and my feedbacks from my trip actually inspire my frens and sister to plan theirs haaa.. but i was told summer is super hot.. still autumn/winter go is nicer right? one thing abt mel, food is darn expensive.. our breakfast each time is 25-30 AUD for 2 adults and 2 young kids..how the people there survive ? salary must b very high lor

Hahaha i am sure Melb city council will be happy with increase tourism

I think the best time to visit is spring/late spring (i.e. Oct/Nov). Long daylight hours, good weather, not too cold not too hot. Start of summer maybe not so bad.. more hot days in Jan/Feb but sometimes temp can also drop (erractic one la). Autumn nice also but beginning la.. abt Apr/May, it gets dark very quickly. Winter good if wanna go experience skiing/snow...

Ya.. expensive to eat out that's why alot of pple make their own lunch for work or eat simple e.g. museli for brekkie. If eating out for dinner, often time portions are quite big, can tarbao for next day lunch. Salary high but tax also high lor.. unless u have kids, then can get alot of rebates which offset the tax.. mine is comparable to back in SG after all the tax benefits and rebates cos i am not on super high salary scale and have kid :evil:

[micollh]

very sad to see this news:

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/nine-year-old-singaporean-boy-killed-in-horrific-australian-crash-.html

[Honey]

Micollh, can you please share where did you stay upon touch down as in Melbourne itself? Where would be central to stay where there are trams nearby? Flinders Street?


Thanks

[micollh]

Honey, i stayed at Lonsdale street. book via roomorama. you can check out the website and shout out for Melbourn CBD. many will respond. look for those u see u like most via the photos posted and also the convenience in booking. cos it’s apartment.

[Honey]

micollh, many thanks for the info. Will check that out.

[Honey]

Can anyone please share where can we rent or download the Victoria map onto our Garmin GPS? We used to go to this shop in Funan to rent the map but they have since stop this service. Now cracking our head. Many thanks.