Melbourne to Adelaide

1030pm 30 August 2012 flight kitorg berlepas ke Melbourne. There is two hours++ time difference between Melbourne and KL. so sbenanye masa kitorg berlepas tu, Melbourne dh pkul 12lebih tgh mlm or 1am camtu. and flight lebih kurang 7 ke 8 jam (most of time dlm flight, i layan movie Batman and tido sahaja. and makan sekali. pls purchase ur meal online sbb its cheaper hee) Alhamdulilah cuaca elok and no delay so kitorg smpai seperti yg di jadualkan.. 820am (Melbourne time) sesampai nyaaa kitorg kat situ, dgn eksyen, masing2 ckp "mcm x sejuk je aussie ni" pdhal sah2 la masih dlm airport. LOL. kalau sejuk pon sejuk aircond biasa je la haha. and fyi masa kitorg smpai tu hujung2 winter, so cuaca mmg masih tgh sejuk lah. and that was my very first experience pegi negara yg ada cuaca sejuk okk :) BEST! below is the first picture taken bila dh keluar dr airport and kesejukaaannnnnnn!

Melbourne Airport

first skali kitorg nak g cari simcard n nak call Heidi sbb she was the one who should pick us up but then sadly kitorg x jmpa any kedai! cuak jgak sbb x nmpak bayang dia and i don't even recognize her car? last message from her was "bila dah smpai u tunggu i depan park royal hotel. u'll see the it bila u kuar frm airport" try jgak nak cr public phone but kitorg mana lahh ada syiling! sbb tuka MYR to AUD.. smue kasi duit kertas. nasib baik x lama pon lpas dh kuar airport, and just cross the road,  g kat park royal, which mmg senang nak cari pon, tunggu kejap kat bustop depan tu then Heidi pon smpai.. horraaayyyyy!!!! jauh x jauh sgt from airport to Bundoora, tmpt Heidi stay for past few years since die blaja kat Melbourne. smpai je rumah dia, jmpa her parents yg kebetulan dtg visit die. and her mom prepare breakfast for us! nyumsss! lpas rest sekejap then Heidi's mom nak jalan ke Queen Victoria Market.. kat sini lah byk bnde murah and best! for those yg nak cari any souveniers, baju or anything lah, everything is cheap there. before that kitorg singgah Uni lama Heidi. kebetulan on that day ada Malaysia culture day kat that Uni.. something like that la x ingt apa exactly nama event tu but masa tu all Malaysian student prepare Malaysian food and buat persembahan silat. kitorg gelak je masa nak makan tu sbb ingt g Aussie susah nak makan Malaysian food tp our first lunch was satay, nasi lemak and teh tarik. :p

MR & MRS with Miss Heidi

Enjoying our satay at La Trobe University

La Trobe Uni with Heidi's parents

Done berpusing kat La Trobe University, kitorg jalan kat Queen Victoria Market and nougat yg Heidi's mom beli kat situ is the best nougat i ever tasted. Cehh. MR KK and I x beli apa2 lgsg pon sbb baru sgt smpai so mcm xnk lah shopping ikot nafsu kan! anddd eventho kitorg still penat dgn 7 8 jam flight tp sbb it was our first day there, semangat tu mmg terlebih2 la. and its kinda last minute plan bila few days before our flight, Heidi ckp we can't stay at her place until parents die balik KL. so our plan B -- travel to Adelaide! awal2 dr Malaysia dh book ticket bus to Adelaide. and i guess mmg luck is on our side, masa nak g Adelaide, kwn MR KK ada kat sana so we have place to stay, for free :)

Our bas masa tu kol 815pm so lpas teman Heidi's mom shopping, we jalan around Melbourne city and stop makan dkat this Indonesian Restaurant, named BLOK M. ahaaa kalau sape biasa g Jakarta, familiar la dgn nama ni.. tp kat Jakarta Blok M ni tmpt shopping but in Melbourne, its a restaurant ok! and they serve good food. Alhamdulilah Heidi's parents sgt baik so diorg belanja we olls punya makan for the whole day! then lpas makan they drop us dkat Southern Cross Terminal - tmpt kitorg naik bas. well sementara nak tunggu bas, sempat jgak i shopping! i bought so called UGG  boots from cotton on for only AUD10! and beli muffler scarf and winter hats skali (smue ni mmg utk pakai for aussie trip je la, so bila dpt bnde murah buat i lagiii suka hati hihi) bas diorg mmg on time so lpas shopping trus naik bas gerak ke Adelaide, and Adelaide pulak, masanya awal 30mins dari Melbourne.. nothing much we do on bas since hari dh gelap and malam so kitorg tidur je, tau2 kol 6pagi waktu Adelaide, kitorg pon smpai kat bus station and MR KK friend pon dh mmg tgh tunggu. he drove us straight to his house since still pagi and kitorg sgt sgt nak rest yg btul2 rest! can u guys imagine.... how hectic schedule berjalan kitorg and bila tgk katil, mmg pengsan!!

Melbourne City

Nasi ayam bakar at Blok M for lunch

Our bus tix to Adelaide

30/8 - 10pm  (Malaysia time) naik flight ke Melbourne.

31/8 - 820am (Melbourne time) smpai Melbourne and trus ke rumah  Heidi

31/8 - 1pm (Melbourne time) jalan2 La Trobe Uni, Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne city

31/8 - 7pm (Melbourne time) Southern Cross Terminal - shopping and naik bas

1/9 - 6am (Adelaide time) smpai Adelaide, nmpak katil terus pengsaaannnnnn!!!!!

atas ni roughly jadual perjalanan kitorg, hectic ke tak hectic tu? penat mmg penat tp best. kalau nak tido je kat KL pon bole tido puas2 kan, around 12tghari mcm tu gak la kitorg baru sedar dan bgn dr katil umah Abu yg empuk tu. Huhu.. Abu is MR KK friend yg study kat Adelaide.. since primary school okk. so yeah dh mmg mcm kampung die dh Adelaide tu. kebetulan masa kitorg makan die pon nak kuar ke kolej so die ajak kitorg keluar sama2 and bwk kitorg makan dkat this one malay restaurant and its halal :) then he showed us tmpt2 menarik if we nak jalan2 around Adelaide. fyi, Adelaide is a very small city, laid back and obviously lebih tenang compared to Melbourne. right after makan, we planned nak pegi zoo sbenanye tp lpas tgk the price (around AUD 30 = RM96++ nak dkatt RM100!) trus tak jd! sbb we dh plan xnak waste so much dkat tmpt2 x perlu. sbb before  pegi aussie pon mmg dh buat research, Melbourne punya zoo better than Adelaide so kitorg pon x kisah sgt utk msk zoo Adelaide tu, then we headed to Adelaide Botanic Garden. habes round kat garden yg cantik tu kitorg pon jalan balik ke apartment Abu. whole day kitorg jalan around Adelaide, mmg berjalan kaki je, sbb mmg x jauh and selesa je nak jalan dlm cuaca yg sejuk yg sedap2. human comfort punya level :) before smpai apartment, kitorng singgah minum coffee dkat Cibo, one of best coffee shop kat Adelaide, sbb coffee die mmg sedap (MR KK mmg penggemar coffee tegar!)

Adelaide Day 1 :)

Yes that's my AUD10 boots hehe

Hot chocs for Mrs and Coffee for Mr

Our first night in Adelaide - it was Saturday night. kata Abu - its time for partyyy. ramai jgak kwn2 die dtg lpak rumah malam tu. they asked MR KK aka MR DJ spin for them malam tu, kat rumah. :p one of the rooms kat rumah Abu mmg dh mcm blik DJ pon, turntable ada, serato ada, cdj ada, you name it, complete! so mmg xde masalah for MR KK nak spin. almost 12am then baru we walked to one of club kat Hindley Street, (g club jalan kaki je.. cant u imagine how small the town is? ) if im not mistaken nama club tu Red Square. according to them, thats the most happening club kat Adelaide. and masa nak masuk tu pon nk dkat setengah jam gak Q.. -__- seriously kitorg xde plan lgsg nk berparty or pegi any club. so i dont bring any suitable clothes/dress. pegi je dgn jacket2 n sneakers  and mengikut je la sbb org nak bwk kan hehehe. Done partying we walked back to Abu's apartment and sempat singgah beli mcd on da way balik. sampai je, makan n trus tido! dah plan next day tu nak pegi Hahndorf!

That's all for now. from KL - Melbourne and day 1 in Adelaide. Next post i'm gonna write pasal the whole jalan2 trip kat Adelaide and... Sydney! till then..  :)

Notes from the MRS AA : make sure you plan your journey properly before flying. bila dah kat sana mesti mcm agak kabut and xde masa sgt nak duk hadap google je. it was a mistake for me travelling to Adelaide from Melbourne at night! yes its true jalan jauh baik amek night ride so boleh rest dlm perjalanan butttttt i only found out yg we actually can travel to Adelaide from Melbourne via GREAT OCEAN ROAD! kalau lah we travel in day time, boleh lah amek package yg singgah kat Great Ocean Road tu... (and yes Great Ocean Road mg one of our plan tp last2 tak jd pegi sbb cost and masa - will write about this on next post) just fyi, Great Ocean Road is one of the world’s most beautiful and naturally maintained coastlines. rasa rugiiii sgt x amek bas siang and amek pakej via Great Ocean Road ni. for those yg nak pegi Melbourne and plan nak ke Great Ocean Road tu, you can check out this link Great Ocean Road by Greyhound