Melbourne, Australia 2007.05 Trip Summary

Since I have a lot of ground to cover regarding my trip to Melbourne, Australia this month, I'll start off with an outline of the trip as I remember it. I might describe some of the more personally significant things from the trip in a future post.

--- 2007.05 Trip Summary ---

May 5 (Sat)
- Kota Kinabalu International Airport
- Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Melbourne Airport

May 6 (Sun)
- Melbourne
- Queen Victoria Market
- Princes Park, Caulfield South, Glen Eira City
- Settlers of Catan - 1st game ever!

May 7 (Mon)
- Melbourne City - 1st visit
- Minotaur
- Crown Casino

May 8 (Tue)
- Sorrento
- DFO
- take-out dinner from Hungry Jack's

May 9 (Wed)
- Cafe Sergovia
- Royal Arcade
- Dungeon of Magic
- The Games Shop - Settlers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion, Bicycle Braille Playing Cards
- Heroes, Season 1 Episode 15: Run!

May 10 (Thu)
- Spider-Man 3 at Village Cinemas, Westfield Southland

May 11 (Fri)
- Melboune Zoo
- Bistro Vite

May 12 (Sat)
- Melbourne Aquarium
- Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

May 13 (Sun)
- Bistro Vite
- Sunday Market at The Arts Centre
- Othello
- Crown Melbourne Jazz 2007 - Moovin' & Groovin' Orchestra
- Lord of the Fries

May 14 (Mon)
- Chadstone Shopping Center
- Borders

May 15 (Tue)
- The University of Melbourne
- lunch at KFC beside University
- Minotaur - Last Call

May 16 (Wed)
- Taco Bill
- Minotaur
- Heroes, Season 1 Episode 16: "Unexpected"

May 17 (Thu)
- Australian Hearing
- Queen Victoria Market
- Il Tempo
- Minotaur
- Koko Black - 1st visit

May 18 (Fri)
- Queen Victoria Market
- QVM food court fish-n-chips
- Koko Black
- night out

May 19 (Sat)
- Rococo, Ackland Street, St. Kilda

May 20 (Sun)
- Green Point Wines tour

May 21 (Mon)
- lunch at Subway, Swanston Street, Melbourne City
- Mind Games Melbourne - Games Quarterly Magazine #12 (includes Fishermen of Catan)
- Koko Black
- State Library of Victoria

May 22 (Tue)
- lunch at Mc Donald's, Swanston Street, Melbourne City
- State Library of Victoria
- DFO Spencer Street

May 23 (Wed)
- Healesville Sanctuary
- Australian Wildlife Health Care
- Puffing Billy Railway - Belgrave to Menzines Creek
- Emerald Fish & Chippery

May 24 (Thu)
- Toyota plant tour
- La Porchetta - North Melbourne branch

May 25 (Fri)
- Bistro Vite
- State Library of Victoria
- Mind Games Melbourne
- Academic and General Bookshop
- Koko Black
- Settlers of Catan /w Fishermen of Catan - last 3 games

May 26 (Sat)
- twin cousins' Baptism and Baptismal Celebration

May 27 (Sun)
- Melbourne Airport
- Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- back in Philippines

It Always Seems Hotter When You Get Back

Just got back from Australia. Will rest and catch-up a bit first before I start posting about the trip.

Last Week In Australia

Given that I'm making use of my time in Melbourne, Australia wisely, and that the only ocmputer I can manage to use is a dial-up, I'm not going to try and write too much about this trip on the fly. Instead, I'm going to be making some summary posts about the whole trip when I get back.

I will mention a brief on some significant stuff in the past week:
- the weather in Melboune is so erratic
- the Crown Casino is just a part of a huge entertainment complex by Crown
- the people of Melbourne are very diverse
- Koko Black serves amazing hot coco
- I found some places where you can get geek/gamer items in Melbourne
- the Victoria Market is huge

Regarding events that I wasn't able to cover back home:
- Philippine elections - but they'll probably still be counting even after I arrive
- release of Magic: The Gathering's "Future Sight" block
- Shrek 3 - I'll be lucky if this will still be in theatres when I get back, mainly due to...
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At Word's End - this one might be still around when I get back, but it might prevent me from watching Shreck 3

and most importantly...

... the official announcement of "Starcraft II"! XD ZOMFG!!!
Oh, Starcraft II, so much is expected from you...!

G'day Mates!

I managed to get access to a computer here for the meantime. It's a dial-up, so I probably won't be frequenting posts (nor other computer use) while I'm here. That's fine since it's probably better if I just enjoy my vacation away from teh computer.

I arrived here this morning, and I'll be going back home on 2007.05/28. If I manage to whip-up some posts while I'm here, you'll know.