They are all donated by food companies. The Deyun brand milk in the picture above is one of them. What’s particularly interesting is that this milk has “Exclusively for Santa Claus” written on it. Haha, milk companies are really interesting. It’s quite appropriate for Christmas. The first stop is a volcano called Towerhill. As long as you look carefully, you may be able to find wild koalas here.
Kangaroos and emus. The two emus in the picture above are strolling on the grass, not afraid of Yunluo and An Chuyu who are very close to them. While everyone is looking for wild animals, An Chuyu pulls Yunluo to the volcano. The crater has been covered by grass and trees, but the scenery here is nice. If you climb higher, you can see the sea in the distance.
It can be said that Yunluo did not waste so much effort to go to this attraction, which is Yunluo's favorite. It is called Cave Rock, the Grotto. Why do you like it? It is because Yunluo has seen pictures in other people's travel guides before. Tourists stand in the cave, which is a good place to take silhouette photos. However, when Yunluo and An Chuyu went there, they found that this was not the case.
Maybe it was the dry season here when the picture was taken, but as shown in the picture, there is no corner in the cave now, and the rocks are covered with moss. Safety first, safety first. The picture above is the famous London Bridge, of course, after half of it collapsed. There is also a sad story here.
A couple were playing on a bridge, and it collapsed. They were trapped on the other half of the bridge, and their extramarital affair was exposed. Just tell me, how pitiful! They were singing on the train, holding hands and crossing the bridge. Who did they offend? Alas, the sun was setting, and Yunluo and An Chuyu hurried to the 12 Apostles Rock. An Chuyu didn't even have time to put on his down jacket.
I ran down and finally had the chance to see the last rays of sunset shining on the rock wall. The golden 12 Apostles were so magnificent. They are called 12 Apostles. But there are only a few left. Many of them have collapsed due to the continuous erosion of the sea water. These are the two on the left hand side. Yunluo always thought.
If Yunluo and An Chuyu have a chance to reach here in their lifetime, there will be even fewer surviving Apostles. Will there be a new batch of 12 Apostles in millions of years? If you join this kind of foreign group, you will inevitably have to work, but it is completely voluntary and no one will assign you a job.
Yunluo thought that the Chinese people with more than 20 people would not do it, so Yunluo took the initiative to pull An Chuyu down to help. Humph, everything went as Yunluo thought. The dish in Yunluo's hand was cut by Yunluo and An Chuyu. Of course, the American girl behind him also helped a little. The three dishes in front of him were all leafy salads.
The meat was prepared by our tour guide Jude alone. Dear friends, if you want to sign up for this overseas tour, please be more hands-on and help out in whatever way you can. Don't just bring honor to the Chinese people, but don't let people look down on you either. Hahaha, let's end the first day's itinerary with a photo of An Chuyu leaning on Yunluo's bed.
The tour group charges AUD195 per person, which includes this mixed-gender bunk bed accommodation. If you need a single room, you can ask Jude earlier. Yunluo and An Chuyu thought about it, because the single room also has a shared toilet. Forget it, the bunk bed is also good~ Yunluo and An Chuyu's room happened to be all girls sleeping on the upper bunk.
Good night Great Ocean Road~~ The next morning, after eating the breakfast that Jude prepared for Yunluo and An Chuyu, we went out again. This morning's activity was to get close to the 12 Apostles. You can go down to the vicinity of the apostles along the Gibson Steps, so this somewhat silly posed photo was taken.
In fact, you can choose to take a helicopter to overlook the 12 Apostles, but since Yunluo and An Chuyu had already taken a helicopter on Hamilton Island, they didn't choose it. It's not expensive, it seems to be AUD 90/person, 15 minutes, Yunluo also thinks it's quite cost-effective~~ This is one of An Chuyu's favorite attractions on the Great Ocean Road.
Lochardgroge, the shore of the shipwreck. And you can go down to the beach. The black man in the picture above is the back of another American girl in Yunluo and An Chuyu's group. RideTour arranged the itinerary so well. No matter how beautiful these big rocks are, there will always be a day of aesthetic fatigue. This brought Yunluo and An Chuyu to the Maitsrest rainforest.
Look at this magical tree hole. It is said that there is the second tallest tree in the world here. Is the tallest tree in California? Maybe~ Yunluo and An Chuyu, who were starving, finally stopped their sightseeing and had lunch at Apollo Bay. This small town was Yunluo and An Chuyu's favorite. In fact, it felt very similar to Kenting Street.
There are also various small shops lined up. After a delicious lunch, you must stop here to have an ice cream, because this is the most awarded ice cream shop in Australia. Look, both sides of the wall are decorated with various awards won by this shop. Look at the ice cream in the freezer, the small gold and silver circles under the flavor labels are the medals that this flavor has won.
But I don't know if Yunluo can't get used to it, most of the award-winning flavors here are cinnamon and licorice. Yunluo decided to have a cappuccino and a mango. Is there anything more comfortable than eating ice cream? Well, here's an interesting thing about this store. Yunluo and An Chuyu didn't intend to take pictures of the Santa Claus car.
The wooden archway behind the car reads "Great Ocean Road", which is the starting point of the Great Ocean Road. Jude put Yunluo and An Chuyu down and gave them time to take a photo with this place, which could be considered a photo to show their visit. Coincidentally, a Santa Claus car drove by and threw a lot of candies from the car.
Let's celebrate the arrival of Christmas Eve together~ In fact, this is not a Santa Claus car, but a fire truck, borrowed by young people for fun. The tour of the Great Ocean Road is getting closer to the end, and the last attraction is the Little Red Riding Hood Lighthouse. As a pseudo lighthouse lover, Yunluo has basically no fanaticism for lighthouses.
Just look up from afar and end the Great Ocean Road trip with a "group photo". Let me give a brief summary of the two-day tour of the Great Ocean Road. In fact, the reason why Yunluo expressed dissatisfaction with the many Chinese in the group was not mainly because of the good or bad performance of the group members. Yunluo himself was a little loser who had not been abroad many times, and many of his habits were the same as everyone else.
The primary reason for the disappointment might be that Yunluo and An Chuyu imagined this foreign tour group to be too "foreign". Now thinking about other people's travel notes I've seen before, this group will also have 6-10 Chinese people, it just happened that Yunluo caught up with a day with a lot of Chinese people. Let's talk about the group itself.
The tour guide Jude is a very serious and responsible person. She did everything herself. She led the team alone for the entire two-day trip, serving as driver, tour guide, team leader, chef, and logistics support. Not only Yunluo, but also other members of the group gave Jude full marks for her performance. She is really an enthusiastic and dedicated tour guide.
Again, if you like the Chinese and are willing to do some proper labor, you can choose this tour. If you yearn for a purely foreign tour, this tour may not be suitable for you. In fact, Yunluo and Anchu met many purely foreign tours along the way, but Yunluo himself has never participated in one. It is impossible to give you accurate advice.
Let's go look for it~ [End of Great Ocean Road] It was already 9 o'clock in the evening when we returned to Melbourne. It is such a magical place. At 9 o'clock, the sky was still bright. Today is Christmas Eve, so I decided to go for a walk on the street with An Chuyu~ Looking at the pictures and talking~ Oaksonwilliamapartments It was a little after 8 o'clock.
Yunluo and An Chuyu took this photo on the 18th floor of the Oakson Williams Hotel. The hotel faces west, so you can see the sunset in the west and the night view of West Melbourne. Actually, Yunluo didn't investigate the Christmas celebrations in Melbourne, so he could only walk to the city center. By sheer luck, he caught the light show in front of the City Hall at 9 o'clock.
The City Hall displayed all kinds of wonderful changes under the changes of lights and music. Yunluo's angle was also pretty good and he got a few nice photos~ Now, it's another feeling of the City Hall~ After the light show, Yunluo and An Chuyu walked towards St. Paul's Cathedral, thinking that there must be activities in the cathedral on Christmas Eve.
As expected. It was just that Yunluo and An Chuyu arrived late, so they could only look at the church through the glass. They comforted themselves that it was good for Yunluo and An Chuyu, as non-believers, to feel the atmosphere through the glass. They were just feeling regretful, but their luck was so good. There was a sign at the church door, which wrote about the church's activities in the next two days.
Yunluo and An Chuyu found out that there would be a Mandarin communion service specifically for Chinese people tomorrow. This was simply great. Yunluo and An Chuyu wanted to participate in this kind of event to feel the Christmas atmosphere but were afraid of the embarrassment caused by the language barrier. This solved all of Yunluo and An Chuyu's worries and they will definitely attend tomorrow.
It's Christmas time and everything is closed, so Yunluo and An Chuyu can only wander around the city. Even the free bus (citycircle route 35) has stopped running. Melbourne is not big and the tourist attractions are relatively concentrated, so Yunluo and An Chuyu didn't buy transportation tickets and could only rely on walking.
Yunluo's Jawbone bracelet shows that this is the day Yunluo walked the most in Australia, with more than 22,000 steps. Yunluo's poor legs. Here are some photos~ This is the pieface bakery chain brand that can be seen everywhere in Australia. The common feature of these pies is that they all have face. Yunluo ordered a curry beef one, which tasted very good.
The price is not cheap, but it's nice to try something new~ An Chuyu ordered a cheesecake, and the taste was just okay~ This picture was taken near the City Hall, it's very interesting, there happened to be a seagull landing on the serious and unsmiling sculpture.
City residents like seagulls don't care whether it is a sculpture or a branch. Also near the city hall, a flower shop is quietly open. On Christmas morning, passing by such a flower shop, even if you don't buy anything, just taking a look at it from a distance will make people feel very happy.
A beautiful day started in the morning. We crossed the Yarra River and arrived at the South Bank of Melbourne. Then we walked south along Stkilda Road to reach Queen Victoria Gardens. It was more like a large open meadow than a garden. It was Yunluo's first time to walk on such a straight and quiet tree-lined avenue. There were not many people on both sides of the road.
Just keep walking along this road, not knowing where the end of the road is. Sometimes you don't have to be clear about your destination. It is also a kind of enjoyment to appreciate the scenery along the way. When you are tired, just take a rest on the grass. Few people pass by this grass, and there are clusters of small white flowers blooming. An Chuyu often sighs that other people's flowers and plants are so beautiful.
You can trample on the grass at will, and you will never see a sign like "Please do not trample on the grass", but Yunluo always walks on it. This is not a problem with the grass. It is a problem with the population. Behind him is the War Memorial, which is also closed on Christmas Day, but it doesn't matter. Yunluo doesn't like such a historical attraction.
The chessboard lawn at the entrance is pleasing to Yunluo's eyes. I wonder if the tour guide would say that the number of lawns represents the number of martyrs who died on the battlefield if this landscape is in China. In Yunluo's heart, a simple tombstone and a few beautiful flowers lie quietly under a tree, telling people not to forget this history.
Don't forget the soldiers who died for the country, this is the meaning of commemoration. I was thinking about the church activities in the afternoon, and could only walk back under the scorching sun at noon. This pointed building that looks like a flying skirt is the Melbourne Arts Center. Of course, it is not open yet. Melbourne is a city full of art.
Street performances of all kinds can be seen everywhere. Of course, there are also art galleries and art museums as shown in the picture above. The appearance of the art gallery behind is very Chinese, at least Yunluo thinks so. Naturally, it is not open. We returned to the north bank of Melbourne along the Yarra River and prepared to participate in the afternoon church activities. From a distance, we can see the largest church in Melbourne.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
St. Paul's Cathedral is just opposite Flinders Railway Station. If Yunluo and An Chuyu came to Melbourne to visit during Christmas, it would be a pity to catch up with so many attractions closed, then what's the pity of closing all the attractions for this church event~ In fact, there was a church event on Christmas Eve last night.
Although Yunluo and An Chuyu looked through the glass, they also saw a sign next to it saying that taking photos in the church is prohibited. If you want to take photos, please buy a license. So, the first thing An Chuyu did when he entered the church today was to find the staff to buy a license. AUD5/person, but the staff did not ask Yunluo and An Chuyu to pay.
They just said that you can take photos now, but not after the event starts, so we have the photos above~~ Although Yunluo and An Chuyu are not Christians, they will respect the regulations of religious sacrificial sites wherever they go. This is the event this afternoon. This brochure is in both Chinese and English.
The Chinese priest who presided over the event spoke both Chinese and English. For Yunluo and An Chuyu, who were entering a church and participating in a church activity for the first time,
Everything is new. If Yunluo and An Chuyu convert to Christianity one day, it should be closely related to this event. The priest on the stage explained to Yunluo and An Chuyu the stories in the Bible, his childhood stories with the Lord Jesus, and told the believers not to be afraid.
The Lord is by your side~ The so-called Eucharist worship is actually the priest distributing "bread" written in the Bible to all believers. I don't know if it is a translation problem, but in Chinese, what Yunluo and An Chuyu recited in unison is "Let Yunluo and An Chuyu share a piece of bread". Haha, bread, does the Lord Jesus also eat bread?
After finishing the church activities, I just walked along the street and checked out some things for boxing day tomorrow. As I walked, I arrived at the legendary luxury street Collins St. The sun was shining brightly on Collins St in the afternoon. Maybe it was because it was Christmas today and many shops were closed, so there were not many people on the street.
When you are tired, you can sit on the side of the road and watch the passing vehicles. It is also a quiet enjoyment. Then you continue to move forward. Your destination is RMIT, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. An Chuyu is very disdainful of this place because this university has no gates or walls. Haha, it is indeed a bit simple compared to the University of Melbourne and the University of Sydney that Yunluo went to later.
The main teaching building is the Transformers Building in the picture above, which stands next to the main street, and across the street are RMIT's other teaching buildings or activity buildings. Private vehicles shuttle back and forth among the RMIT buildings so casually. The students of this university should have no sense of belonging. Haha, just walk north along the road and you will arrive at the University of Melbourne.
Compared with RMIT, this famous group of eight universities in Australia is indeed much more imposing. The picture above shows a corner of the clock tower of Melbourne University. Melbourne University is also very interesting. Perhaps because it is far away from the CBD, it covers a much larger area than RMIT. Although a road divides the campus into two parts, An Chuyu said, at least there is a courtyard wall.
Haha, Yunluo and An Chuyu were on the campus of Melbourne University and were worrying about tomorrow’s hot air balloon ride, so they had to hurried back to the hotel. Yunluo will explain more in detail below.
Yunluo and An Chuyu were racking their brains for today's hot air balloon at the University of Melbourne. The main situation was that when Yunluo and An Chuyu booked this activity on Aole, they were told to call the hot air balloon company between 6pm and 6:30pm the day before the activity. Yunluo and An Chuyu thought it was to verify their identity information.
But the nightmare began. What do those who are not good at English when they are abroad fear the most? Communicating on the phone, but what Yunluo and An Chuyu fear more than this is a recorded phone call! The so-called phone call that Yunluo and An Chuyu made was a recorded phone call.
On the other end of the phone, an old man started talking much faster than the CET-6 and IELTS listening test. There was no place to answer the operator or leave a message. He talked nonstop for at least 5 or 6 minutes. Those of us who have suffered from English listening in China must understand Yun Luo's feelings at that time.
The more she didn't understand, the more anxious she became, the less patient she became, and the more she didn't understand, and this cycle repeated over and over again until she finally collapsed. She wanted to find a Chinese student on campus to help Yunluo and An Chuyu, but maybe it was because of Christmas, the campus was quiet, with only a few black Indian tourists occasionally. Yunluo even thought of calling China for help. (To be continued...)