Melbourne!

This is my first overseas trip, first time that I have flown 8 hours, and my first time in Melbourne, Australia. It has been an awesome time for my mum and I, getting around the beautiful city on our own and visiting the wonderful sights. There's not enough words to describe all the overwhelming expriences, so I shall let the pictures speak for themselves :)

Waiting to board the plane

Mum and I

We have arrived! It's almost 1 a.m. (Melbourne time)

On the free Tourist Shuttle taking pictures of buildings in the city.

Steel sculptures by the Yarra River bank

Melbourne city trams -- takes you everywhere you want to go, literally

The City Museum

The Parliament -- open to public when not in session

At the Melbourne 360-degree Observation Deck at Rialto.

Me posing with sculptures in front of the Rialto building. (The Great Reunion)

Sunset view of the Melbourne City from the Observation Deck

The Southern Star at Docklands / Newquay -- largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere

Beauty!

Queen Victoria Market, where everything's fresh, fruits and vegetables are in abundance

The Public Purse, by Simon Perry, in front of the GPO at Bourke Street

The GPO. Previously the General Post Office, it has been turned into a mall

Graffiti art in the city

Another sculpture art in the city. There's a lot of sculpture like this right in the heart of the city

The GPO at night

Flinder Street Station -- one of the train terminals

Wall of art made up of beautiful coloured mosaic

Cathedral. Melbourne city is a blend of gothic, heritage buildings and modern architecture.

At the Yarra River bank

By the way, this is where we stayed -- Miami Hotel Melbourne. Nice, clean and good service for a backpacker's hotel

Oh, we also went to the Melbourne Zoo, Melbourne Aquarium, The Great Ocean Road and Mount Dendenong, but there's just too many photos to upload them all. Hence, I shall end here and post some more interesting sites that we've visited in another blogpost. Hang on there...