Melbourne Trip Photos!
Feb 22, 2010 by Violet
So this is going to be my big Melbourne post :D
I’m sure you’re all sick of hearing about it by now! There is one more post coming up about something we did down there but it’s a surprise so I suppose you’ll all just have to deal with hearing about it for a tiny bit longer ^_^ I’ve actually got a lot of other photos from down there to be used in tutorials and the like as well…
But on to the photos!
So on the first day we mostly just rested because we had to be up at 2am that day for the flight.
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We went down to China Town for CNY and saw the dragon dances as well as more shopping…
James bumped into Mr Gadget outside and 5min later we bumped into Fashion Hayley! It was so strange to keep bumping into people we knew in a city we didn’t live in!
Our outfits for the day:
People kept asking for photos as well which was quite amusing. Some guy even wanted us to take photos with his kids >_< The strangest part of that day was being hit on by a skeezy old asian guy who apparently thought I was 15… Gross and all kinds of illegal!
Delicious lunch that day:
Mr SKM enjoying the delicious lunch:
Ok yes there was a lot of cam-whoring that day!
The dragon (edit apparently when there are only 2 people it’s a lion) eating up some yummy looking watermelon:
Those fire crackers were so loud!
Of course the whole time I was trying to keep up with you guys online as much as possible!
Including making fun posts like our Valentines Day Entry to the Nuffnang competition. This was taken while I was getting ready ^_^
SuperKawaiiMama’s yard also made a great backdrop for all of the photos. So pretty and green!
And we had a lot of fun being ridiculous!
James demanded I include this because he thought it was hilarious ;)
Miss 5 decided my make up wasn’t pretty enough one day so she gave me this awesome make over! Ready for a night out yes?
One day we went wandering around the city by ourselves, it was really beautiful.
That night we were supposed to meet up with my awesome old friend Steampunkerie but I managed to twist my damn ankle on the curb in China Town so we had to cut it short and had drinks instead. I had the weirdest green tea and icecream concoction I’ve ever tasted, it was really yummy though!
That afternoon we caught the train home and were surprised at how clean, easy to use and efficient it was! Living with another creative girl with similar interests produced a lot of late night crafting sessions :D
That night we made hair clippies, mine is the rosette on the left ^_^
We ate a RIDICULOUS amount of delicious food there, I don’t think I’ve ever eaten out that much in my life. It was SO good!
So much food!
We did a huge amount of shopping, I loved all of the imported Asian make up stores like The Face Shop and Missha. I’ll have some product reviews for you soon from there once I test everything out :D We also visited some Op Shops and got some great bargains! The highlight of which was an old guy stopping his mobility scooter and saying “An old guy like me can say it… YOU LOOK REALLY GROUSE! Really beautiful young lady!” I have to say, I’ve been described as a lot of things but “grouse” is new on my list! For the overseas readers, grouse is really old Australian slang for awesome eg. “This beer tastes grouse mate”. James was in his element taking photos of everything, I think he really enjoyed having so many locations to shoot at and new interesting back drops!
Here’s another one of his:
On the last day we all ruined our awesome diets with a fantastic meal of McDonalds…
There was a carousel at the airport, so awesome!
After a long awesome filled week it was time for a very sad farewell ;_; (you just need to pretend that I’m not laughing in this photo ok?)
Back to Brisbane and back to the horrible humidity :( On the plus side hopefully we’ll be back in Melbourne sooner than you think! Thank you so much to all our wonderful friends who made our trip so great! Special thank you to SuperKawaiiMama, Mr SKM, Miss 5 and Miss 2 for letting us stay with you and showing us such a wonderful time! It’s awesome to know that we won’t be alone when we move down!
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So glad you had a good time! I love my adopted city – there’s always something going on in Melbs :D
That’s totally what it seemed like, every 2 seconds there was another event, very awesome! I’m really sad we didn’t get time to come and see you!
Oh, it looks like you had an amazing time and squeezed so many fun things in!
Oh we had a huge amount of fun! I totally want to go back again :D
Superkawaiimama’s kids are Miss 5 and Miss 2? :p haha kind of lost here, din see any photos of dem! :X
SuperKawaiiMama’s kids aren’t in the photos because she prefers to keep them private :)
Looks like a wonderful time was had by all of you. How funny about the word “grouse” living out of Australia sometime words like that slip my mind so it good to be reminded of uniquely aussie things. Thank you xxx
Haha glad I could bring some of the good old lingo to you overseas ;) definitely grouse mate! Heehee I laughed so hard when the old man said it to me!
Damn you!! You travel photos just got better and better and that tea party looked so delicious and excellent. I am baby pink with envy (since green doesn’t sound as fabulous)!
Green is definitely not as fabulous as pink! Haha let me have my nice photos you got to go to Paris!! Your photos were turning me into the pink-eyed-monster!
Why are you so freaking beautiful? I wish you lived close to me. :(
XD I don’t know how to answer that LOL I wish you lived close too so we could have a whole bunch of tea parties together :D
Lovin melbourne!
happy to be back in brissy no? =)
Brissy’s ooook I suppose… Thinking of moving though!
AWESOME pics!! I so wish my hubby could take proper photos :( You look lovely as always, as does SKM :)
Funny – *I* bumped into Fashion Hayley when I was down there too! I think she secretly just hangs around the streets, waiting to be spotted, hehe… (‘cept she doesn’t know me, so thought I was a nutter when I spoke to her…I must do the same when we’re both in Japan in March)
I’ve been so lucky to find a bf who has a photography obsession :D Oh that’s so funny that you bumped into Fashion Hayley too! I’m totally imagining the odd look you got when you approached her out of no where!
Awesome!! :D Box Hill shopping centre is so not fun xD ..well not to me at least ! :D Haha! I’m betting lots of people wanted to take pics with you because of your awesome fashion sense :D ! Or maybe they are your secret admirers (readers) on this blog :D !
Love the pics and your outfits btw! x
Haha Box Hill shopping center was s much fun for me, mostly because it’s massive compared to the asian district up here >_< We don't have *any* make up stores here ;_; Heehee I'll keep dreaming they're all secret admirers I think they probably just thought I was a crazy woman!
OMG you two look so great together! I would love to have the ability/time to dress like you ladies, but alas I’m too lazy (and podgey!). I love the double bun hair!
Oh man, you make me long for Melbourne and hi-jinx!
Aww thank you! I bet you could totally do it if you put your mind to it :D I loved Melbourne, I totally want to go back for more hi-jinx!