Mel-Adel-Syn Trip Photoes

Photo Album

The Photo I have in the collection is mainly photoed in Melbourne, Simply because my camera auto-focus went frenzy after that, and there isn't a way to shut it off. occasionally still, when luck in on my side, the camera works just fine, so there is still a couple of photos taken after that.



There is also a few shots that are taken by others and posted in the album.


Generals Thoughts

This is quite a special trip, we didn't plan ahead much beforehand. So technically we simply stumble across here and there, almost like animals running amok in a big city. I prefer this kind of trip though, no fixed itinerary - Adventure Spirit.

Although I would deem the trip too time consuming because it lasted 2 weeks and 2 days, while I only have 3 weeks of holiday. It took up most of my time in the holidays, in effect, this is the only holiday so far I haven't spent my time on computer games until I'm rotten...

Well, that could be a good thing.

P/S: Wanna thanks those people that make the trip possible, mainly Chek Ying ,Kia Yee, Troung and Troung's relative. (In alphabetical order!)

Some random stuff I came across

Origin
"My mind is a web of thoughts, ideas and concepts, all delicately interwoven in such a way that none can be isolated without destroying any sense of context it might have... which is why I cannot convey to you what I'm thinking or how I understand it. Without a complete explanation of everything that relates to a particular idea, it falls flat; it cannot stand without the support of the rest of the web. Trying to channel my thought process into a single dimension of language is like recording video with a paintbrush and a string." by AsteroidPuncher

in which I couldn't agree more.

Back!

Back for quite some time in M'sia.
To be exact, two weeks have past since I came back.

I worked in pc fair, interview for a job (failed).
Both which I have gained experience,
Particulary about the way they do business (how to con people,haha)
I will write more about it, in time...

Didn't update for quite some time....

Somewat felt different,as if I'm no longer the person I used to be
Clouded by too many meaningless thing, I really need this travel.
to rediscover and reflect on myself.To be alone and without influence of others.
For somethings can only be learn in silence.

I'm posting here just to inform that I have settle down with no problem in Melbourne.
It is just a couple of days. Wandered around in the city center today, I got into quite some good locations ( both accommodation and travel wise). Will be posting the pictures later.

On my path...

The clock never stop ticking,
But we do, occasionally.


The journey has started,
On the pursued of dreams.
I'm with nothing but a paper,
Which have numbers and time on it.
Brought to this strange place,
of which I have no memories off.

Perhaps, time has flies too fast.
That the past has failed to register in my memories.

All I have,
Is the path that I am supposed to take.
I was told that it would lead me to my destination.

The pointer was a stranger,
but what options I have,
except of having faith in him.

Time past,
light dim,
hope flee.

The prophesied chance appeared,
Yet my heart is waving.

Wondering,
What if,
this isn't the one I'm waiting for.
What if,
the pointer misguide me.
What if...

Shaking off my fear,
taking my chances,
I ride onto the infamous wind.

Alone I sit,
With the battle of curiosity and pride rage.
In the end,
Pride take hold,
and it muted the other party.

I taken a backward direction,
A unique position it was.

The Images proceeds,
I slowly but surely familiarized the picture.
Of which, with love and hatred,
Both unforgettable.

But Images doesn't stay,
Only distance acknowledged understanding.
The instant it appeared is not treasured.
....

I will leave it at this state,...


*Pause, observe and feel

Pool

Played pool with my friends yesterday. Everyone seems to know how to play and are able to play well, even my friends from Johor know how to play well. We are roughly around the same age,I wonder how can our exposure differ so much.

Flashback for pool

"I only contacted pool once in my life, before this. If I recall correctly, the pool players in the first game I played consisted me, Wowyay and Joseph. It was during our Akido trip. It turn out be totally nightmare because none of us have any idea how to play properly,we don't even have any clue how to grip the poles properly, and yet we try and try. For half an hour we struggle to goal - trying to get a ball into the holes. We gotten one in the end, the white ball. There is no fun at all, we end up feeling very boring and decided to not touch the game for good."

I don't know where I get the picture but I always have a bad feelings about pools (Is this is influence of TV?). I always thought it's a game for pub, and pub is evil, stay away for good.

Funny thoughts though, after playing it, feels like it's just a another game that can be learn and mastered. The culture of game is same with all other sports, just that the environment it's portrayed in is usually different - Pub.

Side Note :
Oh, we didn't play in pub, we played in some hall/college until 3am. It's FOC

Eden, additional information

* Some information might already be given via the comments on the picture in the Picasa web albums



Here's a piece of map of Australia, it shows where Eden is. You could look for Canberra and Melbourne in it as well.

From the map it's roughly 200km, but it take at least a 4 hours drive from Canberra. To my surprise, there is no widely developed highway in Australia (Maybe because it is such a big country). This means that the bus we rode drove though two ways one lane round through the forest and while on a zig zag path. This would normally enable us to see the forest, but it simply isn't possible because we are travelling at night.

We departed from ANU about 5pm, stopped in Cooma for dinner before continue our journey. The trip consisted about 130+ people I believe. We have three big and one small bus. Oh, their bus is nice, at least better than I once experience in M'sia (we got on what they called a VIP seats, luxury ride, but it was crap). But I might just have been cheated on that.

Cooma was a small town, it's main form of income is tourism, skidding I believe. You could notice there is a lot of motel and hotel on the way, along with skidding shops. There is a Snowy Mountain nearby. If you want a skip trip from ANU, here is it.

We then continue to Eden, arrived at something about 10pm. Distributed to our cabin and sleep. Our accommodation for these 2 night is Garden of Eden Caravan Park. Too bad we aren't sleeping in Caravans, instead we get to sleep at the cabin provided.



The Small cabin which we slept in. I found that the Aussies (local) are quite funny. I shared my cabin with two of them. One of them was taking photoes of the cabin. He claimed that he want to keep memory and prove of it so that one day he could tell his grandchildren that he once live in these hobbits house.



Sleeping quarters during the trip to Eden, triple deck. With the limited space, it's hard for me to sleep well, I couldn't imaging what the situation the two Aussies would be facing in these spaces.


I brought nothing (linen, sleeping bad, pillows, blanket) there and they offered nothing. It write that they might offered those, and I happen to decided to test my luck. Never have I heard that a hotel/motel that doesn't provide these. It then turns out they only offered that in another park which is for group A.

Slept without blanket for two days (had to improvise with tower). As it is further south, it's getting very cold, I was awaked several times during the first night because of the cold. But it's very relaxing as our park is near the beaches, you could hear the sound of the wave hitting the beaches while you are on your bed.

*to be continue