Experiencing the Australian Open

Well this event was the reason why we visited Australia in the first place in January 2013. It’s the Australian Open! 🙂 … Australian Open is the first grand slam series of each year, which happens in January. It’s interesting that they do the grand slam in Australia and in January, as it’s still summer time … Continue reading →

First date with Mel: The evening

This is the last part of my first date with Mel series 😉 … After wandering around in Flinders Street, and spent some time in Swanston street; we headed to Eureka Tower to see Melbourne from above during the night. Although when we went there around 9PM, the night didn’t look dark at all. Even … Continue reading →

First date with Mel: The Flinders Street

This post is the continuation from the previous post: First date with Mel: The Tram … As myself and Yudhi hopped-off in front of The Federation Square, we then continued the date with Mel by walking along the Flinders Street. Then the weather became hotter than before so we decided to enter The Federation Square. … Continue reading →

First date with Mel: The Tram

Mel aka Melbourne is the next city after Sydney during my Australian trip last January 2013. The first reason for visiting Melbourne was actually to watch Australian Open match. Instead of only watching the game, we extended the plan to visit Sydney first before Melbourne. We’ve already heard about the weather in Melbourne, where we could … Continue reading →

It’s Australia, mate!

‘Hey, there’s a promo in Garuda to Australia! Let’s watch Australian Open. The price is really a bargain.’ ‘Hey why don’t we start it from Sydney then go to Melbourne, so we fly back from Melbourne?’ That’s something myself and Yudhi talked about in April 2012. Yes, it was a long time ago. Even Yudhi … Continue reading →