Granny is standing on the bridge, which will bring us across the Yarra River, to Flinders Station, after passing the undergrd at Flinders, we will be in the business and shopping district area. Crown is ideally located outside the central, yet within walking distance, so we get to enjoy shopping in the day and the tranquility of the river at night. :)
(Pardon the color of the pics, i was testing out my new hp camera :P)
Granny was standing on the new bridge over the river. In the background, it is the curved bridge, which we used to take when the new bridge was not ready. Both bring us across the Yarra, but the old one (curved) is harder to walk, coz its not flat ground there. From Crown to here, to the shopping area, we need to walk abt 1km, so we walk 2km to and fro everyday, minus the shopping distance. So its good exercise! :)
More pics along the bridge:
They call this place the South Bank of Yarra, which is a dining and exclusive shopping area. Along the path, trees are planted and high skyscrapers lined the place.
The partial skyline along Yarra, one of the buildings belong to Price Waterhouse Coopers, which my HRM tutor mentioned before. I was impressed.
The shopping street, which houses Myers, David Jones, Sportsgirl, Jeans West, Mango, Fila, Sussan, Katies, Accessorize etc. Most of them are home grown brands, not found in Sg so i had a fabulous time shopping there. Two streets down this street, brings us to Melbourne Central and QV Shopping District, which i forgot to take any pics coz i was busy shopping and trying on clothes :P
On Thurs (11th May), we decided to go to Queen Victoria Market to buy dried fruits and cheap stuff. There are many sheds (lanes) in QV Market, and they are divided into sections: veggies and fruits, meat, confectionery, clothes and accessories etc. We had a wild time there and i added more accessories to my collection at home (got pics later on my goods *winkz*).
Granny was at one of the sheds, and its a long stretch of shopping. They sell local made products, such as tshirts, accessories, creams (lanolin), essential oils, belts, shoes etc. Very authentic and Aussie. I bought quite a bit there, but my ultimate aim was the drued apricots and peaches for all my aunts. :P
Granny passed by the veggie section and saw ppl carrying bunches of celerys, cabbages etc and they were fresh and cheap! She was controlling herself not to buy and carry home, but in the end, she gave in and bought SIX eggplants from the market. Very cheap! A$4 for 2kg! (Conversion: A$1= S$1.20). Very cheap if u compared to SG and u dun get Aussie eggplants from SG easily, they are different from local eggplants. When we returned to hotel, i asked to photograph her eggplants and she gamely arranged them on the coffee table for me:
Through 5 days of shopping, I must thank Granny for patiently waiting for me. She will sit down and look after my shopping bags and coat, while i continued to make my way thru the endless shops and buy more more more things! Sometimes she will sit there for an hour to guard my barang barang, while i indulged myself. She would tell me to buy wat i like and not to worry, as she got cash with her! Love ya, Ar Nai! :)
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