Day 10 - Convents, Mental Institutions, Condoms & Midgets???!!!

On this nice spring morning (winter has officially ended), we went to Abbotsford Convent for breakfast....err.....brunch la coz we woke up late. This place was a Convent and now it's turned into a bakery, deli, art space, gardens and lepak place.....quite nice and relaxing.

the bakery

a unique way to have bacon & eggs...on a pizza!! DAMM NICE!!

soooooo cheap!! (not converting it to RM)

satisfied after having her usual morning latte

the really old skool oven in the kitchen, supposedly it's over 100 years old??

Then it was time to berposing posing around the gardens, found this really Harry Potter-ish old tree and found some nice-ish light.....

Wandered around the grounds somemore and found this really old gas pump......

nice textures

Carlton Draught.....

The Convent buildings are really old and nice.....so much character to it.....

yea....that's right!! keep clear of this one......if you make her angry!!

us.....

i don't know how kids these days can camwhore with an SLR, my arms were trembling.....either i need to muscle up my arms (and find my missing neck) or get a lighter SLR or just quit trying to be a a kiddie camwhore

Then it was off again to the city to meet up with the rest at the Melbourne Museum for some photos.....

the bumblebee tram

Carlton Garden fountain....

lazing in the garden while waiting for the J&F

After that, GiaMin brought us to a back lane.....to a mental institution turned bar....the Croft Institute.....however it was closed....this is going to be the 1st of many visits to this back lane today.

one would never ever think of venturing into back lanes like this in Malaysia

follow the arrows if you are in need of help

is this space invaders or pac man?

So, since Croft Institute was closed we made our way to another back lane for afternoon beeeeeeeeeeeeer.......Saint Jerome's was the place to be.

the place is in a small place in between buildings

Coopers again!!

afternoon beer outdoors.....

look at what we found just next to our table......look very closely

a used Condom!! either it's a prop for the bar or someone from the building dropped it after he had done the deed!!

check out the sign on the black board

St Jeromes

love melbourne's hidden secrets

then it was time for dinner with J&J at an Irish Pub. Damm cheap, a T-Bone Steak and a pint of Guiness for AUD$20!!! Don't convert it to RM!! Where can you get that in M'sia??? A pint of Guiness in Finnigan's is already close to RM30!!! Makes you want to shift out of Malaysia!!

my beloved Brader in law and his wifey.....

After a satisfying dinner of T-Bone Steaks, Chicken Parma and Bangers & Mash, we....or I needed something sweet.....so we walked in search of dessert. In Melbourne, u walk, walk, walk and walk summore.....

scooby and gang was nowhere to be seen

if you crave for Chinese food (why would you want to eat Chinese food in Australia??) this supposedly is the place to go to

No standing.....

our dessert place.....the Pancake Parlour!!

And what do you have in Pancake Parlour??? Pancakes of coz (D U H ? ?! !)
Strawberries and Blueberries...or is it purple berries, or raspberries??

my brader in law and his iPhone 3G, so jealous.....should have just stolen it from him while he wasn't looking!!

Found some midgets outside of Pancake Parlour!!

After that, since the night was still young, we thought of getting more beers to wash down the sweet dessert....so off we went to the Croft Institute...we actually went there before dinner but it was still closed. So this was going to be out 3rd time going into this alley.

This time, the place was open BUT....they had a theme night going on and there was going to be a cover charge.....so me being kiam siap.....never go in la....how can?? pay AUD$10 and you don't even get a beer??!!

dissapointed coz no beer!!

Was supposed to go to King's Street for Exotic Dancers but.....boh lui liao.....cannot stuff money into ..... you get what i mean. So we balik rumah la....tired after all that walking today. Will continue summore soon-ish.......(maybe tomorrow??)

Melbourne Day....9.....is it??

Thousands of pictures later all around Melbourne..... lost count of days that we had been in Melbourne already....we headed to Brighton Beach on Day 9....i think, for some shots of the colorful Beach Huts there.....weather was just nice, sun was shining, cool breeze in the air.....just nice!!

the colorful Beach Huts

the next Kui photographer in the making, shoot upside down through the legs summore!!

we finally managed to get a picture together

Group Picture No.1..... test shot

Group Picture No.2.....not too bad eh?!?!

So, after we wrapped up the shoot at the beach, we proceeded for some Fish & Chips!! i thought Fish & Chips were England's signature food, but here in Melbourne, you can find it just like how you can find a 7-11 in every neighbourhood.

Wendy, the documentarian, doing what she does best, documenting EVERYTHING!
looking hot in that red hot jacket at that!!

Finally, a feast of fried stuff!! Got fried fish, fried potatoes, fried shrimp which had texture like fish b'coz it was damm fresh, fried dim sim (australian dim sum) and mountains of fries!!

yummers!!

apparently we did a usual australian thing when the sun shines, sit on the grass and picnic.....but we malaysians do it alllllll the time.....we can just stop by the PLUS highway and picnic.....sit at a corner of a busy corridor on a shopping complex and picnic.....anywhere also can la....

when i say mountain of fries, it really is mountain of fries. I am ashamed of myself, being a fries lover, i had to surrender in defeat....i couldn't eat anymore!! HOW SHOCKING!!

After our feast of fries stuff, we headed to the city and what better way to wash down all the fried stuff........BEER la!! We went to this bar.....damm nice. It's actually an outdoor car park lot, with a container for the bar, a DJ tucked next to the container, and cartons for seats!! DAMM GHETTO and i must say, it was my favourite place in Melbourne!! And with ice cold Coopers ale.....ahhhhh....what an afternoon.

managed to find a bright colorful graffitied wall to shoot on the way to the bar

Section 8, the container bar

it really is a container

the parking lot turned bar

see, really, the container is a bar

the crates are the tables and chairs

Cooperssss.......damm miss the super cold beerrr....

got double happiness symbol summore to chink up the place a little

me and G I A....with cooper....

what a way to spend an afternoon......drink beer, smoke cigars.......

Section 8

us, after a couple of beers

We then went to have dinner with my cousin Tricia and her husband Peter.....nice meal in one of the restaurants in the alley....you just gotta love the Melbourne alleys....

that's all for today.....back to sorting out the 35GB worth of photos!!