After having a looong camwhoring session at Mt.Martha in the previous post, it started to drizzle so we headed back to the car and our journey continues. Not long after, we arrived at Rosebud and decided to stop for a Fish n Chips lunch. After lunch, as we were heading towards Sorrento, again, we decided to stop at some random beach to kill time! This time, its Rosebud Foreshore (I assumed that's the name of the beach as it was written on 1 of the signs).

Another beautiful calm beach, it was really low tide so we decided to walk out to the little dried spots.

waters were freezing cold tho! We were training for our swim with the Dolphins and Seals later in Sorrento. lol!

Just right before heading to Sorrento, we stopped by Peninsula Hot Springs to check the place out. Wanted to go for a dip but decided to wait till after the swim (to warm our bodies and relax).

A very nice and serene place. Very popular, thus very crowded! We took a little tour of our own, checking out how it looks like inside. Photo taking is prohibited so, sorry, not pictures of the hot pools...

There's even a little picnic area.

Yong decides to do the 'she loves me, she loves me not'.

For prices and further information, click on 'Peninsula Hot Springs' above. 

A little tip, it's cheaper after 7pm. It opens until 10pm so lots of time to dip and relax.

One last extra detour before Sorrento, Bridgewaters Bay (just follow the route to Koreen Lookout Point on the map).

awesome view, no?

It was really windy, Niak decided to do a Mary Poppins pose...

And now for the Highlight of the day, Moonrakers Dolphin and Seal Swim :D

The waters were seriously cold! And the wetsuits weren't much help either!

I've been swimming with dolphins before in NZ, and that was 1 disappointing trip! I didn't get to see no dolphins! But this time, I was much satisfied! :D

I got to see 11-13 dolphins!!! (well, they probably were the same dolphins, I don't know) I count by the total number of dolphins I saw tru my 3 swims.

And Seals too.. As you can see in the picture, it's a whole hut filled with sluggish, lazy-ass seals. 

After the swim, we backtracked to the Hot Springs and warmed ourselves up. It was sooooooooo good!

A stop you have to make when you're around that area!!

On Saturday, I spent my day driving along Morington Peninsula coastal roads from Frankston all the way to Sorrento. Amongst me were Mr.Navigator, Brother Yong, Regina and Niak. We started out at about 9am and off we go for an awesome day trip!!!

1st stop of the day, Mount Martha South Beach!

I finally get to see these pretty colourful huts! Been seeing them around on brochures and poster and artworks but never with my own 2 eyes. Now I can say, I've seen it, been there, done that. These colourful huts all along Morington beaches are very common in Morington Peninsula and is pretty popular here. So when we parked and went for a stroll along the beach, we couldn't stop ourselves from a camwhore session!

Mr. Navigator who was in charge of the GPS and giving me directions as usual.

With BrotherYong and Regina

Some semi-group pictures.

Decided to do a Bollywood style picture.

And how can we not have jump shots when we're at a Beach right?!

And of coz, lastly, at least a real group picture! Well in this case, pictureS..

*Photos credits to Mr.Navigator

This is just Part 1 of our day trip, will update soon when I get more pictures. Watch this space :)

Last Friday, I went for the Disney: Dreams Come True exhibition in ACMI together with Maekhoo and Paul.

I was pretty excited as I'm a pretty big Disney Fairy Tales fan.

Got our tickets and in we go. 

These are the only pictures we took from the outside, we weren't allowed to snap on the inside which was sad, because I had so many interesting pictures and artworks to show but oh well...

Walter Elias Disney born on the 15th of December 1901 passed 1966.

Inside, they showcased almost all of Walter Disney's famous productions as well as a little of his history. For those of you who grew up watching all the Disney Fairy Tales, do you remember which fairy tale was produced 1st?

Its none other than the fairest princess of them all. Yeap, it's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ( Dec 21, 1937)

Then came Cinderella - 15 Feb 1950

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

The Little Mermaid (1989) - the year I was born :)

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

The Princess and the Frog (2009)

Tangled aka Rapunzel (2010)

Amongst these princess production, my favourite was and still is Beauty and the Beast! Don't you think she's also the prettiest princess among all??? The 1 I dislike the most is The Princess and the Frog, I just find the story sooo boring... On the other hand, it was sad to see that Aladdin wasn't included in this exhibition. Doesn't Princess Jasmine deserves to be there :(

Other than these princesses, there were little write ups about Bambi (13th Aug 1942) - My birthday! How cool's that?! , Alice in wonderland (28 Jul 1951) and Peter Pan (5 Feb 1953) - Another favourite Disney cartoon of mine! 

I'm sure you guys must be wondering where's that famous mouse that Disney most famous for...

On the 18th of November 1982, Mickey Mouse made his screen debut in Steamboat Willie (the old black and white mickey cartoon with mickey steering a boat), the world's 1st fully synchronized sound cartoon at the colony theatre in New York. Mickey was designed and created by Walt and UB Iwerks.

There's 1 more cartoon that I wanna share. Remember the Ugly Duckling? Ugly Duckling started off as a black and white cartoon. In 1939, they came out with a technicolor version of Ugly Duckling. What I want to share about this cartoon because its a little different from other cartoons we normally watch, it uses gentle humor. Instead of hearing voices and words, conversations are conveyed by facial expression, and body language through squawking sounds of the ducks. 

Overall, I enjoyed myself reading about these productions and the history of Walter Disney. Also had a lot of itchy moments where I feel like just secretly snap some of the pictures hung on the walls. Was a little disappointed that Aladdin and Lion King wasn't included in the exhibition.

Ok, this is 1 very delayed post.

2 weekends ago, during Labours Day long weekend, Melbourne held their annual Moomba Festival further down Federation Square, bringing Melbournians together to celebrate and share the vibrancy and spirit of their much loved city. 

Since I'm in Melbourne, I thought I'd join in the fun as well :)

Moomba was held for 4 days, with fireworks every night except the day I think.

On Friday, before heading down to Frankston, I followed Maekhoo, Paul, Aaron and Cheng Hung to experience our 1st Moomba fest to add into our Melbourne experiences.

It was a bright and sunny day as you can see in the picture below, so I thought I'll appreciate this chance of wearing a short skirt instead of my usual long jeans before winter arrives! Besides, it's too hot for jeans that day anyway.

The pictures below are some of what Moomba Festival has to offer.

Skyflyer

Ferris Wheel

Sea Circus, I'm not really sure what this is, but there was sure a lot of people in the queue!

Spongebob fans would go crazy over this booth!

They have mini rides and those mini games that you'd usually find in funfairs. They're all pay as you go and prizes are all soft toys. :D

Lets not forget supplies for kids but I saw more youngsters lining up than parents...

On the 1st day we were there, we went too early and the celebration hasn't started yet, so we thought we'd take a nice stroll down, scanning what games are there and listing down which booths to visit once it's open.

Other than games they also had some performance like in the picture above - some wake-boarding performance. I should really try this one day!

And of coz some art booths like this tattoo booth.

Then on Sunday at 12pm, they had the Birdman Rally. I've always only watched this on tv, finally I got to watch this live! :) It was pretty hilarious.

I didn't stay till night time, so I missed all the pretty fireworks. I also missed their parade on the last day because I'm too far away from the city and was too lazy to travel.