melbourne!

mama and papa went to melbourne for a holiday, it was fun. papa wanted to visit the casino every single night. so horrible...papa loves to gamble. but one good thing abt the casino is there's this restaurant called the greco's and they have many varieties of cheesecake. we tried the

recommended (by miss goh) marsbar cheesecake!

mama and papa visited the yarra valley wineries. love the trip!! expecially the tour at the chadon winery. at the wineries, the owners will usually plant red and white roses. red for the red grapes and white for white grapes. if the roses wither, its an indication that there are pests and will affect the grapes. at the chadon winery, we learnt how sparkling wine is made. it is really a very long process and we understand why and appreciate the high cost of the sparkling wine.

mama loves the steam train ride. its call the puffing billy. we could actually sit on the ledge of the window and hang our legs out when the train moves. so cool!

we also went to the great ocean road. it was a long day but the scenery is worth it! great and spectacular view. just that the tour guide cum driver that day was so boring.

mama wanted to go to the strawberry farm at mornington penisula to pluck strawberries. but

guess that the tour has not enough people and it got cancelled! so sad..but they went to the phillip island to look at the smallest penguins. they are so cute and penguins are community based animals. they do everything in a group. when they come home from the sea, they will wait for each other at the beach and move back together in groups.

the stars at the phillip island were amazing! they were so many stars, bright and shining. when mama looks at the stars, she started crying. she remembered that someone told her that baby yuxuan will be one of the shining stars in the sky...

the rest of the days and nights were spent shopping eating and casinoing!