My friend made the itenary for me.. i think should be ok liao
22/4 (Saturday)
Arriving Melbourne Airport around 9.00am. reach home around 10.30am. from Melbourne Airport to home is around 40mins drive.
Get ready to go out for lunch around 11 am.
Head to Mt Dandenong (Yarra Valley Range) around 40mins to 1 hour drive from home. We can either have pancake for lunch or special devanshire tea (scone with strawberry jam and cream). Devanshire tea is popular up in Mt Dandenong. They are many beautiful shops up there, but depends on the time we have.
After lunch, head to Puffing Billy steam train ride.
www.puffingbilly.com.au. The next train after lunch is 2.20pm, so we must make it at Belgrave before that time. Roughly one hour steam train ride and you would reach Lakeside at 3.25pm. I will pick you two up there. After that, we can take pics around Lakeside. They have some water activities on the lake.
For dinner, we may take buffet dinner in Cuckoo Restaurant up on Mt Dandenong. This is a German restaurant with singing and dancing entertainment. It will be good experience. Dinner per head is around $35.
23/4 (Sunday)
Church at 9am in the morning. Must leave home around 8.15am in the morning.
Church service finishes around 10.15am.
Head to Melbourne City for the day. We will catch train from either Box Hill or Genferrie Station. It will take around 20mins to get to the City. Train ticket price is $2.5/person. It is the special Sunday saver rate. Normal day will cost $9.70/person/day. With all our ticket, you may use it for train ride, tram and bus.
We can head to South Bank/South Gate/Crown Casino, take a cruise ride from South Bank to Williamstown. We can have fish and chips there for lunch. After that we can head to St.Kilda beach. If we still have time, we may head to Dockland for sunset. I have never seen sunset in Dockland, it is a harbour-newly developed area. We can walk around the Melbourne City, Bourke Street, Swanston Street, China Town
St Paul and St Andrew church for pictures
Dinner could be eaten somewhere in the City. Choices are yours, perhaps Vietnamese?
24/4 (Monday)
If weather permits, go for a morning walk around my area. You can see different houses, flowers, plants and experience the hilly walk. Make sure you bring thick clothes and good runners! If not, you may also bake cookies.
Yum cha at 12 noon.
Head to Philip Island for the afternoon. It is around 2 hours+ drive from home depending on the traffic. The penguins will come on shore around sunset time, ie, btn 5-6pm, I have to ring and ask. So we must get there before 5pm. We will reach home very late this night. But try not to stay too late there bcos the countryside road is dark at night without street night. It could be dangerous since we are not familiar with the road conditions.
25/4 (Tuesday)
Take a morning rest. Maybe you can bake cookies, or I can bring u to local supermarkets. We cant go to Queen Victoria Market cos today is public holiday and it is closed. I will try to investigate if I can bring you guys to the apple farm around my area. My parents have been there many yrs ago, not sure whether it is still accessible.
26/4 to 28/4 GOR (12Apostles)+Grampians 2N/3D trip.
29/4 (Saturday)
We may rent car and go to Sorrento/Queenscliff, Mornington Peninsular and if we have time Arthur Seat. OR
We may go to Morning Star Estate (MSE) for wine testing. This is around 1.5 hours drive from home. We can also head to Mornington Peninsular/Frankston.
30/4 (Sunday)
Church for my friend in the morning.
We may go to Queen Victoria Market. It is around 45mins drive from home. After that, we may go to Fitzroy Garden if you guys are interested.
1/5 (Monday)
you guys can explore Melbourne City on your own. Catch a bus with me in the morning if you can wake up early. If not, at your own time. Meet me for lunch and I can bring you to J Café Japanese restaurants for their special sushi burger meal. It is $10 with a big sushi burger, small bowl of udon and some side dishes. This dish can only be eaten during weekday lunch hour.