Victoria Day 7 - Last Day in Melbourne

Assalamualaikum. G'Day Mate!

Ok sambungan dari previous entry 

1 Aug 2015

Melbourne City

Dari enjin tut tut, kami balik pi city. Mau kena return kereta sewa di Apex office. Kalau after-hour drop-offs; kenalah kami naik teksi pi city centre. Sebab free shuttle bus to city centre / airport available masa office hour jak.

And ditakdirkan Allah, on the way drop kereta tu...kami accident. Masalah problem betul si Err sama traffic light di Melbourne. Akibat 'salah faham' konsep red light works for this & that lane...aku stopped at this one junction BECAUSE I saw the light turned red. Suddenly, bang!! Kuat gila hoii bunyi! Ms G who was behind me, terhantuk seat driver. Ms H co-pilot, terdorong pi depan. Whilst me as the driver? Terdorong pi depan juga; tapi mujur Allah jaga *alhamdulillah* & my head didn't hit the stereng. 

Few seconds after being hit, semua macam blur lagi. Tengok cermin & tanya keadaan Ms G at the back. After making sure, all us three ok aku pun keluar. Told them to not worries (walhal sendiri masih shivering) as our rental agreement covered collision damage waiver. Apa-apa damage sama kereta, kami ndak payah ganti. Lurus juga pemikiran aku masa ni. Luckily ikut suggestion si John untuk include damage waiver.

Keluar jak kereta, terus nampak driver kereta yang langgar kami dari belakang tu. A lady driver, and she drove a jeep. Yang siap ada bumper besi penyondol di depan. God! Dalam hati aku, memang sudah imagine keranapan bumper belakang si Accent ni. Upon seeing me, first thing she uttered or was it more to yelling siap both tangan 'berlingkaran' as to emphasized her big WHY

"Why did you stop? You're not supposed to stop here. That red light is not for us"

Bertambah blur. Aku, Ms H & Ms G looked at each other. Kelip-kelip mata. Suddenly kawan lady driver tu keluar dari kereta. Terus dia tanya kami ok ka tidak (ini baru betul wei). He looked at his friend & said

"Obviously they aren't familiar about the laws here."

After making sure no one is injure (most important), and no damage to the car, laju dia suruh kawan dia masuk kereta & off they went. He probably knows better. Kalau bawa pi balai; memang diorang salah sebab yang langgar tu diorang. And jarak kereta sure jadi pertikaian juga. How close were they to our car in front sampai boleh berlanggar bagai. Gitulah hipotesis si Err. 

Yang buat kami semua 'wow' (in fact, sampai sekarang masih bersyukur+kagum), kereta sewa kami tiada damage! NOT even a single scratch! Plat pun utuh melekat. Kalau ikut bunyi & affect hentakan (sakit leher oii masing-masing lepas tu) memang kuat juga. Allahu akbar, betul-betul Dia jaga. Sobs. 

Any info about Apex Rental, boleh refer blog si John (nampak kan berkampung lama di blog beliau + korek info). Moga Allah balas yang baik-baik kat kau.

Ndak lama kami di jalan, takut ganggu traffic pula kan. Drama perlu berhenti bersesuaian masa. Tetiber! So kami gerak pi tempat drop-offs. Sebelum tu singgah refuel lagi sebab full-to-full tank agreement. Masa returned kereta, staff Apex inspect kereta. Final check. Masa tu memang kami ndak risau apa sebab tiada sign pun si Accent tu baru kena hentam. Kalau ada luka sikit haruslah jujur kami inform tapi ni memang tiada calar-dan-balar langsung. Alhamdulillah staff tu sign form return, and we're good to go. Shuttle bus pun menanti sudah di luar, laju kami melompat masuk sebelum any bonus inquiry ke udara. Ngeh~~

The driver dropped us somewhere in the city centre (I totally forgot where it was). And we took the tram to Spring Street; famous as the traditional street of the Government of Victoria. 

#1 Easy sebenarnya mau navigate guna tram ni as each station ada map 

#2 The Old Treasury building; one of the notable Victorian architecture on this street

#3 Old school tram still run here in Melbourne

#4 Muka penat don't care...dari seawal Subuh sudah start mengukur jalan

We didn't get to explore more that evening as everyone was already too tired to walk around. Banyak lagi notable buildings along Spring Street ni tapi tulah, cuma mampu kami nampak few. Temperature dropped wasn't helping as well. Gigil masing-masing, belum campur perut berkonsert lagi. Ada lah berjalan few kilometres juga before we called it a quit. Marilah kembali ke South Cross station (Lord of Fries sudah memanggil; rupanya!).

#5 Tiga dara jelita (belum mandi seharian tabahlah). Our first tram ride in Melbourne

Sampai South Cross station, laju lah masing-masing menapak pi area Etihad Stadium where the Lord of Fries food truck is located. Kebulur katanye.

Tapi sebab sudah alang-alang sampai, wandered around jugalah sebelum kami rest untuk makan. Besar area SC ni, rasanya sejam kami di sana pun belum sampai half dapat kami covered. 

#6 Long distance train platform

#7 Terus cakap sama Ms H, best juga ni kalau kita buat rail trip pi Sydney or Adelaide. Gitulah berangan tiada sempadan, free jak kan

#8 It was Etihad Stadium (named by rights sponsorship) until 2018. Now it is known as Marvel Stadium; obviously Walt Disney sponsored lah kan siap ada Marvel retail store dalam ni sekarang

#9 Pencukup syarat posing depan stadium

#10 Ada game masa kami sampai ni. Ntah lah football or rugby tapi orang al-ramai area entrance (picture above taken from the not so busy side of the stadium)

#11 Walked to the Harbour Esplanade where we could see one of the many bridges in Melbourne. This is Bolte Bridge. Anganlah boleh nampak Webb Bridge from here, but it was too far. Next time, perhaps? (amin, amin)

#12 La Trobe street from where we stood

#13 Sebab ada games hence banyaklah merchandise truck along the way from South Cross to the stadium area

#14 Yang menjadi sebutan every Malaysian friends who have been to Australia. Konsep asal cuba, so kami order 1 large portion of the classic fries

#15 Our customary lepak-place bila pi bercoti; jadi ado-ado katanye

#16 Kecilnya bumi Melbourne terjumpa ex-unimate di sana

#17 Our verdict; bolehlah. Fries tu still crispy, ndak lemau sebab diorang praktis konsep 'cooked to order'

Lepak lebih kurang, then it's time to depart for the airport. Flight tengah malam, memang boleh lenggang kangkung tapi risau lah kalau ada emergency ka apa. At least sampai airport awal, lega sudah sikit. 

#18 Time to take out anak-anak gajah

#19 We took the SkyBus to reach the airport. Ticket sudah beli masa 1st day sampai haritu

Sampai airport, terus cari port untuk melepak. Tunaikan tanggungjawab, masa sudah time untuk makan (lagi). Dinner lah kan, sebab tadi tu di Southern Cross cumalah menu minum petang terlewatkan. Menu dinner memang meriah. Nasi goreng se-Tupperware penuh + complimentary susu kotak yang Ms H kutip at each accommodations we stayed. Alhamdulillah kenyang melantun. 

Ndak lama lepas makan, kami joined queue untuk drop luggage. Sekali check-in lah kiranya. Si Err beli pillow neck di boarding hall, tapi lepas sampai Malaysia ntah di mana keberadaan pillow tu. Sampai sekarang memang tiada trace; ndak dapat recall langsung mana aku misplaced. 4 tahun sudah berlalu Bie, redha sila. 

#21 Tukar tudung si Err terus, senang bersilat dalam flight. Tudung lilit ni nanti takut terbelit...gitu gigih explain

Alhamdulillah, touch down KLIA2 the next morning. Pastu minta jasa baik husband Ms H hantar kami pi rumah Ms C (another Jemah who didn't get to joined us for this trip). Masa ni masih Syawal so tumpang 'bersiram + beradu' di rumah Ms C sambil berhari raya. 

Maka dengan berakhirnya entry ni, tamatlah sudah cerita Birthday Trip to Down Under si Err! Hooray!!! Finally, completed. Ambil masa 4 tahun juga, sudah 4x birthday berlalu. Sobs gila. Lepas ni insha Allah update pasal accommodation pula. 

Till then, wassalam.

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