We went to a Garden Maze and what possessed us to do that? I put it down to too much french fries that looks more like giant salamander of complex carbs from cholesterol hell!!!! So we left the comfort of our air-conditioned apartments to venture into the searing sun looking at flowers and being part of a buffet for Australian flies. Notice I didn't say normal flies but this is Australia. Things are weird below the equator. They can't decide if they are a country, a continent or an island. So they took all three. Australian flies are capable of lifting small sewage rats.
It was a time for my super paranoid and protective wife to whip out the sun block and proceeded to cover each of us with one tube each, so that we looked like confused sun-burnt mimes or really comatose clowns. All said and done, the maze was actually quite (warning lame joke ahead) a-maze-ing.
They had a snake and ladder garden (which Mandy won!), some IQ stuff that of course we breezed through and lots of different mazes. It was a very unique experience. Thankfully the sun didn't turn out that hot for the day.
We visited a strawberry farm and were supposed to pay money to pick strawberries. It was a huge farm and we had to wear plastic bags over our shoes else it gets soiled. We also had to battle with a hole bunch of other Asians who obviously have a sickness to do whatever the tour guide tells them or just haven't gotten dirty on strawberries before. We have and we took one look at the crazed crowd and came to a realization that....we have strawberries back home! The place was overpriced so we drove along the coast of Mornington Peninsula, looking for lunch. Somewhere along the coast there was a lighthouse which we hoped to go in. It was however, closed. But that will not deter a good Asian tourist. Picture time!!!
So we decided to look for lunch. We traveled along the Mornington Peninsula looking for a good restaurant for lunch. Here is where I miss home terribly. Everything in outskirts Australia closes after lunch and when you find one that is open, the food is bland. Still like all good tourist, we took pics of our fish and chips. There wasn't anything else available and the mothers didn't want to eat fast food. I guess fish and chips were gourmet food.
So ends our day. Before we headed back to the apartment, we stopped by Harbour Town which was near Flinders Park (where the famous Rod Laver tennis stadium is....they play the Australian Open here). It was a factory outlet and we bought some stuff and saw Australian bigotry in action. It was getting late and when we walked into a toy store, it was 15mins to closing. An Australian family walked in and everybody smiled but when an Indian couple walked in, there were heavy sighs, no one wanted to serve them and the moment they walked out, they locked the door. Well I guess they have it in every country. We would have called it government service.
So here are some of the most a-maze-ing mazes that is designed to thrill and a-maze you. Get ready to be a-maze-d!
1 comment:
Does Mike know you put up that pic of his mother slathering his face with sunblock? LOL! Speaking of pics, there are doubles of some of them, like the one of Brian ber-posing in the maze... I guess you liked them that much, huh? ;P
Oh ya, and I thot u were gonna mention the part about the cashier condescendingly asking Sean if his mummy had the money to pay for his train at the toy shop!!!! Or was that too racist to mention?
KSY, again
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