墨尔本独自出走记：第四章

今天早早就退房，排第一个买参观墨尔本旧大牢的门票，还多付了五元导览费。由于我上不去二、三楼层，导览对我而言有一半是废的。参观完大牢还有体验被关在旧监狱和参与一起有争议性的法院审讯。

接下来还有大半个下午可以耗，就决定顺道进去当地的州立图书馆。它是一个维多利亚式的巨型建筑，里面古藏书众多，不过都放在玻璃柜子展示。我很喜欢这里，而我相信妳这书虫也会喜欢。

终于吃到了当地的汉堡，提前当晚餐。Mr Burger真的不错吃，比起我们在新加坡吃的好太多了。有一位女服务员还长得比妳美。

现在搭上了夜班的火车到悉尼去了。我独自出走的游记也写到这里告一个段落。车长把车厢内的灯给熄了，火车也摇晃的很，很难继续写下去。

我也是时候暂时把妳给放下，试着用平常心对待妳。毕竟我必须吸取之前的教训，不能再犯以前的过错。我现在一定要「以退为进」的爱妳。

【前往悉尼的火车上】

墨尔本独自出走记：第三章

今早宿舍的管理员跑来跟我说我住的楼层的电梯坏了，因此他们会把我搬到另一个有别架电梯的楼层。虽然为了等他们把房间准备好浪费了些许时间，打乱了我原本计划的行程，但免费得到独立的房间还是值得高兴。

中午去了那家南京馆子吃吃看。我选了个双人座位，幻想着妳就在我对面。我放假的前几天妳都不和我一起吃午餐。妳是不是有意疏远我？

我点了一份鸭血粉丝汤和一粒茶叶蛋。我还不太知道妳喜欢吃什么。若不合妳意，隔壁有间西安小吃店。

之后我在墨尔本博物馆度过了一整个下午。很可惜没能把所有展览品看完。要不是早上的耽搁，半天的时间应该是足够的。不过我还是留了一点时间买了一个小小的纪念品。原本想要买个小首饰可是那样就会犯下追求妳的大忌。我必须以退为进……

在博物馆附近的公园碰到有人在举行户外婚礼。那是个小小却很温馨的婚礼。我喜欢，觉得婚礼就应该是这样温馨甜蜜的。我能知道妳心目中的婚礼是怎样的吗？

墨尔本独自出走记：第二章

凌晨两点钟，我在一个有名的酒吧一边喝着啤酒一边看着足球赛。啤酒还不错喝，球赛嘛，虽赢了但球员真的有待加强。间中有人好像是喝多了起冲突，所幸没大打出手。看完球赛，独自一个人走在清晨四点的陌生街道，心情是很多元的。我一会儿享受着都市的宁静和美丽的夜景，一会儿又感觉孤单寂寞。寂寞时就会想起妳，而妳会想我吗？

看着地图回宿舍还会拐错弯，多走了路……

睡到下午自然醒。决定到墨尔本唐人街逛逛，顺便解决肚子的饿。唐人街的周围当然有很多中餐馆。除了有港式茶楼点心煮炒，也有南京、西安面食及特色佳肴，一定有合妳那重庆口味的。

不过我最后选了一家无意中碰到的印尼餐馆，想说试看看它的菜色够不够道地。虽然的确是印尼人卖的，但味道也只是还可以。

接着赶去一场足球赛，要来感受现场的震撼。五点钟的球赛我四点半才从一群球迷那儿知道场地更换到了郊区的一个体育场。搭地铁赶到那，发现售票处排了长长的人龙。所幸有一帮当地的球迷协助，让我能一起在半个小时内买的票进场。这里的人真的很热情及乐于助人，只是其中一个球赛还没踢完就喝醉了。

在之前的下午，我经过了一座小教堂，听见里面在做礼拜弥撒。我不是基督徒，但教堂就让我想起了婚礼。可能是年纪大了，最近一直有想结婚成家的事。不知道未来可不可能和妳说出：「我愿娶妳为妻，一生爱护妳，至死不渝……」

择偶条件

• 心思独特
• 聪明伶俐
• 温文尔雅

妳都有！

墨尔本独自出走记：第一章

飞机延迟起飞，因此也延迟抵达。飞机并没有停靠在机场的搭客大厦，因此我就被升降机放到停机坪，转搭空服人员的巴士到机场通关。这是我第一次那么靠近看Boeing 777的“肚子”。

今天的天气是这个星期最冷的一天。可能是上天知道我会在找要下榻的宿舍时迷路，才把太阳收起。虽然说是阴凉天，13°C的凉风打在脸上还是很冷。

来回酒店/宿舍的路都有斜坡，而且斜度不小，上坡非常耗力。此时，我的眼前就会出现妳的影子，站在斜坡顶上回眸一笑，仿佛是要我追上妳。我就这样一步一步的追逐着，才能到达目的地。

独自旅行的好处就是：除了赶飞机追火车，妳可以把一切放慢，可以永远不知道下一个景点是什么，走到哪就看到哪。不过再美的景点，没有妳在身边就少了一份秀丽。我只能幻想我的照相机的镜头前有妳当模特儿，捕捉妳的笑容风采……

墨尔本独自出走记：序幕

继上一次独自旅游已经有五年了。和那次花两个星期游遍瑞士比起来，这次去墨尔本短了许多。年纪大了，怕体力不支……

这次再一次独自出走的原因也不同。那次是因为工作倦怠，而这次是感情烦恼，让我的思绪混乱。

明明知道暗恋的痛苦，也告诉过自己不再犯，但妳的出现还是让我心动了。妳的温文尔雅和那节俭朴实的性格深深地被爱上。

即使每个工作天都看得到妳，也一起吃午餐，下班周末时满脑子都是妳的影子。努力地要专心工作却完全挥不去妳那可爱的模样。

上天捉弄人，高富帅我一样条件都没有，我拿什么来追求妳。况且妳也已经有男朋友了。（好像是未婚夫了？）我只求老天爷能让我在妳的心里留下一丝丝回忆与思念。

因此这次的出走，希望能好好地整理我的情绪，重新面对妳……

Sydney, Australia --> Singapore

Touched down at the Changi Airport at 1:15pm. Home sweet home! I wished to thank my aunts here for their sponsoring of my share of the trip. They also paid for the expenses we all incurred during the trip. Thank you very much! Once again, some of the photos of our trip are located here.

Sydney, Australia

This day would be our last day here. We were scheduled to fly back to Singapore in the evening. After checking out of the hotel, we spent the earlier half of the day at the Australia National Maritime Museum. For the later half, my aunts made a final assualt at the supermarket Woolsworth while my cousin and I lingered in Kinokuniya.

When we were preparing ourselves to check-in at the airport, we were informed that our flight was canceled due to a technical fault. How amazing! Now we got to stay in Sydney for another night just like that. Qantas was also wonderful to place us in a very nice hotel near the airport so we could catch the same flight early morning home.

Sydney, Australia

My brother and his girlfriend drove back to Canberra the previous day. Hence it's back to mono-rail, light-rail, and more walking for us. In the morning, we went back to Chinatown and got ourselves some bargains for family and friends back home at Paddy's Market. Then one of my aunts suggested we go to the outskirts of Sydney to a residential area called the Glebe. The place hadn't much to see though we got to see the houses people there lived in. We left shortly after having lunch. For the rest of the afternoon, we were at the Sydney Aquarium and around Darling Harbour.

For photos of our trip, please click here.

Canberra --> Sydney, Australia

On the return trip back to Sydney, we travelled on the coastal road rather than using the freeway to head back directly. By driving along the coastline, we were able to pass through small towns such as Kiama. The view we got to see was fabulous. We stopped at a place called Batemans Bay, about 2hrs out of Canberra. Upon arrival, I was greeted with gifts by the seagulls and pelicans. They shitted on me! What luck. Anyway, Batemans Bay was a scenic place. After lunch, we drove for another 2.5hrs to reach Sydney.

Canberra, Australia

Today, my brother would attend his graduation ceremony in the morning at the Parliament House. He had been studying at the University of Canberra for a year and a half. The main purpose of this trip was to attend his graduation ceremony.

We spent the early part of the night at the Telstra Tower. It was one of Canberra's landmarks though the tower belonged to the telecommunication company Telstra. It was opened to the public for getting a view of the city.

It was the last night we were going to spend in Canberra so we purposely made a trip to the open grounds within my brother's university campus one last time in hope of spotting some kangaroos. We were hoping they would come out in the cool night air and sure enough, my cousin was not disappointed. There were a group of about 9 kangaroos hopping around the carparks and the open ground behind my brother's girlfriend's residence. Finally, my brother's claim on the abundance of kangaroos he got to see during his stay there was proven true. However, wild kangaroos weren't cute. In fact, they were sort of evil-looking, especially at night.

Canberra, Australia

My aunts did a bit more shopping in the morning and early afternoon. I wasn't into shopping much though I managed to pick up a couple of T-shirts. We were at the Australian War Memorial next, viewing the exhibits that reminded people of the atrocities of war. We were in time to catch the closing ceremony of the memorial for the day. For dinner, my brother brought us to the restaurant Hog's Breath and Goodberry's Ice Cream. Hog's Breath is one eating place that I highly recommend that any visitor to Canberra should go.

No kangaroos were spotted today and my little cousin, Joshua (9), was very disappointed. We guessed that they only come out at night.

Sydney --> Canberra, Australia

We took almost 3.5hrs to travel 400+km from Sydney to Canberra, passing through Wollongong where we had a pit-stop. Wollongong could be considered a small town with houses not more than three storeys tall. Too bad we weren't able to take photos of the place as we met with rain once again.

Canberra was still quite chilling despite it being summer. By the time we reached Canberra, it was late afternoon. My brother drove us up Mount Ainslie for a full view of the capital. It was simply beautiful. The city was really tranquil. Then it's off to a walkabout in the night near our motel.

Spotted: One wild kangaroo. Didn't see more today as the weather was considered too warm for the kangaroos to come down from higher grounds.

Sydney, Australia

There was one thing we discovered in Sydney that sort of messed up our senses and that was that the taxis there looked very much like police cars.

Trust me, this is a taxi...

Now this is a police car...

My brother drove all the way up from Canberra to meet us. With a car, we were able to visit the Opera House, The Rock's, and Star City Casino. However, we were unfamiliar with the roads and actually took a wrong turn while heading back to our hotel. We crossed the Harbour Bridge and almost got ourselves lost in northern Sydney. Thus we have a piece of advice (which a guy in our hotel gave us too but we didn't take) for tourists going to Sydney: never drive in the inner city. With its horrible layout of one-way streets and terrible traffic flows, walking was faster than driving at times.

More photos from our trip can be found here.

Sydney, Australia

We took the subway from the Central Station to Circular Quay to catch a glimpse of the Harbour Bridge before walking down Pitt Street to the Sydney Tower for a Sky Tour. From the tower we were able to have a panoramic view of the city.

Before testing out the monorail, we embarked on a walkabout in the uptown area. We took an extended route to the Town Hall by going down the Elizabeth Street besides Hyde Park before making a turn back to the center of the inner city. It was certainly one lo......ng walk. By the time we reached Chinatown after a walk from the monorail station, none of us wanted to go any further. However, there was still the issue of going back to the hotel. We decided to try a third mode of transport, the tram, to go back to the Central Station (not realising that the distance from where we were to the hotel was about the same as the distance between the station and hotel).

Travelling on the sidewalks and three modes of public transport was interesting but no small feat, considering I was in a wheelchair throughout the trip. But Sydney was really a handicapped-friendly city which allowed me great mobility to access the sights. I didn't encounter much difficulty. And by travelling the routes we desired at every turn of the roads enabled us to see more than we expected we could if following a guided tour.

Singapore --> Sydney, Australia

After around 7hrs of flying over 6485km, we reached Sydney at around 6pm. It was raining heavily and we encountered quite a hassle while being transported to our hotel. With all the shops closed and the unfamiliar surroundings in darkness, we dared not venture far from the hotel. The farthest we went was down the street to the only shop that was opened, 7-11. Oh well, the best thing to do was to sleep well for the next day.