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So we're into the sixth version of my blog after the last version hung around for a year or so.

Now, a bit of info on this image. This photo was taken one lovely spring afternoon, featuring the iconic Old Well from the UNC Chapel Hill campus. I would like to think of this image as a tribute to my time in UNC Chapel Hill, the awesome friends I made and the memories I now hold dear.

A milestone in my life indeed.

I've dropped the tagboard cos its useless and taking eons to load. But thanks to Angela who helped me set it up, I still do like and will miss the pink interface.

So yeah, it's the sixth one you fellas!

Yours.

27 April 2008

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Monday, December 06, 2004

Day 3 was a revisitation of geography, but we started off the day travelling to a small-time wildlife zoo. Small enclosures of animals, nothing much to see. But what was nice there was the field of free roaming kangaroos.

All of the kangaroos were lying down by their sides, seriously, none of them were up jumping about like those we see on tv. All lethargic kangas. Too used to captivity i reckon. Free roaming kangaroos in captivity, now thats an oxymoron.

Guess the kangeroos have taken on the Aussie slacker attitude! Bubz's gonna kill me again.

Just a road sign, well i thought names like Pleasant St only appeared in Hollywood shows. Pleasantville? Stars Hollow? Get the drift?

And this, remember the last post where i showed you fields and fields of nothingness? This is fields and fields version 2.0, dotted with sheeps. Such a pastoral sight.

Not long after, we arrived at Grampians National Park and stopped by Halls Gap for lunch.

Halls Gap's a small town like many other Aussie towns we've visited. Across the road from the town would be the majestic mountains that make up the Grampians. Imagining dining out in the field, looking at the mountains! I had a huge beef burger with lots of chips.

Up the winding mountain tracks, we arrived at Reid's Lookout point, overlooking the valleys and Halls Gap below. The main geographical highlight of that area would be their rock formations that has came to be after the million of years of weathering.

Above left, that rock formation sure looks familiar, keeps appearing in the geography notes, but i forgot what its called already. And the picture on the right, locals call it the Jaws of Death, doesn't take much to understand why.

In the late afternoon, we visited MacKenzie's Falls where we had to traverse steep steps to get to the bottom of the falls. The picture on the above right shows the view from the top of the falls, and if you expand the pic, you would see the steps we had to climb down.

But the climb was worth it nonetheless. Try to spot the rainbow at the bottom of the falls in the pic above. It looks faint here but it was very bright and clear there and then.

We departed Grampians National Park at about 4pm, stopped by town Ararat for dinner at around 5ish. We only reached back at St Kilda's at 10pm.

That day alone, we had covered over 600km on the roads.

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Day 4 would see us exploring Acland St, which is a lovely street bustling with cafes and shops. And its just a 5 min walk from Jess place. We would cook our own dinner and spend the night at the renowned Crown Entertainment Complex.

nimgnoy let the night fall at 1:42 PM

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