Melbourne 2012 : The Preliminary

Persiapan kali ni adalah dalam kategori UNDER-PREPARED

Why ? 

- Hotel booking was only done 2,3 weeks before actual travel date and we have 5 hotels, yes FIVE to book. In the end we ended up with 2 motels, 1 townhouse, 1 motor inn and 1 backpacker. Memang best sbb anak-anak boleh experience mcm2 tajuk tempat tinggal especially backpacker walopon inche boipren sedikit wary on safety.

- Booked our car middle of Oct - we made the right choice. CAMRY. The only disappointment was the super bulky booster seat. I thought it would be a booster a la Graco yang ada seketul je kat bawah for her to sit on but we got yang mcm babyseat punya besar and reduced the space a bit, not to mention mudah terlungkup when the seat-belt off. 

- Itinerary was finalised on the travel day itself, but not the major one as we had already  decided on the major pit-stops earlier. CBD itinerary memang x buat until Friday morning, sib baik kerja opis dah siap so sempatla ku menggugel & belasah. Tapi in actual xde la follow sangat the sequence coz most of the CBD attractions dekat je even on foot. 

Di subuh hari nak bertolak, itinerary utk 3 hari kat town still x siap !!

- I didn't prepare the list of eating places, all based on my reading & bloghopping. I remembered names of restaurants but couldn't recall where the heck. Found out that 2 are along the same St as our motel. Tu pun sbb jalan kaki balik dari QVM huhu the rest we just have it on the go. Tapi food senang kacang jelah nak cari kat CBD, melambak.

- I only started packing on Wed night. 2 hari sebelum fly. Took out the luggage from storage and campak all the things that I need into 1 bakul. Pack small stuffs dalam zipper bag dulu - medication, toilettries and food. TIDO. Khamis malam sambung with baju and all tapi tak habis sebab penat giler. TERTIDO. SHOOOT. Terbangun pukul 4AM OMG OMG OMG sambung pack sbb aku still kerja 1/2 day pagi tu. Finished packing around 7am then terus gi opis !! Sampai rumah almost 2pm, zass zass itu ini kemas rumah *rumah musti tiptop bila pulang jalan2*. Pukul 5 gerak g airport. Gila, kalau travel dekat and just me & boipren oklah, ni nak pegi punyalah jauh dengan 3 kanak-kanak riang. Jangan dibuat lagi ye !! Baik boss !!

Apa2hal pun campak dulu baju & brg yg nak bawak dl bakul ni..thx bakul

Pemandangan pukul 6.30am, break jap..sakit pinggang + panic

By 7am : kesat peluh kat ketiak dahi. Am good to go..to work

- I forgot to print out our budget list which is the most important part of my travel kit, itinerary ada, packing list ada, waktu solat ada, sunset/sunrise time ada. Budget yg list all admission fees & how much cash to set aside for budgeting purposes aku bleh lupa. So, time nak belanja pakai cash ni dok congak2 la jugak based on apa yg aku boleh ingat, takut lari bajet sbb dah terpakai cashnya. Bila boipren tanya nak masuk tempat itu ini berapa tiket aku nganga *tp dlm aksi terkawal* dan terus selak brochure kot2 ada tulis, pantang ada wi-fi laju2 carik. Haaa kan dah menyusahkan diri dan membazirkan masa prepare tapi x bawak. In the end we have an extra about few hundred dollars. 

GugelMap utk our self-drive journey from point-to-point, coz we didn't use GPS

Downloaded map, flight itinerary & hotel bookings dlm travel folder. Tp missing budget list pffffftt !

Some of the must-have/must-bring gadgets or tools which I think you would need when travelling abroad, the list was longer when my kids were babies, now that they're toddler we can shrink our luggage quite considerably. Can't wait until all of them can carry their own backpack :P

• Segala mak nenek charger
• Kiblat locator |jgn lupo city location code
• Luggage scale |esp. trip yg melibatkan operasi shopping
• Vacuum bag besar } roll, bukan vacuum
• Vacuum bag aka zipper bag kecik |IKEA's good, double zipper
• Power adapter |AirAsia punya best, nicely packed @RM48
• External power for gadgets |saat-saat kecemasan, 10% power pn b'guna
• Mini tripod (untuk saat2 tiada pembantu)
• LipIce Sheer Color |lipbalm + lipcolor love love
• Puke bags (cilok flight pnya pn ok) + wrist accu-pressure
• Travel insurance (flight + medical) |mine was from HSBCAmanah, online easy peasy
• Pen | ol'skool but trust me it's useful

FOODSTUFFS untuk saat2 malas nak keluar bilik cari food

• Beras
• Kopi-O 2-in-1
• Maggi Tomyam + Kari + Ayam
• Ibumie
• Perencah Nasi Goreng
• Sos Cili

*Ni yang bekal dr KL, lain2 beli kat sana, pancake flour, telur,garlic bread, white bread etc even sugar. B'sepah tempat nak beli & properly-labelled so tanpa was2..

UBAT untuk saat2 yang tidak diingini. Alhamdulillah. NONE.

• Nurofen
• Adik-beradik Panadol - ActiFast, Extend, Soluble blabla
• Clarityne and Clarinase
• ENO Halia
• Charcoal Pill
• Gaviscon
• Hot cream / minyak angin
• Vicks
• Novomin
• Ubat tahan muntah
• Ubat luka & plaster gambor winnie the pooh
• Adan's medication

gedek gedek gedek...red yellow green. FULL !! we had 3 cameras w us :: OVER !! ::

Poncho yang langsung x sempat tgk dunia Melbourne. Last2 guna kat Legoland hehe

Our faithful kiblat locator, been with us for ages and still performing. 5-star !!

Last minute item sbb teringat jalan GOR. Reserve for Adan tp ms kat GOR x jumpa carik. Salah selit huhu 

Digital scale. Ada cerita lawak psl scale ni @ DFO Essendon parking lot

Our 2nd newly bought power adaptor

Mobile external power, can charge up iphone up to 50% (shud've bought bigger power)

The whole set with all kepala & the most important is the car adaptor yg lubang kosong kat tengah. Senang caj dlm keter jek

Sesuai kalau dalam M'sia compared to overseas esp Oz sbb tandas sana tulus mulus

This is how it looks like everytime I'm about to fly for a big trip, the checklist will be tempek-ed right before entrance-exit and everytime turun tangga I'll know what I need to find & sumbat. Even before locking the door ku go thru seround lagi, konpom xde tinggal then lock switch off lock switch off lock mana yang patut. 

Kalau tertinggal jugak, memang la..

Tick sana tick sini, jgn tick sesaje..barang lupa amik huhu

Tebiat aku klu time travel. Sblm b'lepas ke opis, siapkan segala sepentot sepender serkup tudung baju bajan yg nak pakai for the day *ekceli xmo depa kecahkan wardrobe hehe)  

Okeh. Done. Tetiba rajin nak buat preliminary bagai, memang kena pelempang la kalau cerita trip tu tak  up sampai sudah. Doakan kerajinan melanda diriku ye...ku karang pelan2. 

Pictures were uploaded in my FB in 3 parts but I'll put some extra for this space, this space should capture more and we do have more more and more than enuff pix to share. Ok ? Choww