Disclaimer: this post was written back in
March. Aku scheduledkan je senang.
Cerita dia macam ni. My cousin, Adam is a travel bug. Asyik berjalannnn je. So, one day as I was talking to him about travel tips, suddenly it occurred to me that I'll be getting a huge sum of money by August so I jokingly told him that I wanna go somewhere during my birthday weekend.
He immediately said, "JOM AH!"
So, daripada main-main terus plan betul-betul. We look at the flight ticket (as of
16/3/2017), Air Asia ada saleeee yang ticket murah tu and first plan was to buy masa tu la kan. But then apakan daya, malas nak susahkan orang lain, so
kita beli time bulan 5 nanti kata Adam.
So ni basically our rough expenses there:
Aussie Trip
- Flight RM1000
- Visa AUD20 RM70
- Tram pass AUD24.50 (AUD4.10 / day) RM85
- Accomodation AUD150 (AUD25/day) RM505
- Foods AUD120 (AUD20 / day) RM403
- Sightseeing + Souvenirs AUD300 RM1000
- Lobster AUD120 RM403
(ni I will then you guys why lol)
The rate masa ni 3.41MYR in exchange of 1AUD. So roughly it's about RM3.5k without the lobster. As you can see, our best accommodation option is Airbnb. so I asked for Lam's help to scout around for me.
Another disclaimer: this is not a budget trip lol
UPDATE: 03 SEPTEMBER 2017
Hey guys! I am flying off in less than 10 days! haha
So from my previous update, these are my final expenses for the trip.
Aussie Trip
- Flight RM1000
(bought in June for RM1527 returns via Air Asia)
- Visa AUD20 RM70
(did it for only RM20! with Nadia, she's a director of a travel agency)
- Tram pass AUD24.50 (AUD4.10 / day) RM85
(this one I borrowed Aina's and Lam's hehe. So, it's FREE)
- Accomodation AUD150 (AUD25/day) RM505
(RM767 for 6 days/person, we booked here.)
- Foods AUD120 (AUD20 / day) RM403
(I am allocating AUD20/day as per Lam's recommendation, so AUD100 = RM343)
- Sightseeing + Souvenirs AUD300 RM1000
(will allocate only AUD100 = RM343 for shopping)
-
Lobster AUD120 RM403 (Decided not to have it lol nanti lagi sakit kepala)
- Dry Foods:
RM100 (gotta declare them)
Total: RM3.1033.00
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Current exchange rate is AUD1 = RM3.43 (as of 3/9/2017)
Below is my itinerary for the whole week.
11/9
Flight from KUL - MEL at 11:00PM
(Yol will be sending us, RM40)
12/9
-Arrived at MEL (8:20AM) (buy simcard and myki card)
simcard is AUD2/day = AUD12 (optus simcard)
-Check in airbnb bus from airport > docklands =
AUD18
- Go around CDB with tram
FREE
- Queen Victoria Market
*AUD60/ AUD10 a day (here)
- Botanic Garden
FREE (here)
- Federation Square
FREE (here)
- Eureka Tower
AUD20 (here)
13/9
Great Ocean Road Tour (Otway)
AUD101 (here)
- Dinner in CBD
*
14/9
-Melbourne Zoo
AUD18 (weekdays) / FREE (weekends) (here)
- Brighton Beach
take Sandringham from CBD (AUD7) (here)
- Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium
AUD34 / AUD48 - inclusive of Legoland (here)
- H&M
* AUD50
- Dinner in CBD (lobster/nice cafe)
* AUD50-AUD100/person
15/9
-Chemist Factory
*AUD50 (here)
- Coles & Woolworths
* AUD60
- Puffing Billy
AUD57
- Shopping chocolate
*AUD50
- Shoes Warehouse
* (here)
16/9 - Free and easy day
- Melbourne Museum
AUD14 (here)
- St. Kilda beach
AUD14 by train (here) / AUD10 by bike (here) x 2
- Luna Park (night)
AUD50 (here)
17/9
- Flight from MEL-KUL at 935AM (be at the airport by 6AM)
AUD18 *buy from Southern Cross
- Check out airbnb
- Arrive at KLIA at 530PM
(RM40, Yol will be fetching us)
Total:
AUD359 * AUD377
Will definitely update more once I'm back!
x
Atika