Good day everybody!!!!

Another pending post. LOL. Well, since I already move to Melbourne, and still not able to work, soI have lots of time to write at my blog.

This is the story of our visit to the old town called Walhalla. Placed 180km from Melbourne. This town was the gold mine. Basically, the earlier Victorian people, even also came from England, were a gol mining, so we could find lots of old gold mining town around Victoria. Like Walhalla.

road at Walhalla

Places at the mountain at Gippsland, Walhalla famous of its history and nature tourism. This town was the richest place in Victoria, because more than 4.000 people lived in this town. Nowadays, only 20 people live in this town.

the gold town, Walhalla

First time we came, we can see the mix between the green hills around and old houses. All the buildings at this place is not change,they are same like before. Some of the buildings are now became a museums. Like their old post office. This post office now become their heritage museum. We can see the old tools that the postman of Walhalla used.From their telephone, until their uniforms.

Walhalla Old Post Office

What makes this post office's history unique was all the worker in this place was women. We went further to the back, and we could see rooms that they used before, like their bedrooms, and kitchen. One of the bedroom even show us their old dresses, shoes, and cosmetics. At the other rooms, we saw an old piano, and a tea table, the last room is the bedroom of her daughter, complete with the crib and dolls. If we came to the kitchen, I could see some of their old cooking utensil and also the walk in closet to keeping all the ingredients for cooking.

Old Phone at Walhalla Post Office

Cupboard at Walhalla Post Office

Old Chimney

Old Clock

Tea Room

Old Grand Piano

Old Cosmetics

Old Stove

Old spice closet

We can also enjoy coffee or tea at the old cafe there, or maybe looking at another house that became a museum, like what we do. We went to the souvenir shop, which apparently it also a museum. In this museum they showed us the everyday life of the Walhalla people, including the dress that they always wear everyday. At the back, they show us the old washing machine, and the place to store food, etc.

Old washing machine

You can choose to involve at gold mining tour. The mining it self really close to the town. my boyfriend don't want us to involve at that tour because the ticket is so expensive. LOL.

Old Hotel

Since we didn't follow any tour, we are free to do whatever in this town. So we walked around and climb the hill. I was not disappoint, because the view from the hill was better.

Great View from here

If you are brave enough, you can also visit their cemetery.To get into this cemetery, we had to went out of the town, and stopped at the park placed just before entering the town. Near the park, there was a small road to the hill. We can't bring our car into that road, so the only way is by walked.

It was long and tiring way, until we came to the cemetery. Even I hoped it will be the old gothic cemetery, at the reality, it was usual cemetery. Even it looks like usual cemetery, but we can find some of the graveyard are older than us. My boyfriend even said, sometimes some of the graveyard is empty, because the person who name is stated there died somewhere else, and they can't buried them here.

Old Cemetery

Talking about old and scary, this town also have their mystery tour. They have this tour at night, and in a group. Do you think you are able to follow this tour?

Good day all,

This time my boyfriend and I visited Bairnsdale and stayed there for three nights. Bairnsdale is his parents town, and we stayed at their place

It tooks more less 2 hours from Cranbourne to Bairnsdale. Before we arrived at Bairnsdale, we stopped at Den of Nargun, around Gippsland. According to story, Den Of Nargun is one of the Australian indigenous people came, this people called Gunakurnai.

The legend started from the first Gunaikurnai people that came from southwest the mountain brought canoe at his head, his name was Borun the pelican. One day he went to Tarra Warackel (now called Port Alber) he heard stomping sound several times, and tried looking for it. When he tried to enter the deeper side of the river with his canoe, he found a girl called Tuk. Both of them like each other and married, their children was the beginning of this Gunaikurnai people.

The place where Borun met Tuk is the Den of Nargun. It placed at di Woolshed Creek, Mitchell River National Park. This place is part of the Aboriginal sacred place, they said if you throw a boomerang or the spear, somehow it will return to us. 

waterfall that can cover the den

In this place, they also held ceremony for a grown up woman. And this place also have a mistery stroy, they said you can find half stone human here, and they will kidnapped the kids.

To get into this place, you have to walked down from the national park. It more like hiking track. So deep down and a little bit steep. 

Path walk to Den ofNargun, prepare your stick

The beauty place will erase all your tired. Unfortunately we can't get inside the cave because the high tide of the river. This place is also good for you who want to try a new Australian nature holiday. 

Den of Nargun is one place at Eagle Point, Bairnsdale. Beside giving us Denof Nargun, Bairnsdale also have some attractions like Raymond Island, the island of Koalas. cruising around the lake, or just enjoying the day at the lake.My boyfriend said, if we are one of the richest people at Victoria,we probably able to have the house near the lake. Because only the rich people can buy all the houses near the lake.

My boyfriend house is a farm house. They have really huge farm. In the farms they have three horses, and one pony. They used to had lambs,but since his parents also work outside the farm, they sold it, because no one taking care of the lambs. For them now it's easier to have horses.

Family Farm

My boyfriend parents have a cabin house near their house, and at that cabin we stayed. This minimalist cabin actually like a small house. It have living room, one big bedroom where they keep their vinyls collections, toilet, bathroom with the washing machine also, and a huge kitchen. Because the bedroom is full of the vinyls and other collections, so we put the bed at the kitchen. The kitchen is really complete,and we still able to cook there. My boyfriend said, this cabin was his brother place to stay, before he decided to moved to the city.

Our Cabin

Our minimalist room

If you living with your parents, the best thing is they will provide you anything, like us. We had our big meal three times a day. Also very delicious dessert every night. Being fat is not in our dictionary this time.

Beside, his parents also took us cruising around the lake. Big big lake. His father said if you keep sailing further, you will reach Sidney. You can also enjoy very clean nature, and if you lucky, you can catch a wild kangaroo around.

Our cruising ship, "Thunderbird" makes me remember one of my childhood cartoon

Finished cruising, we went to the city central. Here we came to the very famous catholic church, called St. Marry Church. Its famous with its painting at the wall. The artist who painted all the paint at the wall and the roof of this church is Francesco Floreani, an Italian artist. The painting itself told about a catholic saints, trinity, also pictures of heaven and hell. This day, this church is at its renovation time, because its age is more than 100 years, and need some renovations. In its 100 years, this church has been restored several time. At 1978 for example, the restoration was moved the granite altar.

St.Mary Catholic Church... so artistic & colorfull

St. Mary's Church Altar

RAYMOND ISLAND

Another main attraction is Raymond Island. A small island at Mc Millan Bay.This island is really famous for its wild Koala. If we are lucky enough, we can see Koala walking and swinging around the tress around this island. Don't be surprise that in this island also have several houses to live in.

If you want to go to Raymond Island, just jump at the ferry which will took us cross the river to the Raymond Island. Don't worry, the ferry always there all the time.It tooks only 10-15 minutes to cross the river and it's free.

At 1953 some Koalas sent from Phillip Island to this island to save them from extinction. Since then, Koala populations grown in this place, and not long after, their life became the attraction at this island.

Huge, Huge Koala

We can walk at this island trough Koala Trail.This track makes us easier to walk around the Island to find the Koala without worrying will get lost. The track only 1.2 kilometers long. And as long as we walked this track, we can see some koala at the top of the trees, sleeping.

It is hard to find the awaken Koala, lots of them are sleeping, and they are sleeping far at the top of the tree. Be careful of the mosquitoes and fire ants around. Luckily, when we almost finished tracking, we found one adult Koala hanging around at the tree. LUCKY.

TRESTLE BRIDGES

Some of history places also can be found in this area. Like the trestle bridges. Some of the trestle bridges is renew, some are not. We visited two of the oldest bridge.

First bridge called Stony Creek Trestle Bridge, or most people know it as Nowa Nowa Bridge,because it places at Nowa Nowa. Build at 1916 using red ironbark and grey box woods. This bridge is 20 meters tall and 247 meters long, and the biggest trestle bridge at this state.

Nowa Nowa Trestle Bridge

We can't try to cross this bridge, because this bridge foundation is really fragile. They even put the barrier so we can't try cross this bridge.

Nope, you can't walk across this bridge

The second trestle bridge is Nojee Trestle Bridge at Baw Baw. This bridge builded at 1919, and has been restored several time, most of it because of the fire. At the end of 1939 this bridge was completely burn down, and they rebuilt it again.

Nojee Trestle Bridge, you able to walk across this bridge

You can cross this bridge, because this bridge is already equip with good safety. With 102 meters longand 21meters high, some of cyclists sometimes cross this bridge too.

Since that time was DST and also springtime, we had longer time to enjoy the sun, and having really breezing spring wind. So, my boyfriend took me to one of the eagle point, just to admire the view.

Eagle Point Scenery at 7pm

Right through the sea

So this was I did at Bairnsdale. have you heard about Bairnsdale before? And what you know about it? Tell me what you know about it, and anything I have to know around Australia.

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See ya and have a good day...:)  

Hi all,

How are you?
I am busy, especially in this April 2017. I was really busy. Because my working contract will be end soon, and I already said that I will not renew it, because I will move to Melbourne at the end of April. Taking care of my Visa, because it was lodged at the first week of this April, and 15 days waiting (not to mention Saturday and Sunday plus the national holiday, which was a lots at this April). Taking care of Mumun's Catio, finally it finished only in two days before I leave the town.

My office mate gave me a farewell party too. It's like a traditions when someone out from company, they made this kind of party. Beside all the happy things here, I actually not really enjoy living here. But it was my achievement, because I can stand in this place for 6 years. At the end, I came at the party.

Farewell speech? I don't know what to say, my happiness in this place was just a small thing from a huge burden I have. To be honest, in the last department of this company, my life was better. At the department before they always compare me with the other woman (in this department they just have two woman). My different character made them didn't really like me as the way I am. In this last department, I got a freedom to be myself, even thought sometimes your voice is drowned because they think I shouldn't have an opinion.

I didn't put any grudged to all the people there. But when someone suddenly tried to made me remember what happened with someone that I ignored, it just made me think, why they want me to remember something that I don't want to remember. Yes, I don't want to remember someone that treated me badly, someone that never trust your ability as a human. This person actually someone that never want to put woman in the better place. He always said about how lucky he is have a son that studied at Germany (while I know there is lots of Indonesian at German, and study at German is not something new. I always heard it since in my college era). And proudly tell a story how his male nephew married with Germany woman. Then when I said I also planning to get my Master degree. But he said, you are a woman, you don't need to get a higher education. Alright sir! To me, you are finish. I don't want to respect someone that don't want to respect people choice. No, I'm not hate him, just ignore him, as same as he ignore the woman ability to get what a woman want.

This made me want to finished the party quickly. I really want to said: F**K THIS PLACE, I'M F***ING OUT OF THIS MOTHER F***** PLACE.

Disappoint, because nothing special, they gave me a typo cake????? Where was their thank you for me??? 

Anyway,

I thank for all the party, the under expectation party, typo cake, and also under expectation menu too. What an effort.

I know some of you happy that I finally walked out from this company.

Oh yes, talking about wedding invitation and ticket to Melbourne? Really? Please maintain a good relations and communication to me first. I will consider it.

Sharing job at Melbourne? LOL. Did you will take someone that "only" able to gave you "waiters" job?

I'm being sensitive? Well, just think about all the effort to makes you feel good and worried less, but yeah... I'll see you when I see you.

Good day all,

How are you all After a long time not making a new post, here it is, a new one...

End of this March was my birthday. I thought it will be like before, I will just received birthday's saying from my Social Network, Facebook, Path, Whatsapp Group. It is indeed like that. The entire day All I did was replied all the birthday greetings. Just greetings no present, no party, nothing.

Beside, I also have to focused on my plan moving to land down under, so all of the greetings I feel enough.

A week after my birthday, my high school friends asked me to came to a small reunion, this is because I did a live at my facebook with one of my high school friend, and they want to meet us too. This was the reunion with them, they said because I will move far away from them. The first time I came to Kalimantan, we made a reunion, now when I will move from Kalimantan they also held a reunion.

So, after we agreed with all the time an place, the day was come. Of course we also had dramas, suddenly some people leave the chat group, some people can't go at the day which already stated, and making the new schedule (WTF). At the end, we agreed with majority decision. It makes me sick if someone didn't came and gave an idea at all, but when we agreed about something suddenly she came and changed what we already agree. Oh well, too bad. We've found the agreement, if you able to come, just come, if you are not, bad luck.

At the day we agreed, I was the second person that came at the venue. That was amazing, because my house was more far away from the other, plus I had to stop because there's timber at the middle of the street, because of the strong wind the night before. At the end, then next an hour, the third person came. Then the others...

Surprisingly, it was not just reunion, they also made a surprise party for me. OMG! This is really surprise, of course I am happy. Why? This was the first surprise party for me, and also the first party for me. Even thought it was a simple party, but I was so happy and also awkward, because this was my first party.

I finally got birthday cake, and blew candle. LOL. I really enjoyed it, even it celebrated with a few friends only. I was thankful for all the greeted and prayed from them. Suddenly it became the farewell party. Even it was farewell also, but it doesn't mean we had to be sad, just be happy.

my birthday cake, only for me... woohoo!!!

And the surprise it didn't stop there. They also gave me present. One present from all. LOL. Awesome. They gave me lip palette from NYX. Wow, they knew that I really love and have a lipstick collections. Thank you so much for the present, I really appreciate it.

my present... NYX Lip Cream Palette... Laaaffff...

Back to office after the field break ended, I thought it will be like any normal day at field. But suddenly I got a surprise from one of my office friend. And, she gave me lip cream!!! Even this was a local product, but I once told my self I really want to have that, apparently, I had it trough her. This was really awesome.

another loving present... pixy lip cream... i also laaafff it

At the end, my birthday this time was really awesome. In my life I never had a reunion, birthday surprise, and farewell party in one, and a lovely presents. Feels like the first time, but I guess it was the first time I received a birthday presents.

Thank you so much too for all who had their time to write at the SNS, or personal chat. People who made a beautiful words, or them who just only copy and paste, people with "when will get the food", and them who gave me presents. Thank you so much. You are amazing people.

TERIMA KASIIIIIHHHHHHHH

Good day all,

I am a big fans of indomie since I was a little. I also love creating my own Indomie. I've tried making fried indomie ala Javanese traditional noodle, making indomie ramen looks like Japanese ramen, martabak, noodle sausage, etc.

For me, the best indomie is indomie goreng, and I really like spicy Indomie goreng. At Indonesia, I can find lots of variants of Indomie goreng. Rendang, green chili, satay, ribs, and the newest one, indomie goreng with soto flavor, and onion chicken flavor. I almost taste all indomie variants.

For ramen like Indomie, the best is almost every places in Indonesia have its own Indomie flavors, the Indomie "Selera Nusantara" the called. But my favorite indomie ramen is chicken curry. I love to cook it with choysum, crushed garlic, and when boiling it, crack an egg in it, and I served it with fried shallots. I like Coto Makassar flavor for "Indomie Selera Nusantara" at the place where i've stay. I also like to taste Soto Banjar and Soto Banjar Jeruk Limau Flavors.

At my college era, around 2003- 2012, I stayed at Jogja, and I remember we can found the the green beans porridge kiosks around the city, and this kiosks open 24 hours. This kiosks is the savior of the hungry student at this city. Why? Beside it have its green beans porridge, it also have it's indomie, and also lots of fried snacks, and they sells it with really cheap price.

Near my office, there is one kiosks that also sells indomie, and become the favorite kiosk for the employee. We call it "Warung Bude". My boss said it's "Bude Bar & Resto".

I think indomie is one of the famous Indonesian food, because you can find it almost all around the world. You even can find it at Africa. So it was not something weird if you can find indomie in Melbourne. And also, my boyfriend also love indomie goreng. And he always said "there is nothing wrong with indomie goreng." And he always buy a box of indomie goreng all the times.

We were had one day only eat indomie goreng, breakfast and lunch are indomie. That's how much we love Indomie.

So here are some of my Indomie creations:

this is my boyfriend's creation. He like to put a sunnyside egg and fried shallot plus fresh spinach

This indomie goreng I made with tamagoyaki, and sprinkeld with chilli paper and coriander.

indomie goreng with choysum, fried sausage, and sunnyside egg

sometimes i also add fried chicken

this is one of my indomie ramen creation. fried tempeh, poach egg and cucumber

Or just the choysum and boiled egg

Mas Bojo said this one is beautifully made... LOL

Good day all,

My second visit to Melbourne a little out of plan. Sometimes in one day, we don't know where we want to go. And if we want to go to the other cities like Perth or Sidney, it tooks us longer time. Luckily my boyfriend is a great traveller, he always had something to visit around. This time he took me to the eastern Victoria. After went to the Point Nepan, this time he took me to Agnes Fall. He found it when he saw post at Visit Melbourne instagram. This instagram account really help us to get the references where to go around Melbourne, including this Agnes Fall. My boyfriend just jump at the google and search for way to Agnes Fall.

At the middle of the journey, he stopped at Suspension Bridge, Loch, Prom Country, South Gippsland. This place is little hidden. Placed around Loch-Poowong Road, there are two ways to come into this bridge. Trough the highway or trough the Memorial Reserve. If you want to walk, you just parked your car at near the Memorial reserve.

Map to suspension bridge from googlemap

This bridge was buld by Loch people for honor their heroes at world war I. Build at the top of Loch river, and surrounded by trees, this bridge is actually not the longest bridge. But, for you who love to explore a new thing, this also can be another alternative. At the end of the bridge, you can see the wooden statue, and this statue is also the symbol of the Loch people to honor their hero.

suspension bridge sign inside the memorial park Loch Village (picture belong to www.ponderrant.com)

the suspension bridge

statue of Australian soldier at the end of bridge, build to remember their serve to the country at world war I

After enjoying the bridge, we continued our journey to Agnes Fall. Still at the same area, the road to Agnes fall was really beautiful. The nature served us with green hills at our left and right, and also lots of cattle around. So beautiful and neat.

Agnes fall located at Hazel Park. This place is hills with beautiful scenery. green grass, cattle, farms.

hill and animals will be the scenery around

After entered the Hazel park Rd, all we going to do was found the Agnes Fall Road. This is the only way to go to the waterfall. Always be really careful, because lots of cattle here.

Like all the waterfalls in Victoria, Agnes fall also have its own park. So you can have picnic around. When we went there, we found a brand new building at the park. A little gazebo at the middle of the park. This park also have the same facilities like any parks in Victoria, public toilet and also picnic bench, and the barbecue's grill. Don't forget always bring the trash together with you.

Agnes fall is one of the biggest single waterfall in Victoria. With 59 meters high, we didn't find any difficulty to get the best view of this waterfall. The bridge unfortunately was build far enough from the waterfall, so we can't see it closely.

Agnes Fall

This waterfall is really good, I am not disappoint of it. Plus, East Gippsland provide a very beautiful scenery. It also really easy to reach the waterfall, and not too tiring. Overall, for one day trip that day, I really enjoy it.