Constantly Buzzed! - The Melbourne Chapter

Ok so I obviously have lots of catching up to do with my lame attempt at blogging.
5 weeks have never flown by so quickly as they did on our very long awesome holiday to Melbourne, Sydney and a short stop at Singapore.
It was Zach's first international trip and I think I can safely say he had a blast as did we. His Amumma had gone ahead about 10 days before us. Zach, his Thatha, Dada and Mamma joined her later on the 19th of Sep. He was good as gold on both flights sleeping through most of it and only waking for meals which he was quite excited by. Even I was excited by the kiddy airline meals!
So Melbourne was filled with loads of ours and our parents friends and some family to entertain us and invite us for many yummy meals and take us around. Zach Olly and I stayed with Rithi, Sid and Penny whom Zach grew quite fond of. He went along with Penny for her play in the park quite a few times. And Zach also made some new friends in Thomas, Mathias & Maya.

So here's some of the stuff we did in Melbourne:
- Visited Healesville Sanctuary where Zach(and us!) saw kangaroos, koalas, wombats and more for the first time!
- Celebrated Rithi's 30th birthday with a wild Seven Deadly Sins theme party which I helped plan and decorate
- Celebrated Deepika's 30th at Rithi's with some friends and a homecooked dinner by my mother
- Souvenir shopping at Vic market
- A long lovely chilly walk down the pier at St.Kilda with Ivor and saw a baby penguin hiding in the rocks
- Had drinks at Ludlows on Southbank and checked out the Crown Casino
- Had brunch at Amici's on Chapel Street.
- Did a weekend trip down the Great Ocean Road. Stayed at Apollo Bay and checked out the Twelve Apostles
- Visited the National Gallery of Victoria
- Met lots of family friends we hadnt seen in a long long time.
- Zach got to play and bond with my childhood friend's son which I thought is pretty awesome. :)


I think that somewhat sums up Melbourne in a nutshell!

Oh and I forgot to explain the title. Zach caught on to Sid saying the phrase Constantly Buzzed" which amused Sid no end that he had to reinforce it to make sure he went around randomly saying constantly buzzed
That was not all, Sid also taught him to say "Calm the body!" so much so that at the Sydney Airport when some bubbly lady tried making conversation with Zach his only response was to repeatedly chant "Calm the body!!"

Can children be embarrassing or what?

Will post photos soon. Hopefully!