Our big adventure for the day is to check out the largest shopping mall in the southern hemisphere, Chadstone Shopping Centre. We chose to take the bus which took us through a lot of residential areas. The houses are typically bungalows and most have tiled roofs. Like other residential areas we have seen, most yards have fences or brick walls surrounding their entire yards.
The Chadstone Shopping Centre is very large by Australian standards. About 1/4 of the mall is occupied by designers stores, like Louis Vitton, Tiffany, Jimmy Choo, Dior, etc. To provide personal service, these stores have queues.
Surprisingly, there are lots of North American based stores, like H&M, Footlocker, Wiliam-Sonoma in the shopping centre.
Michael had made arrangements to pick up some items related to his hobby so we took a short walk from the mall to the shop. The owner of the shop took us for a tour where we saw how he made the moulds and his “secrets” for making the figures.
After our tour, we stopped at a local bakery where we picked up some sausage rolls and a meat pie for our dinner. We then caught our bus and returned to our accommodation but not after taking a rather extended bus ride because our driver gave us some wrong directions. It meant we had a long walk home but allowed us to walk along the beach walk and catch the sunset.
We spent the evening sorting out our purchases and associated bills as well as starting to pack. Only one day left. 😦
Hopper Oz Adventure 