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Colourful foliage and pretty flowers.  Most can only be seen during the cooler months or after Winter. 
 

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I may visit Aus in Autumn for Fall Colours next yr.  

But now, sharing just a few more photos of Spring flowers…..

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Lavender
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Big conical bundle of blossoms from a succulent plant

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Flower bed in a park

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On 11/16/2025 at 5:55 PM, TameDriver said:

I may visit Aus in Autumn for Fall Colours next yr.  

But now, sharing just a few more photos of Spring flowers…..

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Lavender
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Big conical bundle of blossoms from a succulent plant

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Flower bed in a park

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Nice. 

I am flowers lover and always love to travel during flower blooming if possible. 

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If you guys are trying to see Autumn in Oz, remember it's reversed down under... ie it's in March to May...

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On 11/16/2025 at 5:41 PM, TameDriver said:

My rental Camry Hybrid from Hertz Mel airport.  The reg plate was Sunshine Coast 😁.

By the time I returned the car at Mel Airport, the front body & windscreen were encrusted with dead insects & bloody splatters (can hazard a guess where those came from 😬).  Luckily the Hertz staff just waved away my concerns, especially I did try to remove some but unsuccessful. 

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Blue Lake. Colour not so vivid as it was cloudy.

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Such a delight to drive around with swathes of wild flowers everywhere. So glad I visited mid Spring.

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Very common. 

My rental car met a very light rain  plus the dust/dirt from the aussie highway. Ended up the whole car was splattered in mud color. And also few hundred insects on the front bumper and bonnet. 

They don't care unless theres scratches

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On 11/16/2025 at 9:42 PM, therock said:

If you guys are trying to see Autumn in Oz, remember it's reversed down under... ie it's in March to 

May was still early for vivid leaf colour changes. I was in Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens mid May this yr; only a few changed to yellow.  

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On 11/17/2025 at 1:50 AM, Lala81 said:

Very common. 

My rental car met a very light rain  plus the dust/dirt from the aussie highway. Ended up the whole car was splattered in mud color. And also few hundred insects on the front bumper and bonnet. 

They don't care unless theres scratches

Big rental they don't really care, all of them will wash the car when you return. 

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On 11/16/2025 at 8:55 PM, TameDriver said:

I may visit Aus in Autumn for Fall Colours next yr.  

But now, sharing just a few more photos of Spring flowers…..

 

For autumn, the places to go to are Mount Macedon or Bright. 

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Kid going back to Sg from Mel. Scoot wants her to pay 140 dollars for exceeding the hand luggage limits. 

Pui to scoot/sq asked her to dump the chocolates (including the cherry liquor ones) if necessary rather than let the corporate greed earn a single cent more for bullying her. Pui! Pui! 

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Sorry to hear that bro but these budget airlines earn money like that

bite the bullet and get those Chocs la 👍 

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On 11/17/2025 at 8:14 AM, Volvobrick said:

Kid going back to Sg from Mel. Scoot wants her to pay 140 dollars for exceeding the hand luggage limits. 

Pui to scoot/sq asked her to dump the chocolates (including the cherry liquor ones) if necessary rather than let the corporate greed earn a single cent more for bullying her. Pui! Pui! 

she was carrying an additional large bag on top of the usual 20"?

 

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On 11/17/2025 at 8:46 AM, Lala81 said:

she was carrying an additional large bag on top of the usual 20"?

 

Got to check later. Anyway she said she in already. 

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On 11/17/2025 at 8:14 AM, Volvobrick said:

Kid going back to Sg from Mel. Scoot wants her to pay 140 dollars for exceeding the hand luggage limits. 

Pui to scoot/sq asked her to dump the chocolates (including the cherry liquor ones) if necessary rather than let the corporate greed earn a single cent more for bullying her. Pui! Pui! 

Quite normal for Budget.

Budget doesn’t carry extra fuel unlike SQ

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On 11/17/2025 at 8:49 AM, Volvobrick said:

Got to check later. Anyway she said she in already. 

If flying budget, always buy extra luggage allowance for return leg; so much nice stuffs to buy, cannot resist! 
Use sturdy card boxes from supermarts or Bunnings. I always travel with tapes & strings to secure my boxes 😁

 

 

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On 11/17/2025 at 8:14 AM, Volvobrick said:

Kid going back to Sg from Mel. Scoot wants her to pay 140 dollars for exceeding the hand luggage limits. 

Pui to scoot/sq asked her to dump the chocolates (including the cherry liquor ones) if necessary rather than let the corporate greed earn a single cent more for bullying her. Pui! Pui! 

Scoot no bargains one.    Actually all budget airlines same same. 

Your son if book SQ under student account can get some discount and also addition luggage. 

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On 11/17/2025 at 11:14 AM, Volvobrick said:

Kid going back to Sg from Mel. Scoot wants her to pay 140 dollars for exceeding the hand luggage limits. 

Pui to scoot/sq asked her to dump the chocolates (including the cherry liquor ones) if necessary rather than let the corporate greed earn a single cent more for bullying her. Pui! Pui! 

How much extra was exceeding? If 2-3kg should be ok, but maybe over 5kg then they can't.

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IMO

dont have a bag of shopping or anything extra, that’s kaching time for them to earn fees

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