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This winter hasn’t been too cold, and watching the sea can be a leisure when it’s not windy. 這裡的冬天不太冷，找一天沒刮大風的，看看海也可以是一種樂趣。 St. Kilda is one of the better known beaches in Melbourne. While it’s really not too difficult to find a better beach around Australia, what attract people to St. Kilda are the variety of shops and restaurants in the neighbourhood as well as the Luna Park amusement park by the sea. There are enough things to keep one occupied for a whole day. 墨爾本其中最為人熟悉的海灘是St. Kilda，在澳洲隨便找一個更好的海灘委實不難，但St. Kilda勝在充滿生氣，毗鄰海灘，特色商店和食肆比比皆是，也有個小型遊樂場Luna Park，到那裡打發一天是挺寫意的。 Lively decorations above the shops at St. Kilda (left) and on a railway bridge in the adjoining suburb Balaclava (right) St. Kilda的商店屋頂上（左）和鄰近Balaclava區火車橋上（右）生氣盎然的裝飾 The classic roller coaster that still requires manual control! (See the man standing in the middle of the train.) 仍需人手操作的經典過山車（留意列車中間站操作員 ） But in the middle of winter, most would have preferred the comforts of restaurants and shops. The amusement games i...

While dad and I were looking for places for afternoon tea in the city on Sunday 25th July, I was astounded by the prices. 7月25日（星期日）跟家父到市中心閒逛後找地方吃下午茶，驚覺物價如此貴！ We first came across a French-style patisserie/boulangerie and had a quick look through the cake cupboard. While the prices of pastries were still acceptable (albeit slightly expensive), we quickly turned away as we found that many of the cakes were not that cheap. Lemon tarts and similar delicacies cost A$7.4 each (HK$50, US$6.3, 5 euros), and we were wondering if they were really worth the price even though we could well afford them. Still there were no shortage of customers – and that was why two price-conscious (or substitute with a more disparaging adjective) people could sneak in and out of the shop unnoticed. 我倆先到一家法式包蛋糕店，看看窗櫥內糕點的價錢，酥皮餡餅還不算太貴，但一看到其他糕點的價錢，我倆祇有轉身掉頭走的份兒，每個澳幣$7.4（港幣$50、$6.3美元、5歐元）的檸檬撻（檸檬餡餅），我倆不是負擔不起，但很懷疑是否物有所值。那家蛋糕店，少了我們兩個寒酸顧客也不少，反正樂得花錢的顧客擠滿一店，所以我倆走進商店和離開都無人理會。 Then we walked into an arcade and were attracted...