I am going to tell u a very horrible story that happened to me in the morning of 23 May 2008. Can you imagining your partner chomping on the following items in the morn?
- Chips
- Tim Tam
- Sausage
- Water
- Orange Juice
- Coffee
如果是我，一定拉肚子。。。
Breakfast aside..we took Bus 700 to visit Honeyworld & Wildlife Currumbin Sanctuary.
Along the way to the places of attraction, we saw several big spider webs!! And then Kai became engrossed in taking spider photos............
There were spider webs weaved between each trees!
Spider gallery :
(with courtesy from Kai & his camera)
Entrance of Wildlife Currumbin Sanctuary
Entrance of HoneyWorld
Both places of attraction were just opposite each other. We decided to go for the Live Bee Demo & Tour and forgo Wildlife Currumbin Sanctuary as we had seen those animals in Dreamworld on the previous day.
As the tour starts at a later timing, we took a stroll at a nearby beach..
Heading back for our tour..
Something wrong with the sign indeed,hahaha..
HONEY TOUR!
First Stop:
Viewing the Bee Hives..
A closer look
He taught us how to identity the Queen Bee..
Second Stop :
It was a disappointment for me as I thought i could wear that suit and be inside with him. Basically we are separated by glass while he demonstrates how he uses the smoke to chase away the bees hence removing wooden frames covered with honey from the bees.
Bees building their honeycomb to store honey
This is already partially filled with honey..
Third Stop (how they extract honey from the beehives):
After the tour, we bought about $60 worth of honey products..royal jelly is the most expensive..
We travelled back to Surfers' Paradise for our lunch at Clock Hotel
They issued us this device when we made our order. When it sounds, it means your order is ready for collection..
Our Rump Steak
We didn't plan anyting for the afternoon and had some last minute shopping. It was simply rest & relax. I could not stop laughing when Kai was trying to be funny on our way back to apt..
Well..We went back to the beach every night for night shooting of the beautiful moon we saw on the first night but the dark sky was covered by clouds for the rest of the nights..
As such, we went back to our apt to prepare for our home cooked dinner of instant noodle with mushrooms, tuna and beef soup.
-Early sleep for departure back to Singapore on the next day-
24 May 2008...
Our flight is an early flight.
The airport transport bus is already outside our apartment waiting for us but we were unable to find our room key which we were supposed to drop into a key box before checking out! I was so frantic! If the room key is not found, there will be a penalty charge!! In addition, we could not miss the transport bus to catch our early flight!
In order not to miss the bus, Kai went out to inform the bus, leaving me along in the apt to search for the room key. I repeated my search again in all the bags and suddenly my sixth sense told me that the key might be accidentally thrown into the dustbin. OH GOSH! I was right!! I found the key after rummaging in the dustbin!
What a fright in the morning......
Well, of cos there is no answer to who have thrown away the key but i suspect we must have accidentally wrap it up with the instant noodle last night and ya... it landed in the dustbin.
It reminds me of another blur incident of both of us with the key. There was a night where we left the key hanging in the keyhole outside the apartment door!! Ya.. we could not find the key too and i was again the one who discovered the key hanging outside the door. Nothing was stolen, heng ah!
Anyway, our flight was not a direct flight from Gold Coast to Singapore as there were no budget airline that flies from GC back to Singapore! To save on cost, i discovered we could travel to KL from GC and then take another later flight from KL back to Singapore... hehee.. i know i am very budget-conscious~
I have heard ppl saying that foreigners do not know where Singapore is. I finally have the chance to experience that. The airline counter staff in GC asked us if Singapore is part of Malaysia while helping us to check in.... -_-"
While waiting in Kuala Lumpur airport (P.S. KL Airport is very messy and crowded.......), a very rich uncle came to sit and chat with us. He and his whole extended family went to Macau for a holiday and stayed in Venetian Hotel! And i vaguely remembered he was the boss of a brand which i can't rem....... Anyway, he was mostly chatting with Kai while i quietly ate my food,haha..
Both of us were very tired after the long flight of 8-9 hrs in total and a holiday of 1.5 weeks......but i have brought back beautiful memories of a country which i have never step foot on.. =D
-- End of My Australia Trip in 2008 --
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