Today was a day of travelling.....
We woke up at 5 plus am and walked all the way from our lodging to the train station so that we could catch the early train back to St James station (and rent a car to Gold Coast).
As we have to wake up super early, the hotel has kindly prepared bread and spread for us the night before so we could have our breakfast before we leave.
I wonder if it's our 命运 to walk and walk and walk..
When we reached St James Station, we walked the familiar route to Hertz (near to our Sydney accomodation). The friendly counter staff served us and passed us the key to a White Hyundai Auto car. Each of us paid about AU$200.
As it was already quite late when we reached Hertz so we hurriedly rush to the carpark to get the rented car and embark on our journey to Gold Coast, Surfers Paradise at about 11am...
Starting our journey.. will be driving through the Harbour Bridge~
yeah~ across the Harbour Bridge,hehe..
Is this considered a lake/river/creek? Both of us tot we could see the ocean but all we seen are such views..but of cos' they are nice to view too.
Our rented car!! Hehe.. our first break for lunch..
We didnt stop for quite long as we need to rush our way to Surfers' Paradise(SP) before it gets dark. We stop by to buy burger to eat while he drives..
Everywhere looks so relaxing unlike Singapore where everywhere looks busy..
Our Lunch!
A big stick of meat bought from during one of our breaks. The Big Version of Satay~
Oh ya... the helpful yet not so helpful device essential for us to find SP:
We had to depend entirely on him for direction as our maps were limited. This device is so cute.. he led us to ulu ulu route which we at first believe shld be short cut. Later on, we highly suspect he led us to a detour instead of short cut!
Anyway, we were on the road most of the time so there wasn't much photos to share.
Once again, i have to credit Kai for the whole journey from Sydney to Gold Coast.. because he was the only person driving for the whole day from 11am to midnight!! *_* Yes, i'm guilty for tiring him like that but i have no choice as i do not have a licence. It was amazing we could reach GC at midnight as the journey was really long and towards the end, Kai was super super tired.
However, i'm not entirely useless~ hehe..
(1) I didn't sleep thruout the whole journey! I aspired to pei him 因为有难同当！他不能睡，我又怎么可以睡呢？
(2) Upon his request, i read to him all the speed limit that we drove by.. so he is alert and can hear my sweet voice constantly, hahaha
So i played a vital role to keep him awake thruout the journey. It's a hard role but i did it =X
This is an entirely new route that we have nv tried before (obviously) and we were afraid it could be dangerous to drive in late night (we dun know how safe it is to drive on Australian roads at night). However, we have no choice but to keep moving forward till we reach our next accommodation.
But i love the entire journey because it was exciting and fun. Fun to try out a whole day driving like this. Fun to just simply sit beside him thruout the journey. Fun to experience adrenaline rush whenever GPS directed us to a dark road with limited or no lighting. Fun to have seen 2 small kangeroos and 1 squirrel along the road when we were driving along dark roads.
My Fav Sign along the way!!
STOP REVIVE SURVIVE!
SO CUTE~
Yes.. this was how dark it is at times. Thanks to the GPS, he loves to lead us to dark dark roads..
Once we reached our apartment in GC, both of us were so tired that we hit the bed immediately after our bath...
21 May 2008
=Budds Beach Apartment at Gold Coast=
Our Fried breakfast from left-over dinner. Behind is the interior of the apartment..
The Kitchen~
The Living Room & balcony~
Our Bedroom~
Since we had some time before we need to return the rented car, we drove around and along the coastal line..stopping at various parts of the beach..
I missed the Pacific Ocean i saw in Taiwan and I saw it again in Australia, Gold Coast~
The weather looks great right? Ya.. it's a big contrast from where we came from. From shivering cold to warm windy weather..
Although the sun is shining, there are strong winds blowing hence there are not many people swimming or surfing in the water as the water is damn damn cold..
Surfers!! Surfers' paradise must of cos have surfers~
这样才是真正地叫蓝天~
This is not along the coastal beach but something like an inland beach..
This is absolutely a dream place to live in..
Well, it was time to say goodbye to the beautiful white car who has been thru thick and thin with us the day before..
We walked around the small town before heading back to our apt & hit the beach for sun-soaking...
Back at the beach..shedding our jeans and replaced it with shorts~
Testing how cold the water is.. in the end we didnt get into the water because it is really cold! Although there was sun, i was still wearing my cardigan on cos the wind just keep blowing...
I told kai to take this photo as I like the effect that the rock makes when the waves hit the coast and flows back..
Can you also see how clean and soft the sand is?
Sparkling seawater is the prettiest..
Since we could not swim in the water, we played with our camera and took very funni photos..
A competition btw me & Kai on who can take the best photo for Coca-cola!!!
Conclusion: I think i can pose better than Kai, hahaha
Seagull flying really low..
I like this photo, so sweet~
Artistic photos which i like personally.. hee
(UIC oh UIC...)
Very Artistic Photos..=P
I was very sad towards the end of our beach-ing afternoon.........
Because I spoilt my camera......
Silly me dropped my camera onto the sand while happily covering Kai with sand.....
The lens was open.....
Sand got into the front and side of the protruding lens..
Anyway, i have bought another new Camera but i still feel the old one is really a good camera.
Tis makes the trip more expensive than usual =S
Nonetheless, it was already 2pm and we have not had our lunch yet! we quickly went back to our apt, cleaned up and rushed out for our lunch at a local fast food.
Grilled Lemon Chicken (chicken again..):
After some groceries shopping for our dinner & next day breakfast, we went back to put our things and headed out at night to Surfers' Paradise Night Market
I love the night mkt as some booth was selling unique hand-made items..Both of us were in love with this hand-painted souvenir that we each bought one for ourselves. This is mine:
We also saw lovely koala bears wearing grad hat scented with lemongrass smell..
We took a stroll on the cool, dark and peaceful beach after all the shopping. It was a night with clear sky and moon. (",)
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