23 May 2008...
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 --
22 May 2008 (Dreamworld!!!!!!!!)
Gold Coast has mainly 3 amusement parks - Dreamworld, Movie World & Sea World.
We didn't have time to visit all the worlds so we decided on Dreamworld which we felt should be the best choice for us amongst the 3.
We microwaved sausages for breakfast.. convenience of having a kitchen~
After booking our airport transport tickets, we took TX2 to Dreamworld~
The bus passed by Australian Outback Spectacular which i have seen on tv and has wanted to go. However, after some consideration, i gave up the idea as the package is quite expensive..
Entrance of DreamWorld
The first ride we went to is the Thunder River Rapid inside Goldrush Country
Water will splash up from ard the seats as if you were travelling down river rapids. Luckily we did not kanna much water..
The above was the first ride we took.. There were other much more exciting rides around the theme park. The theme park was divided into different sections, each has its own theme..
Introducing some of the rides we took:
-->The GIANT DROP:
Level of thrill is super high..
Kai braved this alone.. hehe..
I'm not courageous enough to take such rides. Roller coasters are still okay with me but vertical drop... *shiver*
-->The Log Ride:
Lvel of thrill is so-so..
Just sitting on a log... and the log will travel up at a point and voomph! slides down fast at one pt..
--> Tower of Terror~~
Level of thrill should be horrible for me
Similar concept to Giant Drop but travel up at high speed and drop down at high speed at a curve...
Hee..kai tried this but i didn't..
--> The Claw!
Thrill level is unsure...
We didn't get to try this ride. It operates just like pirate ship, just that it 'flies' more than 180deg high and at the same time, rotate in a circle (it's not a pirate ship shape, it's a circle shape whereby people sits in a circle). Scary plus giddiness.........
--> Wipe Out
Level of thrill is fun!
As you can see, the 2 handles rotates our seats in 360deg.. it gets scary at some pt when i'm high above & it suddenly plunges down. Everytime i'm upside down, i'm afraid to open my eyes,hehe...However, it's fun and we took the rides twice~
--> Captain Featherword's Ship....
Level of Thrill is -_-"
Well........ it's simply a ship that goes ard a lake inside Dreamworld. As there are fixed timings to board the ship, we rushed to board it, not knowing the ride is slow and boring. It was the same view all around the lake..
There were other rides that we took eg. The cyclone (roller coaster)..but we locked up the camera so we could just enjoy the rides.
Besides amusement rides, there was a section called 'Australian Wildlife Experience' where we viewed an Oakey Creek Farm Show, saw animals such as koalas, sheeps, pigs & got up close to kangeroos!!
被围栏围着的动物:
DINGO
EMU
WOMBAT
Red Kangaroos..
Tasmanian Devil.. he was sleeping so we were unable to get any shoot of him..
all the above are animals i have not seen before in Singapore Zoo. The wombat is very cute.. it keeps walking left and then right.. not sure what he is doing.. hee..
We also saw the White Tiger..
We had close encounters with the following CUTE Animals~:
LLAMA
(The llama (Lama glama) is a South American camelid, widely used as a pack animal by the Incas and other natives of the Andes mountains. (from wikipedia))
We bought a pack of feeds..
But came to realise feeding can be dangerous!! (note the sign: Please be Careful. sometimes i may mistaken fingers for food)
So we decided to put a test on the..
GOAT
The naughty goat bite on our paper bag and.....
Swallowed it!!!
Conclusion: They might eat anything so better to be careful..
PIGS!!
Pigs fighting for food...
Sheep
We went to an area where kangaroos were roaming around and visitors were free to feed them =D *ecstatic*
I think he's not interested to take photo with me =...(
I'm trying to communicate with the kangaroo,haha..
I witnessed the baby kangaroo (in front) climb out of his/her mother's (behind) pouch!!!!
CUTE cute~
More kangaroo photos..
KOALAS
Koala is another must-see animal in Australia. It's a pity i didn't get to hug any.. 不舍得付钱..hehe
This koala looks like he is dangling himself on a branch while sleeping.. such an adorable posture~
Mr Koala again
His sanctuary..
Oakey Creek Farm Show
Hmm.. the main highlight of the show is shaving off the fur of a sheep. Nothing else interests me. Oh ya! Another highlight is to see Kai being invited to join in the show!
In the middle is Kai. He was forced to wear an ugly outwear with chest hair! He had to shave a fake sheep too... (i think he will prefer to do it on a real one)
Their speed of shaving a sheep is fast and quick.
A naked sheep..
Each of us get to have some sheep fur as souvenir. But i threw it away already as the fur is quite dirty, with dirt and some black piles (seems like faeces)
I spotted a rat running on top of the hut during the show! i tot that was part of the performance that they will show us! hehe..
Our last ride before we left is the bumper car... we took this ride for 2 times and really had fun bumping into one another.
We left Dreamworld at 5pm.. went to the supermarket and cooked up our Pasta, chip + ice-cream dinner at our apartment~ (By the way, lunch at Dreamworld was really expensive. A simple fast food meal will cost about 11-14 dollars...)
Here's a corny photo from Dreamworld!
