The great Oz adventure - the final chapter

Apart from the planned places to visit, we also managed to take time out to see some places which we happened to come across…

 
Honeycomb farm

 
The bee hotel


Guess what is this? The backside of the bee. Look closely


We got to taste all the different types of honey and jam. All homemade. Yum!

 
Eating flowers. They tasted good. Just like eating fresh lettuce


This is a solar oven. They made use of the heat from the sun to cook their food. So good, if I can do that in Singapore, I will save lots on electricity bill


Another one. Really huge



Mulberry tree, mulberry fruit. I like the taste

Time to play with the farm animals

  

 
Ann was very happy when Kai helped her to catch this really furry chicken. I am amazed by my kids. They are city kids yet they are not afraid to carry these animals. I mean, what happen if they poo on them!


This is the view of the farmland. Beautiful

Next, we chanced on a Timbertown

Looks like cowboy town


The old cowboy way of getting water


Do you think a giant lives up there?


We didn’t go in so not sure what is in there.

As Christmas was just around the corner when we were in Australia. The Sydney Town Hall was all lighted up. Our hotel was just 10 minutes away from, we walked over to enjoy the lights.  In my opinion, this beat Orchard Light-up hands down.


 
 
    
 
Enchanting

This ends my post on my great Oz adventure. The longest post ever…from 2013 to 2014!

The great Oz adventure – Part IV

Gold Coast


After three days on the road, we finally arrived at Gold Coast. My sister-in-law and family put us up in this beautiful apartment, over-looking the main beach and the wharf.

 


 
If you are in Gold Coast, do check it out http://www.brightonshores.com.au/.

The reason why we are here is because of Ann. She has missed it the last time we were here.

Yeap, that’s Kai and Ann

 

 
 


Good grief…a land of daredevil rides! Happiness?

    
Kai’s cafe


Surfers Paradise is paradise no more. See the background. Yes, all tall buildings. Surfers are gone…

 
The beautiful beach


Commercialism has totally killed the character of this place. The Gold Coast I saw 10 years ago is completely gone.

The great Oz adventure – Part III

Road trips


Road trips! Yea, we love it. The spouse and I simply enjoy road trips. This was our first road trip in Oz, we did a lot of checking and reading up and we saw this picture…

 

(Picture from magazine) Yes! We got to do it…but we never got to see it. Wrong highway!

Nevertheless, we still had a great time. Always remember this rule…


So, we begin our trip from Sydney to Gold Coast. 11 hours car ride with two stops in between.

We got upgraded to a hybrid car. No need to use car key leh. Power car! Count my blessings.

We left Sydney for something more serene.

 
That’s the beauty of doing a free and easy trip. You take your time and enjoy the beauty as and when.

First over night stop, Port Stephens. Nelson Bay

 
 
 
Crabbing..

 
Delicious Indian food in ang moh country.

 
Rise and shine, breakfast time!

 
 Yummy breakfast. Any surprise, I put on weight from this trip.

Then we head for Port Macquarie

View from our room. No posh hotel. It is just the humble Best Western. Good and affordable.

 
Ann with her dandelion

 
 
The surfers and the beach goers painted on these rocks. Beautiful. Why must everything be so prim, polished and cleaned. Why is artistic expressions considered vandalism?

 
 
 
 
The world is big out there!