Gold Coast Day 3

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Gold Coast

Paradise Country Farm followed by Harbourtown shopping

Living in fantasy in Day 2 and getting close to nature in Day 3.

Though I wasn't an animal lover, I enjoyed myself during the Paradise Country farm tour (except for the Billy Tea performance which I felt that it was kinda mediocre). Taking pictures with the Koalas (glad that we didn't pay AUS15 to carry the Koala in Gold Coast coz it was free in the farms in the outskirts of Sydney!), feeding and chasing the Kangaroos, observing the sheeps...made me miss my previous Safari tour in Johannesburg where I had the chance to carry the tiger cub. But of cos, the experience in Jo-burg was different as the animals weren't as tamed.

We were told that the Koalas sleep 20 hours a day and eat Eucalyptus leaves for the rest of the 4 hours. Simply good life ya. BTW, there is no such thing as Koala bear as Koala doesn't belong to the same species as bear.

FK is afraid of Kangaroo! Hahaha...that is why he is standing so far away from it!

We went around taking pictures as the Billy Tea show was simply boring

Lunch at the Paradise Country Farm was also one of the main highlight. Both of us selected fresh grilled fish as our main course and spaghetti, cheese potato (a must-try, super yummy!) and keropok (are you amazed that the restaurant served that?) as our side dishes. Ate so much... 我是大胃王...hahaha

After lunch, we went to harbourtown for shopping. Supposed to be factory outlets...but the things aren't cheap. Bought a pair of boots for myself but one of buttons on the boots came off when I was in the airport, travelling from Melbourne to Sydney. Zzzz...

Gold Coast Day 2

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Gold Coast

Movie World followed by Eileen Peters Park

Yes, this is also my second time to Movie World.

Strangely, I can't remembered much of my first visit which was in 2005. Only vaguely remembered that Movie World is kinda small (Yes! It is still very small!) compared to Disneyland and I had a terrifying experience during the Scooby Doo ride.

Nevertheless, being small doesn't equate to being lousy or boring. I had quite a lot of fun taking the rides and watching the shows, in particular the Hollywood Stunt Driver which is proudly presented by Castrol EDGE. Hollywood Stunt Driver is a real-live action show which is relatively new in Movie World. During the show, both FK & I were immersed in act of the stunt drivers...I guess they must injured themselves a few times during the rehearsal?

Entrance ticket to a day of fun

Our first stop was at Shrek...experiencing the 4D effect

Hollywood Stunt Driver presented by Castrol EDGE. Miss see coz it simply amazing!

Lots of characters...though I don't really know who they are, except for batman.

Posing...camwhoring

Finally, the characters whom we know

Final picture @ Movie World before we takethe 3.15pm bus back to our hotel

We went to the beach at the Eileen Peters Park which is less than 5 minutes away from our hotel.

What a beautiful beach!

& I love seabreeze...

We ended the day with good meal at the clockhouse. Again there are jackpot machines in the restaurant...

Gold Coast Day 1

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SIN - Gold Coast via Qantas

Took an overnight flight via Qantas to brisbane, followed by an hour bus journey to Gold Coast.

This was my 2nd time in Gold Coast, though I travelled to brisbane kinda often when I was a crew. The layover period was short for SQ crew (and I think it is still short now !?!) and thus I didn't really get a chance to explore the state when I was on duty travel.

We stayed in Mantra Legends, which is located in Surfers Paradise. Kinda glad to be able to check-in upon arrival (though the check-in time is supposed to be 2pm and we were at the hotel at 9ish in the morning) as we were both in need for a good rest before we can explore Surfer Paradise sanely.

Lovely hotel room...

there is even an oven in the room for us to heat up our food!

View from our room

Can't wait to take picture in the room

We had our first meal in Gold Coast at this restaurant cum jackpot place called Vegas In Paradise. I was kinda surprised that jackpot is so popular in Australia...I always thought that it is an Asian pastime (why did I have that idea !?! Beats me...)

Fish & chips...this became our staple food in Australia

Such a huge Hawailian Pizza, I couldn't believe that both FK & I finished it!

Delighted me!

We began to explore Surfers Paradise after our meal...woohoo!

Taking pictures @ Hard Rock Cafe

Ended the day with a few tops from Valleygirl for me & a few fridge magnets for FK (I think he bought about a dozen magnet during our Aussie trip!!!).