Archive for May 23rd, 2008
aussie 08 with dear dear!
alright. due to the request of nx, my relation.. i am supposed to update! hahaha. so here i am. think i will put up collages (with the help of picasa).. then probably just talk abt 1 fave photo of each place.. okie? hahha.
alright, so we started off the trip from cairns..
dear couldn’t dive cos of the medicine he was taking.. so i had to do diving alone instead. and dear went off for snorkelling.. :X
Great Barrier Reef is indeed a beautiful place. although the journey there wasn’t very pretty.. considering i puked something like 5 times cos the waves were too freaking choppy! and the worst experience was when i threw my barf bag into the sea.. the wind was too strong, there wasn’t enough barf.. and the bag just somehow came back on board.. and spilled open!! thank goodness no one was splashed or else… eew!!
anyway, disgusting matters aside.. and here are the photos! :)
anyway i accompanied dear to do snorkelling on the second trip into the sea.. cos.. it’s about the company that matters right? it was really nice snorkelling around, hand in hand, looking at beautiful corals and animals in the sea.. bliss..
okie, a photo of us snorkelling together.. with the sea turtle!!
well after cairns we took a domestic flight to brisbane.. i think it’s a charming hostel, cos you’ve got the whole brisbane city view right beneath you. and the drinks (cos they have happy hour) was pretty cheap, by aussie standards. i think it was about 4 AUD or something for spirits.. not too bad i must say. we had bacardi + lemonade. nice :)
and here’s a really cute sign at the hostel that sent me into bouts of laughter!
we met up with hw’s cousin, yueying that night..
really nice girl to chat with :)
after brisbane was surfers paradise..
we stayed at a place called surf n sun backpackers.. and it was like 100m away from the sea! just walk out of the gate, cross the road.. and voila! the beach right beneath your eyes!
isn’t it just beautiful? the wind was extremely strong though. i was trying to read the map and it got stuck onto my face! :(
our feet together :)
anyway i took this photo for dear. seeing how cool it looks i asked him to help me take too.. and guess what he did?
me: hey! why didn’t you take me with the other building?
dear: cos no one will believe that you are the same height as me.
diaoz!
well after that we drove to port macquarie, stopping at byron bay on the way to get lunch.
and well, this is our hostel at port macquarie.
beautiful place right? pity we had no time to go for a swim.. but anyway, the weather was too cold to swim in either. this was quite an eventful drive, cos we hit a kangaroo at Wooli Rd!! oh no! lesson learnt was that never to drive at night (cos highways in aussie have no street lamps, unlike in sgp).. and always always buy insurance! haha.
well after that we drove to sydney, stopping at hunter valley for a while for lunch. hunter valley is famous for its wine and cheese :)
brie was good! so was this marinated frommage blanc :)
okay, and off to sydney :)
the first night we met up with joo!!!
i haven’t seen joo in ages, so.. it was really good meeting up! i miss you loads babe! i know one night wasn’t enough.. but oh well. maybe we can have a sleepover again in december or something okay?? don’t worry, you’re welcome to stay at my place.
anyway, there’s missy the dog below..who’s obsessed with catching the ball! the funniest part is when you throw the ball backwards. then she will pause and have a puzzled look on her face… before running past you to catch the ball. and she jumps really really high! dear says the she’s obsessed with the ball… just like how i’m obsessed with him. muahahahha.
we went for a sydney day tour the next day even though i was pretty familiar with sydney. hahaha. but anyway.. i don’t regret going cos it was pretty good :) especially the featherdale wildlife park! don’t you think wombats are so darn cute? and kookaburra!! it was like a fur ball sitting on the tree. hahah!
alright. tired to continue already. shall stop here okay? next stop, kangaroo valley :)
