Yen Shiang in Sydney

Well, my holiday was quite a great and compact one. Went to lots of places with great buddies. And I have wanted to record everyday's happenings in my blog but that lazy bug Khoo Chee Shean still doesn't want to upload all the photos. So I guess I will just skip the Sydney and Melbourne Tour first and proceed with the day I returned to Sydney from Melbourne.

So, I came back on 4th of July and Yen Shiang was actually already here since 2nd. On the very next day which was 5th of July, I continued my journey.

5/7/2012 (Thurs)
We went to Manly mainly because Winjing got us a great deal online whereby we can have prawn and mussel buffet for only $16 pp. And we spent a lovely day there. Shame on me for only realizing Mainly is not actually an island.

 Winter wear and beach - a weird match >< 

The girls. 

 

Yen Shiang wanted some interesting photo. So here you go.

Ben & Jerry Ice Cream. I wonder why we had dessert just before lunch. 

Finally the buffet! 

Prawn and mussel with wine and beer.  

Meng Min asked me to take photo with every cathedral that i come across. You know, she always have weird thought.

Adriana Zumbo's famous Macaroon. Not really as nice as expected.

6/7/2012 (Fri)

On the very morning, we went to Sydney Opera House to get out ticket first and then off we went to Fish Market to have our lunch. Had some calamari, oyster, scallop and crab. Not really worth the price but a good try maybe.   

After lunch, we walked to the casino, stayed for like half an hour and took a bus to The Rocks to have the lovely pancake.

My eighth time there, still nice, but I don't really wish to go there too often.

After pancake, it was the main and final destination of the day: The Sydney Opera House. Our first time to go inside. We chose to listen to an orchestra inside the biggest concert hall. The building is amazing but the orchestra was simply not my cup of tea. I dozed off at the 1st half an hour, woke up after the other half an hour, happy to see everyone leaving their seat and thought it was over. But Winjing told me it was just the middle break. Gosh.   

7/7/2012 (Sat)

Destination of the day: IMAX and Hurricanes.

 We walked from China Town to Darling Harbour. Met Wuen Han, Lee Shyang and Yean Long in China Town.

 Watched Spiderman at IMAX. It was amazing.

And Hurricanes for dinner. Quite my taste but Meng Min said it's too sweet. And lucky us to be able to watch the firework during our dinner.

8/7/2012 (Sun)

Initially I wanted a day off after my long trip but I just couldn't resist their persuasion. So, it's Blue Mountain again.

Scenic World 

At night, we met up with Aqil and his friends for dinner

Gold Coast Trip (21-26/6/2012)

20/6/2012 (Wed)
欣静来悉尼，大家一起在我们家聚餐。

21/6/2012 (Thurs)
Reached Gold Coast around 10am.

On the way to hotel from airport

Gold Coast Holiday Park

Lunch at pool side cafe.

Bought some grocery at nearby supermarket. 

Home cook pasta as dinner

22/6/2012 (Fri)
Movie World

Walked about 30mins to Movie World. Gosh. 

Main entrance

The rides are simply awesome. =)

Waiting for Batman performance.

Burger as lunch

SS session

Kid's World

Seafood Tomyum bihun as dinner

23/6/2012 (Sat)

Wet and Wild - It was simply a crazy idea to visit a water park during winter. We were all freezing. Only stayed for 3 hours and then we left for Gold Coast Harbor Town.

 We were the early birds.

 Pasta as lunch

Dinner

24/6/2012 (Sun)

Sea World. And we walked around Surfer Paradise at night.

Waiting for parade.

Spongebob parade.

Dessert after lunch.

Jet Rescue Coaster

Night market at Surfer Paradise

Steak as dinner

25/6/2012 (Mon)

One-day tour to Brisbane. We all went separately to meet up with our own friend. Many thanks to Jien as awesome guide. Mei Lian and her friend joined us. We walked around CBD, South Bank and UQ. And yes, we had a great time. =)

Ferry 

 UQ Law Building

Everyone met up at the end of the day. =)

26/6/2012 (Tue)

The very last day of our stay in Gold Coast. It was rainy and we were kinda stuck. So we took our luggage to Movie World, took some photo and off we left for airport.

photo credit to Meng Min, Mei Lian, JJ and Jabez.