Our hired car. I booked a economy size but they gave us a Renault Megane! Both MB and HX took turns to drive. I'm the lucky passenger! :P
We arrived at Eumundi Market - it's a weekend flea market with fresh produce, clothes, paintings, buskers, accessories and what-nots.Had we had a hearty breakfast at Chuckles Cafe:
My Chuckles Brekkie - YUMS!
The morning crowd was streaming in after breakfast.
Eumundi Market is a permanent market that is only opened on Tues and Sat morning till early afternoon. Mei (my new Brissy friend) recommended a visit here and we bought quite some stuff!
HX bought a nice blue beach bag which includes a pillow and beach mat for $50 (cheap!) and a tube dress. She wore it to beach later!
I got some wall stickers to decorate my apartment and some small pressies for family and friends :) I loved some of the nice dresses we saw but they were too expensive.
There were loads of buskers around and it was very bustling on a Saturday morning. Love the people and things I see.
There's this interesting old man with his old wooden piano playing some really nice oldies at a corner of the market. I wonder how he carried his piano around when the market closed. There were some blood stains on his shin, which it's probably due to dry weather and he prob didn't have money to get moisturiser or he simply didn't care. HX and I gave him some money for the good music. :)
After we've gotten our shopping loot, it's off to the Macademia Nuts factory and Ginger Factory at Yandina. It's about 20min drive from Eumundi and we got there with the good driving of HX :)
Smells nutty!!~ (think i sort of blended in with the background :P)
It was a rather small factory and the production was not opened over the weekend, so we didn't get to see how macamedia nuts were processed.
We then hopped on opposite to the larger Ginger Factory. They have small little huts retailing merchandises and a mini train track for a tour round the factory.
Touristy shot :D
Touristy shot No. 2 :D:D
The 3 little Gingerbread Men :P
After all the 'gingery' smell we had, it's time to go to the main aim of this trip: THE BEACH!!!! :D
We arrived real early but to find ourselves fighting for parking lots! We took a good 30min circling around and finally got one parking lot within walking distance to the beach.
It was amazing!!!! The sky was bright blue, beach was littered with sunbakers and the waves were so strong!!!
We had to do THIS! it's CLASSIC shot :P
HX and me sunbaking :)
Love this shot of MB and me :P Lovely~
We didn't want to peel ourselves away from the beach but the sun is slowly setting and it's getting chilly so we had to leave for home and dinner.
Dinner was at a lovely Thai restaurant recommended by Mei and we were lucky to make reservations earlier but we still had to wait a good 1hr before our food came and we polished off in another 30min? :S But I must give credits to the quality of the food coz it was really tasty and authentic.
Next day we're off to Underwater World and Australia Zoo!
I must say the Underwater World at Mooloolaba is pretty much the same as that in SG, except it's probably slightly bigger with more marine creatures. But they still have the same 'conveyor belt' thingy for visitors. HAH
The entrance
This is my fave pic! I was pretending to be scared and HX looks like she's blowing some bubbles! HAHA :D
Next up, Australia Zoo!
And it was time to go home. Another 1.5hr drive (the zoo is 30min away from Sunshine Coast) back home and MB had been craving for fish and chips so he brought us to Hawken Drive just outside his school for some good and affordable fishies!
Cheers to a great trip! More to come! :D
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