Sydney Reunion
Saturday, January 31, 2009 @ 1:41 pm
We planned to visit Sydney during the long weekend for Australia Day, which coincided with the 1st day of CNY!
Tickets were booked way back in Nov as Virgin Blue was having promo sales and finally the day arrived when i get to meet up with my pals again!
At Central Station waiting for HX to join us to take the train to the airport!
Group shot at Mrs Macquarie's Chair :)
The Girls
The Guys
Beautiful Blue Mountains - God is truly amazing with His works!
Priceless photo taken by Eug :)The weather was fantastic when we reached Echo Point, the lookout point where u can see Three Sisters and Jameison Valley at your feet. The wind was possibly blowing at 120km/h and the clouds moved as if someone is chasing them!
We took a short walk along the trails and the scenery was amazing everywhere we stopped to take a look. On such god weather, you can really see blue-ish hue reflecting from the mountains aka the name :)
We took a break and went for a nice brunch at Katoomba village - it was sweltering hot outside at 37deg!!
All day recovery breakfast + pumpkin soup! YUMS~
And within a few hours, the sky was overcast and clouds were hanging low and temperature dropped to a cooling 23deg!!We took a short walk along the trails and the scenery was amazing everywhere we stopped to take a look. On such god weather, you can really see blue-ish hue reflecting from the mountains aka the name :)
We took a break and went for a nice brunch at Katoomba village - it was sweltering hot outside at 37deg!!
All day recovery breakfast + pumpkin soup! YUMS~
We got back to Sydney early and went out to check out Bondi Beach and Darling Harbour~
Awesome beach!!! (Eug used a couple of shots and stitched to form collage using photoshop :P)
Us :)
Awesome beach!!! (Eug used a couple of shots and stitched to form collage using photoshop :P)
Us :)
A pic of me and my ex-firm *LOL* I can't find my current one in the CBD area :/Next day we drove a painful (actually it was Eug who drove) up north to Hunter Valley for horse-riding and vineyards!!~~
Yummy Eggs Benedict at Darlinghurst Road - Le Petit Creme (authentic french!)
Loved the tranquility of the countryside, even the air smells different!
The horse people!
Yummy Eggs Benedict at Darlinghurst Road - Le Petit Creme (authentic french!)
Loved the tranquility of the countryside, even the air smells different!
The horse people!It was our very first time riding a horse, although we didn't really ride it (more of trotting along) it was really a good experience! We had to trot along the line and the owner warned that not all of them are friends, so if anyone wants to go ahead the other, we have to restrain them.
There was little dramas though - Huixin's horse decided to chase up Joyce's and almost threw her off! *phew* We joked that her money was most worth it! :P
There was little dramas though - Huixin's horse decided to chase up Joyce's and almost threw her off! *phew* We joked that her money was most worth it! :P
And then another and more commercialised one, Tempus Two with vast landscaped and vineyard!! Loved it too :)
Then we returned back home to prepare our sumptuous CNY steamboat and lo hei!!
Thanks to Yuxuan who bought all the ingredients beforehand! :)
As Singapore was 3 hours behind Sydney (daylight savings) so we practically only started dinner at 9+pm! The food was wonderful and most importantly, the company at the dinner table! It's really amazing having 9 of us all from Singapore and mostly P*C peeps (excld Eug) to gather around in Sydney for Chinese New Year. Thank God!
We took turns to call home and give our wishes to our parents, it's really funny and surreal that we're gathered together but not in Singapore. Hahaha
And we celebrate Kow's belated birthday too~
Tiramisu cake courtesy of Clarice~Next day, poor Joycey had to go back to work so the rest of us slept in till almost noon before heading out to Fisherman's Wharf aka Sydney Fish Market for fresh sashimi!!
We ordered fresh salmon sashimi, fried fish & chips and salted pepper calamari (that cost us $30!!!), Seafood platter w lobster, king prawns and oysters + our own wine from Hunter Valley. Finger-licking good!!!!
Last stop, we headed off to South Head and we had such fun time taking photos (esp Huixin! :P). It was great vantage point coz on one side u can see the Harbour Bridge and on the other side is the endless Pacific Ocean.
It was a really fun 4d3n weekend trip in Sydney and I'm really glad that I can meet up with my dear friends and have such an awesome time spent together.
More wonderful trips soon!! :)
