This is a long overdue post of our Sydney trip 2 weeks ago. I've been wanting to take up photography and Hubs kindly taught me with his old Olympus e500 DSLR and these are some of my favourite shots!

Didn't take much though because most of the time was spent eating and shopping! We visited Luna Park on the day of our arrival and caught the most beautiful sights of Sydney and colourful amusement park!

Enjoy~~

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and yessss, we had so much fun that we almost didn't want to come back!!

we missed our flight on monday night (20min past check-in time) and stayed another night to catch next morning's flight out.

but it was fun fun fun! i really love melbourne, for it's wide roads (sans parking which was a bitch!), nice scenery, good weather and FOOD!

had alot of fun with hoi&tong, lala&yeehong, Eug and Cheryl! I think everyone was exhausted during the long Easter break but it was really good spending such quality time together :))))

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hello! I'm back!! still suffering from jetlag (actually it's the ungodly flight hours, more on that in the next post on our trip to Melb) though.

had an absolute FANTASTIC trip to Melbourne over Easter! Must've been the best i've been to since we came here! Love love love Melbourne! Was asking Eug why he didn't choose to study there instead?? haha!

Thanks to hoi & tong, lala & yeehong for the great company and many photos and laughter together! Can't wait for Melb in May and I can see Andrea too! *beams*

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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!

It was an awesome moment seeing them again, staying in their 35th floor penthouse that overlooked the Sydney CBD and even the Darling Harbour and we really can't quite believe that the group of us were actually in one room! :P

As we didn't join them for Port Stephens, YX kindly lent us their car to for the weekend :) So off we drive to Blue Mountains the next day!

Next up was Hunter Valley and we visited Iron Gate winery first - had a mini wine tasting and bought a 2008 Semillon Chardonnay (reall smooth) and a 2006 Sweet Mandela (dessert wine type) to bring home! Yumms~~ The gang bought more for the night's reunion dinner :)


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~


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!! :)

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time flies~ it has been 2 weeks into my christmas break and the last day of my parent's holiday visit.

There are times when irritation and tempers flew because of differences but at the end of the day, i'm really grateful and appreciative of their love and care and that they flew over to spend this festive season with us :)

Over the past 2 weeks, we went to many different parts of Brisbane, some of which were our favourite hang out places and some were new area which we probably would not have ventured if not for their visit.

~Eumundi Markets~

I always love this market for the vibrant culture displayed and the nooks and crannies you can find!

~Yandina Nutworks & Ginger Beer Factory~

A tourist area for some souvenirs back home :)
~Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary~

Brought them to see the national icons, Koalas and Kangaroos but was a disappointment as most of them were hiding away probably due to the hot weather.

Do what the Aussies do! :P

~Mount Coot-tha Lookout~

Here you can see the entire view of Brisbane CBD and the inner city suburbs (gosh my cherubic face! :/:/:/)

~Sunnybank~

Our favourite place to eat for Asian food! The food maybe pricey but it's really good :)

~Harbourtown~

A car boot full of shopping stash! I think between the 4 of us we spent almost $400!

~Surfer's Paradise~

We only got down to take a snapshot of the beach to prove that we came here. The crowd on NYE was crazy. People don't look where they're walking and it was absolutely precarious to drive down the roads at Surfer's. I still prefer Sunshine Coast :)


~Brisbane City~

Yes they were still buying when we went to the city!! (hah actually that bag was my shoe from Nine West!)

~Southbank Natural History Museum~

it's free entry!

~Southbank Gallery of Modern Art~

FREE as well. We went to see the contemporary art and the theme was Optimism. A wonderful display of colours and attiude :)

~ my apartment~

The folks want to take a photo outside our apartment.


and all of us went to Movie World, which, in my truthful opinion, uncomparable to Tokyo Disneyland :/

We spent so much time queuing up for rides that lasted for less than 2 minutes; souvenir stores that sell substandard stuffs; snacks that were double the price outside and the parade (according to my dad) was lacklustre. *bleahhhh~~~* and it cost us $69 for entry!


We only managed to go on a few rides coz the average waiting time was 45min! -_-"

Nonetheless, the highlight was our impromptu bushwalking at the Gold Coast hinterland at Springbrook National Park.

The drive up north was 2 full hours with about 1hour spent on windy roads up the mountains where Tallanbana picnic area was to begin our walk.

We took the 4km route and took about 3.5 hours to complete because we stopped to admire the awesome rainforest, rock formations and magnificent waterfalls :)

I'll let the pictures do the talking :)














It was a wonderful experience bushwalking and the folks were really great (although they concussed when we got home).

There are many more nature parks in various parts of Queensland and of course wineries and bed & breakfast farm stays too! More weekend trips to come~~ :)

Happy New Year folks! I hope it has been an awesome 2008 for you guys and the new year will be a year of favours from the Lord! :)

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