Aussieland 16 days' trip (Day 6)

Apr 2 (Fri)
SeaWorld
We bought the VIP pass for Queensland residents only!
Yeah, we can play three themeparks without buying extra passes!
First of all, we parked at the wrong place, instead of the SeaWorld carpark, haha

We took a quick tour inside, then we discovered that it is a small small park

But the weather in Brisbane these few days were not stable,
sometimes rain, sometimes sunny

There is kids' playground where installed Sesame Street all around

Finally, we missed the Sealion show but for a movie
Luckily, I bought a nemo ice cream which is delicious!
I love the CRAZY cone in Aussie!
~一日一雪糕~

Aussieland 16 days' trip (Day 5)

Mar 31, 2010 (Wed)
First dinner at Brisbane with Joey's family @ Oishii Sushi Bar

At Joey's family house
It is gorgeous! So large and warm it is!
I love the backyard and living room with the kitchen so much!

Aussieland 16 days' trip (Day 4) Kuranda

Mar 30, 2010 (Tue)

Last 2nd day in Cairns already!
We online bought a day tour to Kuranda, a national park!

First, we needed to take a cable car up to the TRF and Kuranda Market
There are several rides to the top, we had to walk for around 1-2 hours for the rides and walk
We saw the waterfall finally, there are two, then, they combine into the same river at the downstream, awesome! You can hear how strong the water is!

Aussieland 16 days' trip (Day 3) Scuba diving @ Great Barrier Reef

Mar 29, 2010 (Mon)
A cloudy day to go for my first diving tour! So exciting I was!!!

We took one hour to travel to the Outer Barrier Reef, actually the sky is nice
no much rain, thus we had a good dive!

I paid for two intro diving, however, I was not succeed in doing twice
The instructor pulled me down into 50m immediately, therefore,
my ears were imbalance and not adapted quickly, so painful they were
therefore, I needed to go up to the sea
I lost two chances to try then!

However, my friends took some nice photos for us, luckily!
Next time, I will try in Thailand or Cebu!

There are so many fish! I love them swimming around us!

Actually, snorkelling is enough for me that day, I saw so many fish
However, Great Barrier Reef is going to be disappeared, it is!
Many coral are dead already, some of them are appearing near the sea level
So sad that I may not have any chances to see them again next time maybe!

Exhausted after going out for the whole day, we took a little walk along the seaside
around the shops...had a coffee tea break, so relaxing!

Finally, we chose to eat inside a foodcourt selling chinese cuisine!
All you can choose costs us AUD 18 per dish, however,
the seafood was not fresh!

Aussieland 16 days' trip (Day 1-2) Choco Factory + Curtain Fig

Mar 27-28, 2010 (on the plane)
QF 128 departure from HK to Sydney transfer to Cairns on Mar 27
Arrival on Mar 28 early morning, however, I couldnt have a nice sleep
Since I sat nearby the kitchen, therefore, there was a lot of noise made by the crews
While I was in Sydney, I needed to get all my lugguages to domestic transfer counter to check-in
It took me nearly 1 hour to line up and custom check up
Finally, I could get a drink at Gloria Jeans! My first hot chocolate!!! Amazing!

Arrival at Cairns Little Airport, it is very old-fashioned and traditional
The right hand corner is the place I lived for three nights!
Tropical Queenslander Hotel, it is so nearby the seaside! Just 5 mins walk only!
3.5stars it is, therefore, you cannot expect too much from the accomodation!

Afterwards, Joey joined me to go for a walk at countryside in Cairns
Jack (Joey's bf) hired a car to go around, that's a nice place with fresh air and greeny grass
Finally, we reached our destination of milk choco factory
The cows are really very smelly, but they are so cute that:
lining up to be squeezed for milk, maybe there is some grass served for them to eat
after a round, they need to walk out from the circle to the outside
We tried some ice-cream there, so fresh and yummy!!!

There are so many other animals inside, such as sheep, chicks, ducks, etc
We can feed them with the grass, heehee

Next point: curtain fig
There are so many ppl led by day tours to have a visit, however, most of them are Japanese
We had a quick walk there due to a little bit of rain...
Tropical Rain Forest is like that, what I learnt from Geography lessons before!
I love the forest! I love it! I really love it!

Great dinner at Cairns Wharf!
All are yummy!!! If all of them are steamed but not deep fried, it is more perfect!
Actually, I love this expensive dinner anyway!

Tomorrow will be my first scuba diving...GOGOGO