Monday, July 06, 2009
Liz in Australia #7 - Noosa Day 2
The wireless internet in the hotel is quite lousy, so I can't upload photos yet. So here's the video of our second day at Noosa. We went to the Eumundi Markets, and then to the Australian Nougat Company. I really liked the markets for the many different types of food! The other stuff (clothes, accessories, etc) were too expensive though. The nougat place was a big disappointment. The 'tour' comprised of sitting on a chair and watching a dvd. The 'factory viewing' was pretty pathetic as well. So it's really NOT worth the trip.
Goldie
I'm in the Goldcoast now with Wallace, Darren and Lixin!
It's really great to see them after SO long (they're studying in Adelaide). So now we're on holiday together from Monday till Saturday. We're going to the theme parks and all, so I'm quite excited!
Do pray for good weather though, the forecast is RAIN over the next few days :(
It's really great to see them after SO long (they're studying in Adelaide). So now we're on holiday together from Monday till Saturday. We're going to the theme parks and all, so I'm quite excited!
Do pray for good weather though, the forecast is RAIN over the next few days :(
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Liz in Australia #6 - Noosa Day 1
This video is a bit shorter, but nonetheless, enjoy! :)
The beach was very scenic, with soft, white and NATURAL sand (unlike in Sentosa's imported sand). It was a bit chilly though, but luckily we had the sun to warm us up.
This was one of the photos I snapped from a bridge near our resort
And then we had dinner at Gusto. The food was ok, and the service was good.
In Noosa, EVERYTHING is expensive. For dinner, there are only mostly restaurants or bistros, and a main course for 1 person costs about AUD$30. The shopping in Noosa is mostly at Hastings Street, which is where most of the shops and eating places are located. It's a small small small version of Orchard Road. But I didn't buy anything cos the stuff are really expensive too!
Will put up Noosa Day 2 tomorrow! :)
The beach was very scenic, with soft, white and NATURAL sand (unlike in Sentosa's imported sand). It was a bit chilly though, but luckily we had the sun to warm us up.
This was one of the photos I snapped from a bridge near our resort
And then we had dinner at Gusto. The food was ok, and the service was good.
In Noosa, EVERYTHING is expensive. For dinner, there are only mostly restaurants or bistros, and a main course for 1 person costs about AUD$30. The shopping in Noosa is mostly at Hastings Street, which is where most of the shops and eating places are located. It's a small small small version of Orchard Road. But I didn't buy anything cos the stuff are really expensive too!
Will put up Noosa Day 2 tomorrow! :)
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Liz in Australia #5 - Road Trip & Strawberries!
And here are some photos from the journey to Noosa, as well as from the Strawberry Farm (Rolin Farms)
Before setting off
Strawberry & Flower
Mutated triplets!
As mentioned in the video, we got a colourful basket to collect strawberries in! But we only picked the nice nice ones. After all, how many strawberries can 2 people eat? It was $13 a kilo for the ones you bring back. And of course you can eat as much as you want in the fields while you're picking. Haha. There were so many rows of strawberry plants, it was so beautiful!
Between the strawberry plants and the trees in the background is actually a lake!
Our bounty! :)
We didn't get to keep the basket though :(
Jam
Strawberry ice cream!
Freshly made natural goodness
Horse
And after the strawberry farm adventure, we set back on the road towards Noosa!
Random picture of my cap
And off we go! :P
(Don't worry, the speed limit on the highway can go up to 110 km/hr. And we weren't going this fast the WHOLE way. I would probably have gotten nauseous if that were the case. Lol)
Mutated triplets!
As mentioned in the video, we got a colourful basket to collect strawberries in! But we only picked the nice nice ones. After all, how many strawberries can 2 people eat? It was $13 a kilo for the ones you bring back. And of course you can eat as much as you want in the fields while you're picking. Haha. There were so many rows of strawberry plants, it was so beautiful!
Between the strawberry plants and the trees in the background is actually a lake!
Our bounty! :)
We didn't get to keep the basket though :(
Jam
Strawberry ice cream!
Freshly made natural goodness
Horse
And after the strawberry farm adventure, we set back on the road towards Noosa!
Random picture of my cap
And off we go! :P
(Don't worry, the speed limit on the highway can go up to 110 km/hr. And we weren't going this fast the WHOLE way. I would probably have gotten nauseous if that were the case. Lol)
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
In Noosa
Hello! I'm in Noosa right now, and it's been a looooong day. Wallace and I did so many things!
We bought 1 hour of internet to do our routine online stuff (plus check out Goldcoast tickets!) I made Video #5 but I don't think it'll upload by the time the 1 hour is up. :( But it will come sooner or later (hopefully sooner).
We're going to the Eumundi Markets tomorrow, and I hope there'll be lots of shopping! :)
We bought 1 hour of internet to do our routine online stuff (plus check out Goldcoast tickets!) I made Video #5 but I don't think it'll upload by the time the 1 hour is up. :( But it will come sooner or later (hopefully sooner).
We're going to the Eumundi Markets tomorrow, and I hope there'll be lots of shopping! :)
Monday, June 29, 2009
Weekend
On Friday, Wallace went fishing in the morning with 2 other friends, and came back with 4 Silver Perch! And they were quite big and fat too! In total they caught 13 Silver Perch. :)
So after he came back, we went to his friend's house for lunch, where he cooked the fish for all of us! His house was pretty nice, although it's quite messy cos it's shared by like, 8 people.
View from the balcony
We had to wait quite long for the food to be ready, but it was worth it. He deep fried the whole fish (actually he deep fried 3 whole fish) and then topped it off with fried ginger and sweet sauce. It was REALLY good. The fish were so fresh! Plus, we had rice too! First time eating home cooked rice since I came here. I had seconds. Haha. Too bad I didn't take a picture of the food though! I was too hungry to remember.
After lunch, Wallace scaled and gutted his 4 fish.
It looks like 3 in the Eski, but there's another one beneath.
Dirty business
Some of the fish that Wallace's friend caught, plus an eel!
You can also go up to the counter and collect food if you're too impatient to wait for the trolleys. Haha.
This was our first round. The 2 deep fried things in the middle had prawn filling, and the prawn fillings were SO MUCH! I think they squeeze like, 4 whole prawns worth of filling inside. Never see like that in Singapore one. And the Har Gao also had so much filling unlike in Singapore.
After Round 1, we also had stuff like Siew Mai, Porridge, Egg tarts, Chee Cheong Fun etc.
Egg tarts! The egg tarts here are very very good. The crust is light and crispy and the custard is smooth and not too sweet.
Overall, the dim sum at Landmark isn't the best, but it definitely satisfied my dim sum craving. We ate until we were SO full, especially Wallace. He ate a whole plate of chicken feet by himself!
After that, we headed over to Ikea cos Eileen needed to buy some stuff for her new house. The Ikea there is 2 times bigger than the Singapore one! But Wallace says the restaurant food isn't very nice, Singapore's Ikea restaurant food is much better. The hot dogs are $1, and $2 if you add a drink (which is normally $1.75 on its own). But the sausages aren't as nice as the ones in Singapore. They not as tasty and are softer. But the ice cream is 50 cents! And, you get your own ice cream from the automated machine! You pay for the cone at the counter, then you go to the machine, put the cone in, and press the button! Then your ice cream will be dispensed into the cone. Haha! I didn't try it though. The cone is the kind with lots of air inside, not the dense crispy type.
Anyway, Eileen bought a sofa bed and a floor lamp (among other things) and we had to squeeze it into the Supra! The mattress had to spill into the back seat, so she had to lie down on her side. Poor thing! She said it was like lying in the boot. Lol.
Anyway, it was a fun weekend! We went to Pastor Ben's house for steamboat in the evening! Photos coming soon.
So after he came back, we went to his friend's house for lunch, where he cooked the fish for all of us! His house was pretty nice, although it's quite messy cos it's shared by like, 8 people.
View from the balcony
We had to wait quite long for the food to be ready, but it was worth it. He deep fried the whole fish (actually he deep fried 3 whole fish) and then topped it off with fried ginger and sweet sauce. It was REALLY good. The fish were so fresh! Plus, we had rice too! First time eating home cooked rice since I came here. I had seconds. Haha. Too bad I didn't take a picture of the food though! I was too hungry to remember.
After lunch, Wallace scaled and gutted his 4 fish.
It looks like 3 in the Eski, but there's another one beneath.
Dirty business
Some of the fish that Wallace's friend caught, plus an eel!
(Yes that long slimy thing chopped in half)
Wallace and I went to watch Year One at night (the comedy starring Jack Black) and I think it was quite stupid. Totally not worth watching. Wallace thought it was quite funny though. Lol.
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Wallace and I went to watch Year One at night (the comedy starring Jack Black) and I think it was quite stupid. Totally not worth watching. Wallace thought it was quite funny though. Lol.
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On Saturday morning, me, Wallace and Eileen went for DIM SUM at Landmark Restaurant at Sunny Bank Plaza. Luckily we went there early 'cos it's ALWAYS packed, and if you go late you can wait up till 1 and a half hours to get a seat. The restaurant was quite big, and it was full of chatter and felt so 'busy'. For once, I appreciated all the noise around us. It felt very homey. :)
This dim sum restaurant is the kind with the trolleys! I love it!
This dim sum restaurant is the kind with the trolleys! I love it!
You can also go up to the counter and collect food if you're too impatient to wait for the trolleys. Haha.
This was our first round. The 2 deep fried things in the middle had prawn filling, and the prawn fillings were SO MUCH! I think they squeeze like, 4 whole prawns worth of filling inside. Never see like that in Singapore one. And the Har Gao also had so much filling unlike in Singapore.
After Round 1, we also had stuff like Siew Mai, Porridge, Egg tarts, Chee Cheong Fun etc.
Egg tarts! The egg tarts here are very very good. The crust is light and crispy and the custard is smooth and not too sweet.
Overall, the dim sum at Landmark isn't the best, but it definitely satisfied my dim sum craving. We ate until we were SO full, especially Wallace. He ate a whole plate of chicken feet by himself!
After that, we headed over to Ikea cos Eileen needed to buy some stuff for her new house. The Ikea there is 2 times bigger than the Singapore one! But Wallace says the restaurant food isn't very nice, Singapore's Ikea restaurant food is much better. The hot dogs are $1, and $2 if you add a drink (which is normally $1.75 on its own). But the sausages aren't as nice as the ones in Singapore. They not as tasty and are softer. But the ice cream is 50 cents! And, you get your own ice cream from the automated machine! You pay for the cone at the counter, then you go to the machine, put the cone in, and press the button! Then your ice cream will be dispensed into the cone. Haha! I didn't try it though. The cone is the kind with lots of air inside, not the dense crispy type.
Anyway, Eileen bought a sofa bed and a floor lamp (among other things) and we had to squeeze it into the Supra! The mattress had to spill into the back seat, so she had to lie down on her side. Poor thing! She said it was like lying in the boot. Lol.
Anyway, it was a fun weekend! We went to Pastor Ben's house for steamboat in the evening! Photos coming soon.
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Tomorrow Wallace and I are going for our ROAD TRIP to NOOSA! It's up north, about twice the distance from here to Goldcoast. We'll be there from Tuesday to Saturday. I can't wait! Hopefully there'll be internet so I can come online :)
Tomorrow Wallace and I are going for our ROAD TRIP to NOOSA! It's up north, about twice the distance from here to Goldcoast. We'll be there from Tuesday to Saturday. I can't wait! Hopefully there'll be internet so I can come online :)
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