Thursday, April 3, 2014

Gold Coast- Day 5

Byron Bay
Lighthouse trail to the lookout
Cape Byron Lighthouse
We had a free tour to lighthouse.
Houses in byron bay can be very costly, over million.
Rare opportunity:)
Bangalow
The time here is 1hr later than Queensland. All cafes had already closed when we reached. 
We proceed to Lismore.
All cafes here closed too....
Finally found one bakery.
Bacon and egg pie $4.50
Lemon tart $4
Chocolate caramel tart $4
Robina Town Centre.
Newest and biggest shopping mall in Gold Coast.
We enjoyed shopping their supermarket more.
The 2 bigger ones are Coles and Woolsworth.
Seedless grapes selling $1.40 per kg only @ Coles.
Don Angelo
Italian restaurant open by our host.
Tritata Pizza $13.90
Tomato sauce, cheese, beef mince in homemade bolognese sauce, oregano
Garlic prawn served with saffron rice $18.90
Must try!
Gnocchi Zucca $27.90
Homemade potato dumpling with pumpkin, nutmeg, fresh basil, parma ham, pine nuts, garlic in a creamy sauce.
As their chalet guest, we are entitled for a bottle of wine. We request for a glass of red wine and soft drinks instead. After our meal, our host bring us limoncello on the house.
This is the best I'd drank. Better than those I tried in Sorrento!

Gold Coast- Day 4

Our breakfast, Champagne leg ham, portobello with poached eggs muffins.
Seaworld
Fish Detective Show
Polar Bear Shores
Penguins Encounter
Imagine
SpongeBob ParadePants
Scales Seafood
Battered Cod Fish with fries $6.40
Calamari mini meal $5
Breaded prawn $1.70each
This is our rented Hyundai elantra
Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Point of Danger
Another fish n chips adventure.
Captain Hook's Seafood
Breaded dory fish with fries $8.90
This is better but more expensive. 
Fish is sprinkled with chicken flavoured salt.
JJ enjoying his PS3 games.

Gold Coast- Day 3

Today we having a full day tour by Southern cross.
On the way to Tamborine National park
The Old Church Restaurant
Nice english scones with homemade jam
Tamborine National Park
The inside of the truck was eaten up by termites
Termites trail
Turkey nest
The inside also eaten by termites.
Probably is a boy!
There are 2 trees holding each other.
One grow from the top and the other grow from the ground.
The inner one will eventually dead.
Spider nest with cap
Spider nest
Waterfall with not much water in this season.
Our Mercedes 4WD
Mt Tamborine Gallery Walk
Spring Gully Stays
BBQ Lunch
Nice lunch afterall
Boomerang Lesson
O'Reilly's Booyong Walk
Turkey
Birds feeding time
Lamington National Park
Our dinner, mushroom carbonara with fettuccini