Early in the morning, we checked out of our serviced apartment and we went to Chinatown first. Aussie is a very big place so every state has its own Chinatown. Brisbane's Chinatown is in Brunswick Street.
My parents were very interested in the Chinese Zodiac signs drawn. My dad found his...
So did my brother... My mum was the only one who couldn't find her Chinese Zodiac sign there. Haha...
Burlington supermarket, the place I went frequently for Asian foodstuff. They even sell mahjong set and mahjong table there! One mahjong table cost about AUD90+, which is ridiculously high!
The parking rates for Chinatown... After seeing this, you guys can stop complaining about the parking rates in town. My friends usually park at a free but isolated parking area. However. our cars were filled with our belongings so I don't want to risk parking there.
After Chinatown, we went to the tourist lookout at Mount Coo-tha. You can see almost the whole of Brisbane city from there.
Sindy just taught my brother how to 自拍and I think this was his first attempt, hence, the funny expression. Haha...
ME and mummy with the tourist sign...
Our last stop for the day, which was also the highlight of our trip - farmstay! We drove a couple of hours from Brisbane to Gatton and we even past by UQ's Gatton campus. That was interesting... Anyway, when we reached Fordsdale farm (which cannot be located using GPS), we were warmly greeted by this beautiful Golden Retriever. Or rather, my dad was warmly welcomed by it. This dog just happily trotted past all of us and went straight to my dad for a rub (please refer to above photo). We deduced that the dog likes smokers. Haha...
Photo of the farmhouse we stayed in, taken by Alan. This farmhouse is a 4-bedroom self-contained cottage and cost only AUD198 per night. We had to pay an extra AUD20 because we did not bring our own bedsheets so the owner had to charge us laundry cost. That's understandable as water is very precious in Aussie due to the drought.
View from the farmhouse...
The very clean and modern kitchen of the farmhouse.
There were some board games available and we started to play the Star Wars edition Monopoly, my favourite board game.
Helping to peel prawns for dinner...
This is also the farm owner's dog. It's very friendly too and kept wanting to play with us.
Our dinner - macaroni soup, cooked by mummy dearest.
Sitting down for dinner, with Yi Ling as photographer.
All seated for dinner...
It was freaking cold up in the farm! All of us couldn't bear to leave the heater and there's only one heater left because my parents and brother took the other one into their room. Actually we only knew they took it in the next morning when they told us. Those sneaky fellows... Haha... Anyway, the rest of us couldn't decide who gets to keep the heater so, to be fair, we left it out in the living room and slept in the freezing cold.
This was the most relaxing and memorable night throughout our entire trip. This was also the night when we fully realised what a scaredy-cat Sindy is! I'm not sure she'll appreciate me sharing her story publicly so, too bad... I'm sure most of you already knew what happened though...
Burlington supermarket, the place I went frequently for Asian foodstuff. They even sell mahjong set and mahjong table there! One mahjong table cost about AUD90+, which is ridiculously high!
The parking rates for Chinatown... After seeing this, you guys can stop complaining about the parking rates in town. My friends usually park at a free but isolated parking area. However. our cars were filled with our belongings so I don't want to risk parking there.
After Chinatown, we went to the tourist lookout at Mount Coo-tha. You can see almost the whole of Brisbane city from there.
Sindy just taught my brother how to 自拍and I think this was his first attempt, hence, the funny expression. Haha...
ME and mummy with the tourist sign...
Our last stop for the day, which was also the highlight of our trip - farmstay! We drove a couple of hours from Brisbane to Gatton and we even past by UQ's Gatton campus. That was interesting... Anyway, when we reached Fordsdale farm (which cannot be located using GPS), we were warmly greeted by this beautiful Golden Retriever. Or rather, my dad was warmly welcomed by it. This dog just happily trotted past all of us and went straight to my dad for a rub (please refer to above photo). We deduced that the dog likes smokers. Haha...
Photo of the farmhouse we stayed in, taken by Alan. This farmhouse is a 4-bedroom self-contained cottage and cost only AUD198 per night. We had to pay an extra AUD20 because we did not bring our own bedsheets so the owner had to charge us laundry cost. That's understandable as water is very precious in Aussie due to the drought.
View from the farmhouse...
The very clean and modern kitchen of the farmhouse.
There were some board games available and we started to play the Star Wars edition Monopoly, my favourite board game.
Helping to peel prawns for dinner...
This is also the farm owner's dog. It's very friendly too and kept wanting to play with us.
Our dinner - macaroni soup, cooked by mummy dearest.
Sitting down for dinner, with Yi Ling as photographer.
All seated for dinner...
It was freaking cold up in the farm! All of us couldn't bear to leave the heater and there's only one heater left because my parents and brother took the other one into their room. Actually we only knew they took it in the next morning when they told us. Those sneaky fellows... Haha... Anyway, the rest of us couldn't decide who gets to keep the heater so, to be fair, we left it out in the living room and slept in the freezing cold.
This was the most relaxing and memorable night throughout our entire trip. This was also the night when we fully realised what a scaredy-cat Sindy is! I'm not sure she'll appreciate me sharing her story publicly so, too bad... I'm sure most of you already knew what happened though...
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