Gan Family aussie trip - Day 7 & Day 8

Day 7 - Blue Mountain, Sdyney

Today, our agenda was to the blue mountain. The journey from our hotel to the blue mountain was 1 hour 30 minutes. On the journey to the said location, we stop by at the mini zoo.


the the entrance of the mini zoo....we notice the zoo staff holding a wombat....a very very cute wombat...

wake uppppp wommy....wakee upp.....

the sleepy wombat ignores the screams of the 3 lil kids...

next, to the koalas...

a close encounter with the koala...its rather cute ...and smelly tooo....

this is a very special kangaroo...take note on the baby kangaroo at the pocket of this mummy kangaroo....

after this mini zoo, we proceed our journey to the blue mountain. we need to sit this funny type of tram down to the coal mine at the blue mountain...

all of us was soo curious on the funny looking seat of this tram...

then only we realize that the tram has to go down more than 50 degree slope...wow....really cool...

There was a brief introduction on the coal mine and also the working environment at the coal mine...

the equipments used at the coal mine.

mw and mm at the 3 sisters mountain. we was told that the 3 sisters fell in love with 3 men from the neighbouring tribe, but marriage was forbidden by tribal law. Battle ensued, and the sisters were turned into stone by an elder to protect them but he was killed in the fighting and no one else can turn them back to human....

the kids at the previous model of the tram...

a better view of the 3 sisters. and thats the end of our trip to the blue mountain.

Day 8 - Sdyney - Singapore

today, we have to go back to singapore and this mark our last moment at sydney....the luggages and the boxes needed to be load at the back of the bus. the boxes contained fresh cherries and nougut choc....

being a season traveller, mw really knows wat to do during the journey back home....

our last-call shopping in singpore before we proceed back to malaysia....

kekeke

thats the end of our gan family trip to australia...

wat bout lim family...kekeke...yeahhh...coming soon in June 2009....

Gan Family aussie trip - Day 5 & Day 6

Day 5 - Gold Coast - Sydney...

Today we have to travel by flight from brisbane to sydney. the journey took us about 2 - 3 hours. this time MM and MW were lucky to get the window seat.






upon arrival at sdyney, we went to chinatown which was situated near our hotel. it was just a 5 minutes walk.

Father in law was indeed shock on the major changes in sdyney...come on...40 years liao...of course everything changes except for the road names ahh....

As we walk to the darling harbour, we come across a very beautiful park. Hubby and the kids were playing on the stepping stone. luckily on one falls on the water.

At the entrance of the darling harbour...kinda romantic...

The kids of course were having a great time....in this beautiful park

At darling harbour, MM refuse to wake up to see the christmas tree....too bad....she miss all the fun..

One happy family at the darling harbour.

MW wanted to join the kids at the water spiral but then too bad ...i do not allow because i didnt bring extra clothes for him and its very very cold. A very disappointed MW.

We had our dinner at darling harbour that day and need to go walk 20 minutes back to our hotel


DAY 6 - SYDNEY CITY TOUR

The next day, we went to the darling harbour again for our city tour.

the kids were very excited not because of the harbour...its because of their sunglassess.

the boat lovers , hubby and jie fu definately having a great time admiring ppl's yatch and at the same time missing theirs back home...

one big happy family at the darling harbour

mei mei at one of the park that ables us to view the opera house and the harbour bridge....aussie landmark...

mw with one of his chicky post....

happy couple with big bellies...kekeke

at the opera house....

grandpa's loyal companion.....mei mei

koala wannabe???

bondi beach...i also dont know wat so special about this beach..is this the only beach in sydney??

Gan Family aussie Trip - Day 4

Day 4 - Dream World, Gold Coast

Dreamworld was located next to the Warner Brothers. However, Dream World is abit special. It is a combination of theme park and wild life...


One happy family at the entrance of the DreamWorld.

We took a picture with kenny and belinda koalas..

Our first ride was the train that goes around the park as an introduction and planning for us to where to go first.

our first stop was the nickeloeon park...there we saw a few of the famous cartoon characters such as:

Dora the adventurer....

Spongebob and patrick the starfish

Joo yee and vien thia went for one of the rides, Spongebob flypants. As MW and joyce was under the height par, they...

enjoy imitating the act on the bench...kekek...funny kids...

Next to the swinger zinger....everyone comes down feeling dizzyyyyy....

Next to the nick park was the tiger island. there we watch the tiger live show. the trainers brief us on the tiger habitats and habits...

look...the tiger is even taller than the man....

As MW and MM were not eligible for most of the rides as they were too young, we went to the wild life park.

MM : I'm cuter or the koalas???

One happy family and the sleeping koalas..

Kangaroos park...

MW being very brave all the time... he even dare to feed the kangaroos.....

MM lead the way.....

MM : Everyone please gather around and follow meee!!!

our driver of the day...MW....hubby has to help him to step on the accelerator coz MW's leg is tooo short....

to all the rides......I WILL BE BACK.....nyek nyekkk nyekkkk....

Loving and happy couple...similarity : look at our belly...kekeke...

After the theme park, we decided to go to the beach as this was our last day at gold coast...

Everyoneee flyyyy flyyyy....it was very windy that day and the weather was very very cold....its good that i bought their jacket along...or else they will be freezinnngggg....

One happy couple.....