And if you enjoyed this " visual-tour" remember to PRAISE ME!!!! Arrgghh.. out of courtesy at least! Boooo~~~
So yeah, this trip officially begins on the 14 of April.. but due to lecture committments etc.. I had to start off a day later then the rest of my gang. But still, I will never short change myself when it comes to having fun!
So I spent my official day 1 travelling up to Sydney and went over to the Paddington Market for a morning of shopping fun.
Food place at Paddington Market in Sydney, selling some asian crusines like our Char Kueh Teow! Woo.. Smells good! I said ----->Smell good not taste good!
We got a car and started roaming around streets of Sydney and then headed off to Hunter Valley! Weeee..
And this is our accomodation for 2 nites! YHA Hunter Valley!
Gosh I must admit this is my first time sleeping in this sort of hostel. And darn, its really great fun! And seriously, this is such a great place. You wake up to a beautiful vine-yard and a whole great bunch of friendly folks.
And the first stop of the day was the Visitor Centre at Hunter Valley to recharge abit. Then its off to the Hunter Valley Garden where I finally get to display my talents..
I mean my hiden talent is that I look very professional with instruments.. but hey! Its a form of performing art! The Art of Pretending!
Then we continued on our journey to look for easter eggs.. but really had no luck.. nevertheless.. we still came across a Huge egg.. known as Humpty Dumpty (or watever its being spelled)
Oh my! Thats a huge fallin egg! Thats alot of protein and cholestoral over there! Heehe
Anyway, I really had to rush off for my tea party...
This is sure my cup of tea!
Remember how your mummy will always warn you about running too fast? You tend to fall?
Ahh.. but you will never find kids like me who always smile even when I crack my knee of bump my forehead??? Heehehe
Ahh.. Hidden within the tranquil.. Here lies my perfect Wedding venue.
Remember when I was a kid, I always dreamed of getting married in a beautiful church.. But these days, I seemed to be having second thots.. Well, my image of church has never changed.. rather, its my image of guys that changed. From bad to worst. Geez.
After the garden, we spent the rest of the day visiting numerous Vineyard, big or small, tasting wine after wine.
Needless to say.. you tend to feel alittle happy after a few glasses. Sometimes, you even blush, don't you? Heehe
Still not over my "getting-married" mood.. I found my perfect venue for a fantastic Outdoor wedding... In this lovely vineyard
The best wedding gift you can give me? How about bringing me a guy willing to marry me! Bugger off.. Grrrr..
Ok.. after a whole day of drinking, the gang retired to the hostel with a car full of wine! Guess whats the best part? We were given another half a bottle of wine for free! Wahhaaha, that sort of took care of our "alcohol-needs" for that night.
The next morning, we woke up wee early to freshen up and pack up for our next journey down south! We are heading off to Bundanoon.. We took a scenic drive down the Great Dividing where we stop by this little kiosk.. and I got something special for my mummy.. its a little metalic box with an angel on it.. very intricated design.. Ahh, bet you can't find it elsewhere! When it comes to getting her a gift, it has always got to be the most special one.
Anyway, we sort of spent the whole day on car.. kept having rest stops here and there.. until we finally arrived in the little town of Bundanoon..
Bundanoon is a little cosy town where there really isn't many people there. It was already nitefall when we settled down. So we decided to do a night trail at a national park nearby.... We tracked for almost an hour before we reach our destination which is the Glow Worm Glen. Its a ptiy that I can't snap any pictures while I was there.. Still, it was a good hike, tiring but fun.. We were told that if we ever get unlucky, we might come across small animals in our path.. or worst still.. humans.. Just imaging what can be more scary than lone humans roaming in the middle of some national parks? Its my first time doing hiking in complete darkness except for a few rays of moonlight.
Our accomodation for the nite?
YHA Bundanoon!
Ahh.. maybe thats not all.. how about a dose of beer at a Scotish Pub nearby?
Anyway, let me do abit of advertisement over here first.. you have got to try this pie..
I don't earn commission here.. but still, do try it out!
The beauty of this little town lies in its location which is stratagically located by the side of Morton National Park..
And being an avid fan of doing crazy and nutty stuff, how can I miss the chance of visiting the park and do something silly there?
Like meditating on some protruding rock out of nowhere..!
Okok.. time to move on, we are spending far too much time in Bundanoon..
Oh, a word of advice, never send your photos around cos you never know there might be weirdos who are so good with adobe photoshop that they start playing around with your photos till it turns freaky like this..
So its another day of driving and more driving.. passing by Southern Highlands and heading all the way towards Snowy Mts.
We had to stop by this Caravan Park called Khancoban for the nite. Ahh.. thats where we were fed a very authentic Chinese Teochew Porridge
Yummilicious!
Time to retreat! Ahhh.. and after a good nite sleep, we had a great day at Snowy Wilderness.. where I almost broke a limb cos I almost flew off my Quad bike.
Here's the bike that scared the shit outta me!
And here comes the bikers!
Quad bike riding is fun afterall! Ahhh.. Like I always say.. anything that doesn't kill will only make you stronger.
Next thing up! Horse Riding anyone?
Its really hard to get up the horse.. and if you accidentally annoyed the horse, beware, it might just sneeze on you.. like what this horse did to me! Grrrr...
During our lunch break, the owner of the place, Ross, gave us a nice piece on his double bass.. this rich fella is actually a millionaire cum musician cum businessman cum etc and etc.. ahhh.. just a rich fella with all the time and money in the world.
Cheers mate!
After lunch, its a ride on a 4WD around Ross's estate! Gosh, we had never finish touring the place.. its just too huge.
After the ride, we went fly fishing! Ah haa! Something new! Its not normal fishing.. the way to cast the rod is very much different.. and the baits are all hand made! Interesting..
But really, I'm more interested in the catch! Ahh.. a rainbow trout for dinner! Looks yummy!
After the fun and "misadventure" at Snowy Wilderness, we headed for Snowline Caravan Park located right beside the beautiful Lake Jyndabine.
By this time, coldness is filling the air as you begin to feel a little more "snowy" than usual...
Next morning was filled with excitement as we are all gonna conquere the highest peak in Aussie! Mt Kozzy!(I'm too lazy to check up the correct spelling of its name) Anyway, this mountain is recorded at 2228m high, thats about 1/3 of Mt Everest!
Here is the peak!
Did you see snow? How about this?
Brrrr.. Do I really have to make it so obvious that those white looking stuff is snow?
Wow, when we were decending from the peak, we took a chairlift from the halfway point.. but.. those people decided to turn off the chairlift system halfway while we were up there.. stranded.
Guess it might be becos of my weird actions infront of their camera that prompted those attendance to switch on the system again to let me down.
The next day while heading down the mountain... it started snowing! Gosh! We were really lucky to see snow in Autumn,
How about a snowman?
Melts in your mouth, not in your hand! Guess I need a better slogan.
Your eyes aren't playing tricks! This is for real! Snow shower!
Time to move back to my coastline... hours and hours of driving led us to Bateman's Bay where we stayed for a nite in some nice suite
Can you feel that kind of luxury I was enjoying? Ahhh..
That nite, we decided to treat ourselves to a good dinner at a Thai restuarant there..
Ah.. after so much fun.. our tour has finally come to the last bit.. the drive back to Wollongong.
Nevertheless, it was still fun as we stopped by some nice place like Jervis
Ahh sweet... I just love this photo!
And to refill our empty tummy, we stop by Berry for an afternoon of great pies and shopping!
At the famous Pie shop! Berry Bakery! Ahhh, the pie is really worth dying for! Gosh!
And of cos, my daily dose of ice-cream...
At Ice-Creamery
Ending off the day with a visit to Kiama before heading back to Wollongon..
Kiama Lighthouse!
Beautiful sunset isn't it!
Well, all good things come to an end. I'm glad this good one left me with beautiful memories.
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