Traveling to Tangalooma
08:55 PM on Monday 16 June 2014
On the fourth day, we travelled to the Tangalooma Resort. First on the bus and then on a ship. The sky was really clear and sunny with beautiful clouds.
Surfer's Paradise
08:19 AM on Sunday 15 June 2014
After the Carrara Market, we went back to Surfer's Paradise where we spend the rest of the day walking about.
Carrara Markets
08:17 AM on Sunday 15 June 2014
On our free day, we decided to visit the Carrara Markets. This is a huge open area where there are a large number of stores selling all sorts of stuff. There is Luke's Reptile Kingdom which is like a mini zoo for lizards and snakes which the kids really enjoyed. Ernest and Esther also had quite a fa ...
Southern Cross 4WD tour
08:33 PM on Saturday 14 June 2014
On the second day, we spend the whole day with the Southern Cross 4WD tour which brought us to the rainforest. It was a very different experience being in a temperate rainforest. It looks similar but the differences in temperature makes it rather nicer.
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
08:22 PM on Friday 13 June 2014
After we landed at the airport and had a light breakfast, we headed over to the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary which is rather close to the airport. There we had an opportunity to get close to the wildlife and it was a great experience for the kids. Ernest was really looking forward to holding a koala ...
Superbee Honeyworld
10:09 AM on Friday 13 June 2014
We took the time to visit Superbee Honeyworld which was pretty educational for the kids. The take home message is that almost everything that we saw in the Bee movie is wrong. Here are the ones which I can remember: All worker bees are females, males do not really work. There is no such thing as Pol ...
We are there
09:59 AM on Friday 13 June 2014
After a tiring 8 hour flight we finally reached Gold Coast. We took the opportunity to take a quick photo before the airport folks came at us.
At the airport to Gold Coast
09:47 AM on Thursday 12 June 2014
We took a couple of pictures while waiting for boarding. We were wearing the new family T shirt which Pauline got from her trip to Hong Kong. It is the face of an owl and the kids are in red while Pauline and I are in pink and blue respectively.
Lunch at Jurong Point
09:37 AM on Thursday 12 June 2014
On the day that we are supposed to be flying off to Gold Coast, Pauline and I were on full day leave so we took the opportunity to take the family out for lunch since our flight is in the evening. We went to Lai Lai at Jurong Point which Esther adores. Here are some pictures with the GX7 paired with ...
Esther's art class at Sentosa
12:08 PM on Sunday 08 June 2014
Esther's art school organised an art class at Sentosa on Sunday so the entire family went to Sentosa in the morning. Here are some photos.