Gold Coast - day 3

Gold Coast - day 3

( 7 August 2006 Monday ) Sunny & hot 25C

Harbour Town ~ Paradise Country (Farm tour) ~ Natural Bridge Springbrook see Glow worms

Paradise Country (Farm tour)

barbeque lunch with live entertainment & Stock Horse Round-up
(photos from http://www.paradisecountry.com.au/)

Natural Bridge Springbrook see Glow worms

Natural Bridge - Waterfull

Natural Bridge - Waterfull & Glow worms
白色的點點 是瑩光蟲, 但現場見就小咗DD!!
(photos from http://www.ariestours.com/)


Actually, we didn't know how to drive to our destinations. Looking from the map and fiinding the way from the highway is not easy. In the past two days, we have lots of fun on the way we were.
My 2nd family group took 3 things:

1/ Walkie -Talkie (途中亙相通話, 免走失)
2/ 衛星導航- (帶路 提醒在那些路段的駕駛方向線) Map and
3/ PDA ( 顯示行駛中的正確路段 )

Taday, our schedulde should be Paradise Country first. After 45 minutes' riding, we found a logo marked Paradise Country nearby under the instruction of 慧星導航 , but cannot find the entrance. Where is it??

預 算先去Paradise Country，但中間加插了趣事多羅羅! 用衛星導航 找到門牌地點 + 人眼看地圖亙證，錯不了的。 但是沒有入口處，更是人跡罕至的地方。 旅遊地點，怎會連車都唔多架？ 大家都呆咗。 打電話去問, 原來比錯個舊地址，衛星導航用輸入的舊地址。所以找不著。 剪羊毛表演要11:45 am 才開始。所以改咗去 Hourbour Town outlet Shopping 先！一個小時，買就快手。

We took the half-day farm tours include a barbeque lunch with live entertainment and bush dancing. Admission includes all of the following farm tour activities:

- Billy Tea and Damper around the camp fire - 圍著火堆表演泡茶和做麵包，飲番杯茶食個包先!
( 雖然好飽，但點都要試下)
- Small Animal Nursery - 小朋友好忙碌要餵D小動物佢地食草
- Boomerang Throwing Demonstration - 回飛棒表演賽 - 精彩、攪笑
- Whip Cracking Demonstration - 馬鞭鞭打表演 - 小心嘉賓個咀...
- Sheep Dog Muster - 牧羊狗趕羊 - 狗狗好叻，聽話下，小小羊兒快回欄
- Stock Horse Round-up - 馬術表演
- Koala - Optional Koala Cuddling Available - 好懶洋洋- 撫愛地擁抱， 親熱地摟住佢照相。
盛惠 12.00 澳元一張
- Kangaroo and Emu Sanctuary - 小外甥男/女-又怕又要餵佢地食草
- Sheep Shearing Show and Ram Parade - 剪羊毛 - 話咁快就變成光禿禿，小羊好可憐...

有人自動舉手請纓做剪羊毛表演嘉賓，主持人鬼佬又唔要，要自己去揀。 咦...我個姨甥仔，佢給工作人員選中做剪羊毛表演嘉賓，怕醜 - 唔想去。最後亞媽要佢上去試下+ 我們的鼓勵 + 觀衆的掌聲 又 O.K.

這次是第一次聽到多個語言的節目，每一個環節都有中、英、日、韓文旁白。 所有的旁白全部都係專人即場旁白。 值得一看和讚！

During our lunch time, there is a live band show. The singer invited 12 Korean ladies out and tought them to do the traditional Aussie dance. Even the BB and kids enjoy the dance. Before
the Stock Horse Round-up they had been took the photos with the horse in a very nice group seting.

Lunch 個陣，個 singer 邀請了十二位韓國靚女出來，原來教她們跳古老的土風舞。 年青人一下子就學會。 個 singer 一路唱佢地一路跳，連 D BB和小朋友都出來玩，好開心。 班韓國靚女仔跳完重行禮，好整齊，未知是否訓練有數呢？ 因大家一起看馬術表演前，她們全體合照，巳經擺出一個好靚的全體合照陣色來。
攪到我地班團友也嚷著學她們照張大合照!!


At 3:00 pm, we had to leave. We had to arrive the National Park before sunset. It took more then an hour to ride on the way to it. It have many bends or curves and we can rely on the 衛星導航. At 5:15 pm, we all saftly there. We decided to take a look to the cave, the waterfull and define the rounte in the dark night. Although we had electric torches with us, we still had to take care of the kids. At 6:00 pm, we decided to take our dinner at the picnic area. There should be with the BBQ hot pans , but it was too dark, we couldn't find them. There was a van parked near the picnic area with light. " Take our dinner here but No BBQ! " All of us took the bread, cold meat and juices only. The raw food, Beef, chicken wings... return to accomodation. "


太黑，又冷又下雨。 找不到電熱板，鐵版餐吃不成，唯有吃麵包和凍肉啦，一陣回 Gold Coast 再吃東西。當時大家都有種感覺自己好似難民營的難民。 大家都笑到碌地和搶凍肉吃！( 喂... 喂...留番 D 比我的老人家和小朋友呀！)

At 7:30 pm, the glow worms tours came and we also started our way to the cave. The Glow worms also can find on the way to the cave. In the cave, no lights on, the lights will kill the Glow Worms. We can see the them stuck on the top of the cave, but not as much as we excepted. My brother has been here 5 years ago, there were many many Glow Worms but now much less then before.

之後我地又再黑夜飛車返 gold coast dinner out. 還有早 D 睡，明天要駕車最少4 個鐘鏟落 Coffs Harbour.



Gold Coast - King Tide

後記：
好彩有衛星導航。黑漆漆, 冇街燈, 又多灣 ( 似西貢的路多 D ), 又唔熟路, 重要開成 110 km per hour 都咪話唔驚!!