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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
When i travel, i love to take pictures.
Especially those funny and weird ones.
Like this.
Welcome to the Wildlife Currumbin Sanctuary.
Before we embarked on our journey to Australia, one of the most exciting prospect is to be able to meet up with Mr. and Mrs. Kangaroo.
After hours of researching on the internet, we decided to pay the currumbin wildlife a visit. I can't really recall the price though, but it is quite affordable, around AUD50 per adult if i can remember correctly.
Like i said, take a bus. We arrived at 10.30 in the morning, and the crowd was still manageable.
As the first timers, we were confused about where to start.
So we decided to follow the crowd and we ended up at a small "train station".
I was quite dissapointed at first, how on earth i could get near to the Mr. and Mrs Kangaroo if our movement were only limited on the train?
I have been dreaming about feeding them with my bare hands for the past one year and all i got is just a glimpse of the animal from a bloody train?
Apparently it was not.
In this place, a timetable was laid out to every visitor.
Time to feed the bird. Time to watch the snake show. All you need is just shut up, board the train and go with the flow.
Something funny caught my eyes when i boarded the train.
"DO NOT JUMP OFF MOVING TRAIN".
Bloody hell, it WARNED ME NOT TO JUMP OFF THE TRAIN!
I felt like James Bond.
Just imagine that i saw a crocs, and i got excited, jump off the train, wrestle with the crocs, and come back on to the train unscatched.
Sounds cool though.
And you know it is special when Air Asia also occupy one of the advertistment board in the park.
I felt so much closer to home now.
Oh ya btw, thank for the cramp seat on for the 8 hours flight journey en route to Gold Coast.
The first stop.
Snake show.
Eh sorry.
Should be this one.
They talked about snakes, about their venoms, and heck, even let the visitors to pose with the snakes.
Although i scared like sh*t, i still managed to hold my nerves and took a photos with the snakes around my neck.
But thanks to my photographer for that day, the quality of the photo was just so....
The evidence to my man-hood-ness.
(Just because got pretty girl around, that's why i have no choice but to show that i got balls)
Then, the crocodile introductory show.
Too bad, the place was so crowded with people that i only managed to take the pictures of the presenter only.
But that's not important.
All of us have seen a crocodile before, at least once in real life. Malaysia also got ma...
But how many of you dare to say you have wrestled a crocodile before?
I bet none of you.
But i did. I really did.
I swear to god.
Nah, there you go.
But the climax of the whole visit was not the snake, not the crocodile, also not the pretty girl.
This is it.
Mission accomplished.
I felt like i could go back to Malaysia anytime by now.
I was warned before hand not to pat the kangaroos on their head. I don't know why. Maybe if i started to pat their head, they will start to kick my ass.
Anyone who have watched the Animal Planet show on Astro would know that Kangaroo has a pair of very powerful leg, that could kick your a** and send you into the moon.
So i better not try that.
The Koalas.
Since the photography session hugging a Koala would cost AUD 20++ per person, this is the best shot i could get.
Thanks to the 3.16 exchange rate. FML.
My second koala bear.
Everyone say hi to Renny:)
(Don't even ask, of course she is my girlfriend, tak kan my mum?).
Well, my job here is not to tell you each and every details of this visit.
Because i really believe that you should go and experience it yourself.
That's all for now for the Wildlife Currumbin Sanctuary.
From the man who have just wrestled the crocs. (I shouldn't be alive).
Especially those funny and weird ones.
Like this.
Welcome to the Wildlife Currumbin Sanctuary.
Before we embarked on our journey to Australia, one of the most exciting prospect is to be able to meet up with Mr. and Mrs. Kangaroo.
After hours of researching on the internet, we decided to pay the currumbin wildlife a visit. I can't really recall the price though, but it is quite affordable, around AUD50 per adult if i can remember correctly.
Like i said, take a bus. We arrived at 10.30 in the morning, and the crowd was still manageable.
As the first timers, we were confused about where to start.
So we decided to follow the crowd and we ended up at a small "train station".
I was quite dissapointed at first, how on earth i could get near to the Mr. and Mrs Kangaroo if our movement were only limited on the train?
I have been dreaming about feeding them with my bare hands for the past one year and all i got is just a glimpse of the animal from a bloody train?
Apparently it was not.
In this place, a timetable was laid out to every visitor.
Time to feed the bird. Time to watch the snake show. All you need is just shut up, board the train and go with the flow.
Something funny caught my eyes when i boarded the train.
"DO NOT JUMP OFF MOVING TRAIN".
Bloody hell, it WARNED ME NOT TO JUMP OFF THE TRAIN!
I felt like James Bond.
Just imagine that i saw a crocs, and i got excited, jump off the train, wrestle with the crocs, and come back on to the train unscatched.
Sounds cool though.
And you know it is special when Air Asia also occupy one of the advertistment board in the park.
I felt so much closer to home now.
Oh ya btw, thank for the cramp seat on for the 8 hours flight journey en route to Gold Coast.
The first stop.
Snake show.
Eh sorry.
Should be this one.
They talked about snakes, about their venoms, and heck, even let the visitors to pose with the snakes.
Although i scared like sh*t, i still managed to hold my nerves and took a photos with the snakes around my neck.
But thanks to my photographer for that day, the quality of the photo was just so....
The evidence to my man-hood-ness.
(Just because got pretty girl around, that's why i have no choice but to show that i got balls)
Then, the crocodile introductory show.
Too bad, the place was so crowded with people that i only managed to take the pictures of the presenter only.
But that's not important.
All of us have seen a crocodile before, at least once in real life. Malaysia also got ma...
But how many of you dare to say you have wrestled a crocodile before?
I bet none of you.
But i did. I really did.
I swear to god.
Nah, there you go.
But the climax of the whole visit was not the snake, not the crocodile, also not the pretty girl.
This is it.
Mission accomplished.
I felt like i could go back to Malaysia anytime by now.
I was warned before hand not to pat the kangaroos on their head. I don't know why. Maybe if i started to pat their head, they will start to kick my ass.
Anyone who have watched the Animal Planet show on Astro would know that Kangaroo has a pair of very powerful leg, that could kick your a** and send you into the moon.
So i better not try that.
The Koalas.
Since the photography session hugging a Koala would cost AUD 20++ per person, this is the best shot i could get.
Thanks to the 3.16 exchange rate. FML.
My second koala bear.
Everyone say hi to Renny:)
(Don't even ask, of course she is my girlfriend, tak kan my mum?).
Well, my job here is not to tell you each and every details of this visit.
Because i really believe that you should go and experience it yourself.
That's all for now for the Wildlife Currumbin Sanctuary.
From the man who have just wrestled the crocs. (I shouldn't be alive).
Friday, November 2, 2012
A day in Surfer's Paradise
When talking about Australia, people will start to think about Kangaroo.
Ah..and the "nude beaches". (I think most of my pals think about the latter one).
I remembered before i departed to Gold Coast, people used to asked me is there any particular place i would really love to visit?
I told them. "The great ocean road. I hope i can get a chance to visit there".
The next thing i know each and every one of them started to laugh as if there's no tommorrow.
So i decided to find out.
There you go. I almost shove my pretty face into the toilet bowl when i saw that. (1,792km).
No wonder they all laugh like monkey.
First time to Australia ma...niama...
People talked about Surfer's paradise, but i don't really surf. I can't consider myself as the pretty beach boy with tanned skin and well tone-body.
If i surf, it would look like this.
But i can't take the risk telling people i did not visit the surfer's paradise when i am in Gold Coast.
It is like telling people you go to KL but never being to KLCC.
Like going to sarawak but never try their "kolok mee".
Also like having a damn gorgeous naked lady in front of you, and you ended up helping her putting back on her clothes.
So i decided to pay this place a visit.
Cos i love bitches.
Sorry beaches.
As i have told in my earlier post, you can get to Surfer's Paradise by bus. Something interesting happened during one of my conversation to the bus driver.
Me: "Hey Mike! (Everyone's a "Mike" in Australia). Just let me know if we have reached the surfer's will yeah?"
The bus driver: "No worries mate, you will know it by yourself when we got there alrite?"
How true it was. When we reach, without looking at the signboard we already knew we were there. Surfers with their surfing gear on, ther hawaiian-style of shorts, bikini-cladded ladies were everywhere.
But i didn't see the beach!?
Oh ok, i need to walk further in. So here i am, welcome to the Surfer's Paradise!
Posing on the sand.
Posing in the seawater.
Then back on the land again.
For this particular place, you don't have to pay a single cent. But it is still a must go place in Gold Coast.
Never did i saw such a big wave in my life before and yet i felt so calm about it. Just by listening to the sounds of the wave really helped me relaxed during that evening.
That's what we called life isn't it?
But where are those surfers? Maybe i have came at the wrong timing of the year. The weather just too cold to even have a dip in the sea water. But where did all the surfers i saw just now?
Sod it.
One of my favourite picture.
Hmm.:)
There's nothing much you can do here, unless you like swimming, surfing, sunbathing and etc.
Since i do not want to be a shark's favourite dinner plate for that day, i decided to roam around the streets and guess what, we saw this.
Not sure if it is called the Eye on Gold Coast or stuff like that, but what i knew was i must get a ride on one of those. It is my first time anyway!
The price? A hefty AUD 11 per adult.
It sounds expensive to me because to be honest, the view from the ferris wheel is not as jaw dropping as i thought it would be.
All i can see is buildings, buildings and buildings again.
So, think twice before you pay.
I will update about other places (This time, you need to pay for it) that i have visited throughout my trip in Gold Coast, Australia.
Last but not least,
Let me show you the most "Australian" way of saying "See you again".
* The Itchy Itchy way..
Ah..and the "nude beaches". (I think most of my pals think about the latter one).
I remembered before i departed to Gold Coast, people used to asked me is there any particular place i would really love to visit?
I told them. "The great ocean road. I hope i can get a chance to visit there".
The next thing i know each and every one of them started to laugh as if there's no tommorrow.
So i decided to find out.
There you go. I almost shove my pretty face into the toilet bowl when i saw that. (1,792km).
No wonder they all laugh like monkey.
First time to Australia ma...niama...
People talked about Surfer's paradise, but i don't really surf. I can't consider myself as the pretty beach boy with tanned skin and well tone-body.
If i surf, it would look like this.
But i can't take the risk telling people i did not visit the surfer's paradise when i am in Gold Coast.
It is like telling people you go to KL but never being to KLCC.
Like going to sarawak but never try their "kolok mee".
Also like having a damn gorgeous naked lady in front of you, and you ended up helping her putting back on her clothes.
So i decided to pay this place a visit.
Cos i love bitches.
Sorry beaches.
As i have told in my earlier post, you can get to Surfer's Paradise by bus. Something interesting happened during one of my conversation to the bus driver.
Me: "Hey Mike! (Everyone's a "Mike" in Australia). Just let me know if we have reached the surfer's will yeah?"
The bus driver: "No worries mate, you will know it by yourself when we got there alrite?"
How true it was. When we reach, without looking at the signboard we already knew we were there. Surfers with their surfing gear on, ther hawaiian-style of shorts, bikini-cladded ladies were everywhere.
But i didn't see the beach!?
Oh ok, i need to walk further in. So here i am, welcome to the Surfer's Paradise!
Posing on the sand.
Posing in the seawater.
Then back on the land again.
For this particular place, you don't have to pay a single cent. But it is still a must go place in Gold Coast.
Never did i saw such a big wave in my life before and yet i felt so calm about it. Just by listening to the sounds of the wave really helped me relaxed during that evening.
That's what we called life isn't it?
But where are those surfers? Maybe i have came at the wrong timing of the year. The weather just too cold to even have a dip in the sea water. But where did all the surfers i saw just now?
Sod it.
One of my favourite picture.
Hmm.:)
There's nothing much you can do here, unless you like swimming, surfing, sunbathing and etc.
Since i do not want to be a shark's favourite dinner plate for that day, i decided to roam around the streets and guess what, we saw this.
Not sure if it is called the Eye on Gold Coast or stuff like that, but what i knew was i must get a ride on one of those. It is my first time anyway!
The price? A hefty AUD 11 per adult.
It sounds expensive to me because to be honest, the view from the ferris wheel is not as jaw dropping as i thought it would be.
All i can see is buildings, buildings and buildings again.
So, think twice before you pay.
I will update about other places (This time, you need to pay for it) that i have visited throughout my trip in Gold Coast, Australia.
Last but not least,
Let me show you the most "Australian" way of saying "See you again".
* The Itchy Itchy way..
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