Friday, August 31, 2012

Gold Coast - Surfer's Paradise

Surfers Paradise - Beautiful stretch of beach. Popular holiday destination





 Restaurants, hotels, shops, bars, shopping centres found along the stretch....

Its an expensive prime area. Have you ever wondered how much a beach-facing high-rise apartment like this would cost?

Here's your answer. 109sqm cost abt SGD1mil

194sqm apartment cost abt SGD3mil



Sunday, August 26, 2012

The WORLDs Part 1

Gold Coast is famous for its theme parks - Movie World, Dream World, Sea World, blablabla... Too many to count.
For a start, I got myself a combined-park pass, for only AUD75


First stop: MOVIE World

The main entrance. Apart from their own Aussie flag, you can find China, Japan, Korea and Singapore's flag at the entrance. This just goes to show how many Singaporeans patronize them yearly.

At the entrance...

The main street...

Movie world features various characters from DC comics,
such as Superman...
 (P.S. This Superman "Escape" ride is prob the most thrilling one at the moment)



& Batman...


Green Lantern...



Other cartoons include Scooby Doo...

Ice Age...
 and others...

 Most of the rides there were roller coaster-based thrill rides. It lacks variety, IMO.

My favorite stunt driver show


Smiling faces - conquered all the rides without puking... haha.



Friday, August 17, 2012

From WEST to EAST

Perth ---> Brisbane

 A panoramic pic of Brisbane city skyline.
Photo taken from South Bank Parkands, located at the southern side of Brisbane River (in pic).

The parklands consist of a unique mixture of rainforest, water, grassed areas and plazas. You can also find this man-made beach/pool. It is barely 50cm deep, but has a lifeguard on duty. LOL


Checking out the city centre is a must:



 Photos of random buildings in the city

 This is the old Treasury building, now converted into a hotel/restaurant/casino.


Queen Street Mall - One of the biggest shopping street in town



Steak for dinner....