Day 4 - Tasmania

Up up and away....

Off to Freycinet National Park for some good morning exercise.

This is real and not from any wallpaper ah.... Great Oyster Bay. Only 10 min walk return.


Saw a wallaby on the way to another walking trail... A wallaby is a smaller version of the kangaroo and it looks soooooo cute, doesn't it??


Climbing up and up the walking trails, you actually need comfortable walking shoes. And I was almost panting when I was up there as I didnt make any rest stops. The wineglass bay lookout.


Cant really see the wineglass bay huh? See the next photo...



Blue waters, white sands surrounded by greeny. Wow.... this is awesome and worth the climb.

We didnt go down to the winglass bay as it was too far and too much time is needed.

see... i walked and climbed for an hour and more....


Next, the lighthouse. This place is also part of the National Park and we were driving uphill to reach it.

And it seems that we are pretty 'high' up there... see the clouds???


The lighthouse.


With all the climbing, of course we were hungry.
Another place raved by their locals.

Oysters again. This time, accompanied with crayfish (they called it crayfish, we call it lobster. :P )

Fresh as it was straight out from their farm. i think so...




No ambience, just eating it al-fresco style outside a ermmm hut/container?? ha... who cares as long as the food is gd.


Not the cheapest oysters we have eaten but decent price for fresh fresh oysters.


With a full stomach, we were off to Launceston, the next town in Tasmania with more people. Ha.......

Day 3 - Tasmania

We headed out from our apartment on day 3 to move towards the east coast.

Still at the Tasman Peninsula.

We were here in the morning:


Dangerous it may seem, but there were people surfing....


One of the reasons why it was remarkable... see the outline of Tasmania???


Then, off we were to here:


Nothing exccept for walking trails. It's a historic site whereby convicts were sent to mine for coal... I think so lah....

The world's largest surviving carnivorous marsupial can now be found in Tasmania only.
Yes, the tasmanian devil.


No front views as this one was busy licking itself after it's meal.

Why cant we have this in Singapore? A caravan selling food.


And the locals have alot of raves about their fish & chips.
And, it was good compared to alot of restaurants serving this. Mainly and most importantly, the fresh fish.


Eating and enjoying a blowhole - can you see it??


We bought ice-cream too. It was then that we realised ice-cream was very very nice there.

Off on the road for a couple of hours before we reach the east coast.

Our cottage apartment for the night which gave hubby the creeps cos' of the very very English-heritage kind of layout and deco.


We go supermarket shopping almost everyday.
And dinner for that night was Singapore-style fried noodles and BBQ meat/sausages/mushrooms.

Oh ya, the chilli costs A$0.40 for one. :)

Love you.

Birthday

Birthday was on Monday. Took half day leave.

Greetings as usual from my group of friends and in particular a guy whom I knew since secondary school and who never fails to sms me birthday wishes even though we hardly contact.

How was my birthday??

Nope, no big pressies but i'm ok with that cos my biggest pressie in terms of material wants was received in Feb08.
I'm not greedy.

I'm happy to be healthy, happy most of the times, have a lovely hubby and the nicest mummy in the world (well, to me la....)
What else can i wish for???

Yes... wishes for more money. who doesn't?
but life isnt all about money sometimes. :)
contradictory it may seem, but that's life rite?

Day 2 - Tasmania

Apologies for taking so long to update. Been very busy. Work, family, dinners.

For your info, my birthday is coming... ermmmm.... :)

Alright, back to our trip.

Our day started with a trip to Port Arthur - this time in daylight. :P

What should I say about this place.

According to the website:

"The Port Arthur penal settlement began life as a small timber station in 1830. Originally designed as a replacement for the recently closed timber camp at Birches Bay, Port Arthur quickly grew in importance within the penal system of the colonies."

Please check out their website should you be interested to find out more.

To me, in short, this place was a convict area. With alot of their buildings being destroyed.




See this tree... it was autumn then, thus the trees are slowing changing... we thought it was amazing...


It was hot and cold. Hot because of the sun. Cold because of the wind. Don't know to hate or love the weather sometimes.

Lunch was light. Our next stop was a cruise.

See the octopus? Can we get that in Singapore????


Some of the marvellous sights.





Highest sea-cliffs in the southern hemisphere


Do you see them?? Never in my life have I seen so much seals!!!!


And... they are real smelly....


The cruise boat.


It was an interesting ride. Out at sea, we had roller-coasters ride cos' of the waves. Just like jet-boat rides.
The only sad part was that we didnt manage to see any dolphins at play. :(

3-hour Tasman Island eco-cruise was definitely an eye-opener.

How could I forget dinner?

Remebered I said oysters?? :)

Here you go..
Though abit small, it was fresh. No need for tobasco sauce. Just lemon and awww...


Was it becos' Tas has one of the freshest air in the world and cleanest water in the world??? With a population less than 500,000, what is pollution?

One of the nicest seafood chowder ever tasted.


P/S: Had dinner at one of the established restaurants locally and had prawns. But... was complaining that they were nothing compared to what i had in Tas. Missed the mussels, served boiled with nothing else. Heavenly.

Day 1 - Tasmania

Was thinking whether I should blog about the trip and the fact that it was 11 days long... it will definitely take a while before i can finish blogging about everything. Well, let's see how things go ba.....

Thursday 10.50 pm. - Flew off from Changi Airport Terminal 1 (so sad, it's not terminal 3 as we are not rich enough to take SQ. :P).

Touched down at Adelaide for a short while before we are off to Sydney. The reason why we had 2 stopovers were cos' 1) save money. more stopovers, cheaper fare. 2) we were going to Sydney for a few days before coming back home. 3) Melbourne - which was supposed to be the nearest city for a stopover to Tasmania had no seats cos it was F1 weekend.

Supper on Qantas. This is nice. Especially that sweet potato thingy. Or was it pumpkin???


Refreshment.


Waiting for our domestic flight at the Sydney dosmestic airport - surprisingly, their dosmestic airport seems to be better than their internation airport.



Upon reaching Hobart, we went to get our car. Changed and changed the car till we got this. Wanted to get the Nissan X-Trail but too bad, our luggages could not fit into the boot. One thing I learnt was that it is always better to get a car which has a boot that can cover the luggages. 4WD and passenger vans and MPVs are always a problem cos they do not have a covered-up boot like a sedan.

Chio rite??? Red colour.... and it's very powerful according to our friend who drove it.



Note: If you are thinking of buying 4D for the car no., you may wish to know that it did not "open" the last 2 weekends. Should u decide to buy and do strike, please send me a small token of appreciation for the inspirational numbers. Thank you very much.

Our home for the 1st 2 nights. A self-contained apartment which can sleep up to 7 people. Strangely, they only have 1 shower and 1 toilet. Hmmm... imagine having 7 persons fighting for a shower. OMG. Luckily, we only had 5 pax. :)



Did I mention that I nearly got blown away at Hobart airport? The wind was so so so strong that I nearly got blown away and had to hold on to Brian. Hahahaha...... What a welcome for me.

The first night was very very interesting as we went for a ghost tour.

Yes. You heard me right. Timid Cynthia went for a Ghost Tour.

The thing about doing a self-drive is that one has the control of time and what one wants to see or does not want to see. I doubt a package tour will bring you for a ghost tour. :P

The bad thing is, driving. I'm not the driver though. Heng..... Winding roads, wildlife on the run during dusk till dawn are sometimes a nightmare.
Another bad is navigation. Which was luckily, pretty easy in Tasmania as apart from 2 big cities with more complicated roads, the rest are pretty simple. a few highways, some major roads and occasional secondary roads.

Day 2... please be patient. :)

Back...

Hi people,

I'm back from that BIG island. :)

I was away to see Tasmanian Devil and feast on oysters for hmmmm, 11 days.

Wonderful.

Away from civilisation
Away from the concrete jungle
Away from the rush and crowd

One of the cleanest air in the world did I breathe in
Almost all the 4 seasons in a week did I experience
Freshest seafood did I tasted

I guess I would have outbreaks due to the overwhelming amount of seafood poison if not for the clean and fresh air, cool and at times, freezing temperature.

Wish I am still away....

P/S: Photos up soon. Still uploading them. Thousands of them. :P

Random....

Suddenly, I ask myself this question. How well do I know myself? How well does other know about me?

Let’s see..

1. What’s my favourite drink? Coca-Cola

2. What’s my favourite song? Nothing in mind… Anything goes actually, depending on my mood.

3. Where’s my favourite shopping haunt? Again, I don’t know. Does going to Bangkok to shop counts?

4. What’s the meat that I hate most? Arrr…. This one most of you should know. Pork.

5. What’s my best cooking dish as of now? Hmmmm… should be Japanes curry and porridge? Hahaha….

Kind of silly to do these questions I know.

Thinking of the years back, I realize I like traveling. Wanting to be an air-stewardess is also because of the traveling part. But well, I couldn’t get in, and yes, I’m over that. If I do earn enough, I can always travel, without the need to serve others. :)

Apart from Bangkok, I seldom shop when traveling. The least I spent on shopping was when I went Egypt. The funny thing about me is that when I’m out of town, I don’t bother checking up where the main shopping spots are. If I were to go USA, apart from Coach, I think nothing really fancies me, or I fancy nothing. :P Though USA has OPI nail polishes, VS, A&F etc. Weird weird weird. Sometimes I don’t understand myself either.

Planning for a trip now…. If nothing goes wrong, I’m off to a BIG island in March.

Random....

My recent favourite...



Carl's Jr Charbroiled Chicken Salad... Yummilicious.

Happy Valentine's Day

Right... I know my post is 'outdated'. Not as 'updated' as I like it to be.

Seriously, what does Valentine's Day means????

To send a card or present to someone you love? To celebrate with your love on this internationally renowned day?

It's sweet looking at people on the streets carrying flowers and to know that the world is still full of people in love.
It's amazing to see people still queuing up for food at 10.30pm to celebrate this day with their valentine. (Yea... i know they queue cos' i finished classes at 9.45pm and saw Orchard's swensens, nydc's long queue).

Dearie came down to fetch me. Surprisingly.

Our first V-day as husband and wife and i had to go classes. wahaha.... the normal me will skip class but i didnt leh.......

cos we already celebrated it on Sunday.

a simple dinner at Bakerzin at Paragon.


Lavender Violet Lime.... interesting drink.... smells like lavender - of course lah.....


Iced Latte - the usual... :P


Summer Salad.....


Linguini in Mushroom Cream Sauce for Moi


Chicken & Mushroom Sandwich for him.... we are mushroom addicts.. :P

And....

How could we forget our pressies? Though each year we say, dont need give la.... but then... hahahha.......

For Him






His favourite brand of shirt - somemore want two-ply one ok......

Then...

What's mine??? Hmmm.....


The usual mysterious box...


Now you see it...



What else can I complain??? My sweetest boy always surprises me.....

Hope you had a great Valentine.

xoxo
Cynthia

P/S: Just learnt from a German friend that xoxo meant lotsa kisses and hugs... (yea... i'm a msn-lingo idiot) :)

Lunar New Year Greetings....

Hello all!!!

Happy Lunar New Year...

May the year of Rat be a prosperous year for all....

Huat ah!!!!! :)

Sick... Arggghhh

How does it feel to be having a fever and sore throat? Sian. That was my Sunday night and Monday morning.

Off to the doctor's and back with a 2-day MC. Ha... how nice right??? But i'm seriously hating it. The good part is being able to sleep and boy, did i spend alot of time on my bed.

But.... the worst is yet to be over as I puked badly for 2 hours odd at night.

With just porridge and bread, how much weight have I lost this time, I wonder.

And now... i'm coughing. And i know Brian's gonna be so so irritated by my coughing.... (he's preparing for his exams tomorrow....) So sorry, dearie.. no choice....

Good luck to u, dearie.... :)

I think i'm becoming alcoholic.... :P

I heart this....



Been less than a month, and it's only about 30% left. And... i'm the one who drank 90% of it. Mostly just chilled with ice.

Anybody going DFS, can help me buy?

I'm so so angry now....

I changed the photos on Flickr to private, then realise they cant be viewed on my blog. So, i changed them back to public. And guess what, the html codes and blah blah got all changed. And I cant view the photos on my blog... arggghhh

Is it me?? Got to find time to re-post everything with photos..... sianz.

2008

Happy New Year....
I know the greetings came in kind of late... keke~~

this year started with a bang....

Watching fireworks at Punggol... abit bit nia...
Drinking Whiskey with green tea, coke, soda....

2008 resolutions???

Nah... nothing.. cos i dont always accomplish them.
N if i do achieve anything, it'll be an accomplishment. ha~~~

Moving house was last year's affair.
Getting married was last year's affair.
Changing job was last year's affair.

What's this year's affair????
Apart from more holiday-ing... (yesh, i love travelling), what else can i look forward to???

Met up with Iris last Saturady for our girl's gossiping and hair cutting.
Cant imagine i knew this girl for like more than 10 years... from the childish secondary school girls to the now mother of 1 (her...)... cant help but to think that we've grown old..... and come a couple more years, we'll be starting with numeral 3. Cannot laugh at people who has '3' in their age anymore...... :P

Wanted to rebond / straighten my hair and to keep it long again...

But... i cut it short. Again.

It got shorter and shorter.

Here you go.... A new year, a new me. To be a better woman in this new year and the years to come......



Lotsa love and hugs.....