Movie World, Sea World (Gold Coast) and Australia Zoo (Sunshine Coast) trip

Last two weeks, my sister came all the way from Kuala Lumpur to have a week holiday with us! Yeahhhhh... Happy, excited semua ada. Lama weyh tak jumpa, duk video call je lah pun kan. At last, she came to visit us and travel all alone from KL. Salute lah Sya! Lain kali boleh datang lagi. Lone ranger pon apedehal? kikiki..

So, for that trip, I did all the hotels booking and bought the theme parks tix and also Australia Zoo tix. Luckily for that week it was not bad the weather. Because the week before the weather was totally horrific with the rain and everything. Pheww... My sis landed on the 24th August at the Coolangatta airport very early in the morning. We drove down to Gold Coast at 4 a.m in bloody cold morning! Aisy tak mandi pun. hihi.. We reached at the airport around 7.30 a.m and Syasya already stood standing at the arrival, luckily we're not that late. Hahaha..We wanted to go to the hotel but the check-in time is at 2 p.m. So, untuk menghabiskan masa terpaksalah berjalan2 sekitar Tweed Heads and we went to the malls searching for a sim card so Syasya can be 'alive'! hahaha.. And yeah, we went to Harbour Town, Gold Coast for some shopping. Weeeeeeeeee... Memandangkan raya haritu tak bershopping pun, so kali ni kita balas dendam =D.

We stayed at Blue Water Apartment for 3 days and 2 nights and it cost me only $250. Murah kan? Oklah, self-contained apartment with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Ada laundry room semua siap. hiihi 

The Blue Water Apartment and last picture is the view in front of the apartment.

After we had some rest, hana bawak Syasya jalan2 sekitar Surfers Paradise. We had kebab for dinner and went to Hard Rock coz syasya nak carik t-shirt for her friend. Terus tergoda sebab menemankan dia. huhu..

Aisy got her first hard rock t-shirt from here!

budak mucuk jalan2 sekitar pool dekat apartment

Second day, pagi2 pukul 9 a.m kami bertolak ke Movie World. After almost 1 and half year duk Qld baru lah nak pergi theme parks. Kitorg ni tunggu je kalau ada family nak datang baru join sebab kalau pergi 3 orang je sape nak tengokkan aisy kalo naik ride kan? hahaha.. Kebetulan, masa beli tix ada deal buy 3 tickets you got 1 free ticket only for $299. And this was annual VIP pass for Movie World, Sea World and Wet n Wild valid until June 2015. Yeeehaaa..

Movie World entrance

ini lah hakikat kalo bergambar dengan anak kecik

it was 75th anniversary for Batman that week

spooky scooby doo indoor roller coaster

 my sis with the superman ride

we didn't have our lunch here so we just grab some cakes and drinks

aaaarrgghhh teringat dekat Reese peanut buttercup frappe. sedapnya lah!

the hero that day

Around 2.30 pm, we went to Sea World. We grab our lunch here, obviously we had our fish n chips coz we're at Sea World. hahaha..

The cable car that go all the way from front to an end of the sea world. Haritu tak berkesempatan coz kitorang jalan je kaki lagipun nak cepat coz sea world tutup pukul 5pm.

one of the show - seal

aisy suka lah ni. dola dola kata aisy dengan pelat

dolphin show ni seronok!

polar bear in Sea World

The next day, we checked-out and head to Sunshine Coast. So, the fourth day of the trip we stayed in La Promenade, Caloundra. Here, it cost me about $195/night.

the view from the room. Yeah, we had an open living room. hoho.. Aisy je dapat enjoy jacuzzi tu.

Our bed. 2nd bedroom (2 singles bed) was at the entrance door.

kitchen and laundry

La Promenade which had the view of Bribie Island

panorama view from the walk

The fifth day, we went to Australia Zoo. Cakap dengan Sya2 if you came to Oz you should at least meet with the roos and koalas. Kalau tak, tak sah lah trip ke oz. Gitteww.. So, the ticket here cost us $59 + $2 for zoo hospital/person.

Aisy at the entrance. Ohh lupa. This Australia Zoo was the zoo related to the late Steve Irwin, the crocodile hunter hero!

us at crocoseum - main attraction

mommy landing dengan kangaroo jinak ni.

selfie!

asiy and the zebras

aisy feeding the kangaroo and she loves doing it!

we had the chance to pat the koalas. Lembut macam pegang teddy bear.

aisy ni jumpa buaya pun bawak kain busuk dia. iskk..

one of the show.

at the kids zoo where they had all sort of sheeps and piglets. oink oink.. hahaha

Yeah, afterall we had a very good time with my sister. My sister enjoyed her one week stay in Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Toowoomba. Alhamdulillah, dapat juga one of my family member datang jenguk kami kat sini. So, who wanna come next to visit us?? 

Road trip to Byron Bay and Coffs Harbour (Plus overall itinerary and budget): Last Part

Entry bertangguh lepas Part 4.

Sepanjang perjalanan balik dari Sydney ke Toowoomba, kami sempat singgah ke beberapa tempat termasuk Byron Bay, Coffs Harbour, Big Banana and Tweed Heads. Kebanyakan pemandangan bertemakan laut, which i like!

Byron Bay is famous of their lighthouse. From the lighthouse,we spotted few whales which is amazing! I've never seen any before, so we were really excited. If you wish to watch them up close you can also take a whale watch cruise. It will be around $100+ per person. Quite expensive right? Yeah!

the beautiful lighthouse

 the beach

mini me and the sea

Next, kami bermalam di Sapphire Motel, Coffs Harbour untuk satu malam. Nak melepaskan penat driving berterusan jauh-jauh. Per night only cost us $90 for twin room. Lagipun, hubs and Iqbal beria haa nak memancing kat Coffs Harbour ni. Nasib dapat lah jugak ikan which were baby shark and stingray (ikan pari). Dapat lah makan untuk stok 2-3 hari. Kalo kaki pancing macam ni lah! 

Bila sampai kat Forest Sky Pier ni, memang tak terungkap dengan kata-kata kecantikannya. Subhanllah..

#nofilter

budak ni nak berlari2, mommy ni dah lah gayat tempat tinggi. hahaha

Last but not least, singgah big banana beli fridge magnet and souveniers untuk labmates. Kan best kalo kat Malaysia kita appreciate dengan tanaman kita dan buat tempat yang menjadi daya tarikan macam big banana ni haa!

semua yang berunsurkan pisang

Sebelum teruskan ke Toowoomba, dah malam waktu tu kami lalu jgk Tweed Heads. Tweed Heads ni sempadan NSW and QLD. Pic atas ni actually pic minggu lepas kat Danger Point, Tweed Heads. hihi

This is roughly the road trip itinerary and accommodation for 11 days (before we changed the plan to start the trip at 10 am on 3rd Aug 2014). Total cost is approximately AUD3000++ include van rental, petrol, toll, accommodations, foods, entrance fee for all activities and shopping etc! (Cost for 2 adults and 1 child). Alhamdulillah, ada rezeki berkat bersusah-payah kumpul duit sebulan dengan kerja kebunnya. Dapat lah haaa merasa. hihi..

That is it, a wrap! Phewwwwww... Panjang betul haaa. Taubat nak berpart-part lagi ko. 

Road trip to Sydney: Part 4

Howdy!

Feeling so good that it almost weekend. Yessss, really can't wait for this Sunday to come! Okay, let's start with Sydney. heeeee

Previous entry (Part 3): click here

Alright, after having so much fun at Mt Buller we drove straight to Sydney again. This time we coincidentally found the Big Merino when we filling up the fuel at Shell. Hahaha.. At last jumpa jugak because the first time when we went to Canberra we really wanted to see this Big merino but too bad, we are running out of time to re-route and search for it again and again. Alhamdulillah, this time tak payah nak pasang gps carik. Rezeki jumpa terus! hihi.. Tapi jumpa pun dah malam. Husband ada snap pic tapi pic dia dgn member lah plak. So , this picture I googled and found it. Rezeki jugak Aisy dapat toys big merino ni as souvenier from Iqbal. Thanks Iqbal!  

source: http://goughlui.com/?p=4660

This time around, we reached Sydney at 2.30 am. Selalu benar late check-in. Nasiblah semua owner/manager for all our accommodation sangat memahami. We stayed at Manly beach house and the owner was so friendly. Sampai buat Aisy ni macam cucu dia sendiri lah.

our room for the night. 1 queen and 2 singles. Padahal 3 beranak duk satu katil je. hahaha. Ada sky window blh tgk bulan bintang.

the common living room and kitchen

kira macam lobby lodge ni lah. Aud110/night.

Pagi at 9.30 am, we already check-out because we already planned many activities around Sydney on day 8. Owh, before that Manly beach ni sangat cantik persekitaran dia. Kalau berpeluang round2, sila jangan lepaskan peluang. Tanpa berlengah lagi, kami terus menuju ke check point pertama iaitu Paddy Market. I thought that this market macam jual barang2 local made lah gitu. Tapi tak pun. Penuh dengan orang Korea, China, Indonesia yang menjual souvenier and baju2. Most of it memang Made in China. Tapi memang murah lah semua souvenier kat situ. Fridge magnet you can get 1pc for $2 macam tu and you can get 3 shirts for $18. 

In front of Paddy Market

Dah puas borong, kami beredar untuk aktiviti seterusnya. Here comes the drama! Actually, to prevent the difficulties to search for parking around Sydney we already booked a parking in advanced before we started this trip. It's a $22 for 1 day parking with Wilson at Harbor side. Malangnya, van yang kami naiki tak muat masuk parking! Haihhhh... the max height is only 2.0m! Adoi..semua pening mana nak parking. At last, we just parked our van nearby Paddy Market where all the tourist bus and van parked their vehicles. Dan yang paling bestnya, parking kat situ PERCUMA! hahahaha.. Sabo je lah. Tapi terpaksalah jalan sikit dalam 20 minit untuk ke Darling Harbour. Tak kisahlah, janji dapat jalan2 around Sydney. Masa jalan2, tetiba nampak train ni berlegar2, apa lagi terus tahan dan naik sebab train ni memang akan round satu Darling Harbour. It was $7 for adults kalau tak silap. Tak ingat dah..

Iqbal and family on the train.

Yeay, sampai terus click2. Aisy and mommy at Darling harbour.

with a background view of Maritime Museum.

In Darling harbour, there are so many things you can do. But, we chose only to go to Madamme Tussauds. Entrance fee to Madamme Tussauds is $32 if you buy online. Next to Madamme Tussauds, they got Sea Life and Wild Life. Disebabkan kat Gold Coast pun banyak Sea life sea world and wild life etc jadi memang pergi Madamme Tussauds je. In Sea Life ada restoran yang jual seafoods. So we grab our lunch there. Ok jomlah layan pic dalam muzium patung lilin ni. Kat bawah ni adalah antara berpuluh-puluh gambar yang di snap dalam tu. hahaha

At Madamme Tussauds entrance. Can you see the Koala? A real one tau. Hana pun ingat mula2 patung je. Sekali dia gerak. hihi..

us with the majesty. Tapi aisy ni sengaja spoil gambar mommy!

me and madamme

Do you want to join us?

ni lah hero cerita petang2 kami.. Home and Away.. hahaha

ahhh..ini memang hero idaman! kuikuikui

abg, tak yah nak ngendeng sangat. Kang marah Brad Pitt tu!

Dah habis round2 dalam Madamme Tussauds, kami pun lepak2 jap sebelum naik ferry ke Sydney Opera House. This ferry to Opera house cost only $6/person one way. 

while waiting for the ferry. OOTD: Shawl by Sincerelybyusshawls, tops from Target, pants from Bardot and boots from UGGaustralia.

our sunset view in front of Sydney Harbour Bridge.

me and the Opera House! We snapped this picture on on the ferry.

Berakhirlah sudah episod di Bandar Sydney! Kami bertolak dari city at around 8 pm untuk berjumpa dengan family Prof Wan sebab Iqbal dah janji nak jumpa dia. So, terus kami ke alamat yang diberi dan alhmadulillah, rezeki lagi. Kami dibelanja oleh Prof Wan untuk dinner malam tu. Kenyang dan makanannya super sedap! Kalau korang ke Sydney (kami makan di branch Campbelltown), cari Rashay's, they served Halal food here.

kaki dessert macam ni lah! Mars cheese cake.

Nutella frappe.

Steak and chips. Patut mintak Medium untuk steak tu. hoho..

That was it our trip in Sydney! Really had so much fun there. InsyaAllah kalau ada rezeki untuk ke Sydney, kami nak try ke Blue Mountain plak. hihi..

Bersambung lagi untuk Part seterusnya =p ... daaaa...