Gold Coast, Queensland

Surfers Paradise - A place to relax, a place to surf, a place to experience night life in Australia. From Summer to Winter, you could see people surf in the sea and sun bathing in all seasons. Well, Summer is the peak season in Gold Coast, naked sun-bathing and parties on the beach!  Love it so much!

Queensland transport infomation website: http://translink.com.au/

 

One of the famous restaurant in surfers paradise serving german food - Bavarian Haus. German pettitoes are the famous bevarage of the restaurant, it's really taste good.

Restaurant infomation- http://www.bavarianhaus.com.au/home.html 

 

For shopping lover, Harbour Town is a good choice - a factory outlet in Gold Coast. Selling cheap branded fashion stuffs. For me, it's not cheap =). 

Hourbour town infomation -http://www.harbourtown.com.au/

Moreton Island Adventure, Queensland

Moreton Island is the second world's largest sand island. The island embodies national park,desert, blue lagoon lake, lighthouse and resort. Moreton Island located at east coast of Queensland, we taken by ferry departed from Brisbane Port Terminal. We joined the local tour from Brisbane Tourist Information Centre at Queen Street Mall. We paid Aud150 per person for Moreton Day trip, its included lunch, transport and return ferry tickets.We met the driver at Roma Street Station, and he drove us to the port and island by his four wheel car.

 

 

Tangalooma Shipwrecks also one of representative of Moreton Island. The shipwreck placed in the sea at the west of the island. 

 

 

Cape Moreton Island stands the oldest lighthouse in Queensland, it was built on 14 February, 1857. The light house is facing the pacific ocean, east side of the island. The ocean  has shark at this area, is not safe to swim here. The four wheel car brought us everywhere in the island. Normal car is not recommend to drive in the sand road, four wheel car is only the vehicle could drive in the island. I had a fun experience to sit in the four wheel car along the uneven sand road along the journey.

 

 

Towards the northern end of the island, the freshwater Blue Lagoon lake offers a very peaceful environment. People could swim and relax here. Several walking tracks are established on the island too. We did sand-boarding at the desert, it was so much fun! This was my second experience to do the sand-boarding, at least I know how to provide against the sand flying into the mouth or face.

Blue Lagoon Lake

The Desert, the second world's largest sand island.

I was swimming at Tangalooma Beach.

Moretan Island is really a beautiful island, the most crystal clear water that I ever see in my life. It is not only crytal clear sea water, and also very clean compare to others. The resort in Moreton Island also provide the experience of hand feeding dolphins in the wild. You could try it on!

Su Zhou (苏州)

Su Zhou is just half an hour bus journey away from Shanghai. It recalled me the Hong Kong Drama talk about the 4 men of genius came from Su Zhou according to the rumour history.

Well, HanShan Temple is a famous Chinese temple in China. The meaning of HanShan is "cold mountain" in English. "Being one of the most famous temples in Chinese history, Hanshan Temple often boasts about its bell rings. However, the best known bell described in Zhang Ji's poem disappeared a long time ago. The bell in the tower now, was modeled on the previous one in 1904. Every year on New Year's Eve in China's lunar calendar, the bell is tolled to pray for the happiness and safety of the coming New Year. This festival attracts thousands of tourists both at home and abroad."
SuZhou infomation - http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/jiangsu/suzhou/hanshan_temple.htm

LuZhi is an old water town in SuZhou. As what I know, it was the first water town in China. The granny rowing the boat and singing at the same time. She is cheering the customers, and we have to give respond to her by clapping hands and money tips. This is their job to ask for income to survive for their life.

 

We also visited Lingering Garden, which has unique natural landscape. The garden is covered by rocks, some of the rocks have own creature and meaning. You can have your tea time at the garden, sightseeing the natural environment at the same time.