Gold Coast Paradise Country

we are off to australia!!! yayyyy! but before we successful boarded our plane, drama happened!! we were only informed last minute that we needed visa, our bad for not researching as well! lucky that we could apply this online with almost instant approval..ahhhh...rush rush rush at the boarding gate..thank God all completed in time for boarding..

flying in hot seats, airasia!
we bought our return tickets for RM1100

after 8 hours of flight..we finally arrived at coolangatta airport

we rented a car for our 5 days stay (AUD 150)..and immediately started our journey..first stop was PARADISE COUNTRY (AUD 39 for adults with lunch)..time to see koalas, sheep and kangaroos!!

can you see the koalas behind? super cute!

next was 'billy tea'

we were shown how to make this kinda special australian tea..

it seems that the tea leaves wouldnt sink..hmmm

to me, it tasted like any other english tea..haha

im not a tea person afterall..

there were horse shows too..

we watched them while sipping tea in the cold weather..

hmmm..now i miss aussie..

sheep shearing..

the amount of wool they have! really 3 bags full..hehe

time to get some rest..the area is really huge

lunch time!! served at 12.30noon

australian BBQ with semi buffet side dishes..

yummy!!

there was also a small gold mine area..

now its time to see more animals..

sheep!!!

so happy to be able to finally pat a fluffy sheep!

lovebirds!!!

they were really chirpy!

last but not least the star of australia..

what a great start to our trip! =)

-thanks faithful listener-