tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435861354943758962024-03-05T01:29:16.326-08:00Denann's Travel AdventuresBlog created by Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840028528651002925noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643586135494375896.post-28321712297896498922013-08-28T05:19:00.002-07:002013-08-28T05:19:59.567-07:00Day 9 - last day.....<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We couldn't get on the Cheng Ho Imperial Cruise until the afternoon but that would have been too late, so we went back to Chinatown for some last minute shopping after saying goodbye to the Dining Room staff. They were always very helpful and friendly - we wanted to say thank you to them for looking after us so well.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The taxi driver taking us to Changi Airport suggested that we take the Skytrain out to Terminal 3 - to have a look at the newest section of the Airport - very impressive. Singapore exudes wealth wherever you go....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We loved Singapore but were happy to be returning home. Our flight left at 7:55pm and arrived Brisbane 5:15am Tuesday 27th. Not much sleep on the plane...but we did try. We got through Customs very quickly after declaring some wooden items that we had, in fact it only took 5 minutes if that....we waited longer for out bags to come out to the Baggage Claim area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We took a cab to Kerries' house at Ascot where we left the car, and got home just after 6:30am. Had a cuppa, a shower and went to bed for a few hours setting the alarm for 10:30am. I didn't want to sleep for too long because I wanted to sleep that night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Back to reality now and having to cook our own meals!! We had a great time, great experiences, great adventures and great moments!!! </span>Blog created by Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840028528651002925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643586135494375896.post-80916273590665227572013-08-28T05:01:00.001-07:002013-08-28T05:01:11.704-07:00Day 8 - Changi War Museum, Chinatown and Dinner at Equinox (with an amazing view)<span id="goog_1659476056" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We took the train and bus out to Changi to have a look at the War Museum. My goodness - you just have no idea what atrocities took place during the war years. Everyone walked around the museum in absolute silence, reading about what happened to the POW's, the local Singaporeans and in the end the perpetrators. War is just so senseless at times!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">How some of the POW's survived was unbelievable - their conditions were atrocious. When the Japanese surrendered in 1945 and the POW's were released and made their way home, some of them didn't recover from their experience....some remained ill for many years (disentary) - you couldn't blame any of them for not forgiving the Japanese for what they did - we can only hope that lessons are learned from War.......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Unfortunately we couldn't take photos inside the museum, but if interested you can look at the website <a href="http://www.changimuseum.com.sg/">www.changimuseum.com.sg</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">On our way back, we stopped off at Little India for another look around and went to the Tekka Market area - we passed by this shop that had a couple of pigeon visitors....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking down at the fresh food market....I have no idea how they keep fish, chicken and meat cold....it's a bit scary....these areas were quite smelly....I don't think disinfectant is something that they use to clean these places....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The top level of the Tekka Market Centre is the clothing and shoe section - there were some beautiful dresses there.....basically the whole floor was dedicated to this type of clothing....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We wanted to go our dinner while in Singapore and looked at doing a Cruise Dinner on the Cheng Ho Imperial Cruise boat, but unfortunately they were booked out to a private function,so we decided to go to the Equinox Restaurant on the 70th floor of the Swissotel - The Stamford Hotel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Entree was $30 for scallops - well actually it was ONE scallop only. It was presented beautifully in a scallop shell and when opened up.....voila....one single scallop!! Yepah!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We ordered a Seafood Platter for 2 - guess how much??? Go on try..... S$185.00!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">All up our bill came to S$432 - I know....very extravagant....but what the heck.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A short taxi ride back to the hotel and we chatted about taking the Cheng Ho Cruise in the morning before making out way to the airport - looks like the planned sleep in isn't going to happen. We asked for a later checkout than 12pm and the hotel gladly agreed to 2pm and told us that we could go to the 3rd floor after that time to the dining room and pool area and if necessary have a shower before we left....they were always very accommodating.</span>Blog created by Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840028528651002925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643586135494375896.post-66802440541832718612013-08-28T03:58:00.001-07:002013-08-28T03:58:17.640-07:00Day 7 - Sentosa Island<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We decided to go to Sentosa Island today. I must admit that I didn't expect it to be anything what is was - I thought it was just an island connected by a road to Singpore that had gardens and the Aquarium and Universal Studios on it.....BOY WAS I WRONG!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I know I keep using the word AMAZING.....but Sentosa Island is another world - it is a city all on it's own!! It has Theme Parks, Casino, Hotels, Resort Accommodation, Beaches, Restaurants, Shopping and so much more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We went to Fort Silosa which is a restored artillery battery point. Here is an excerpt from Wikipedia....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The word Siloso is derived from a Malayan word meaning rock ( </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sanskrit</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> root : Sila ). There was a huge rock at the mouth of Singapore's harbour which was very dangerous to shipping. With trade flourishing in Singapore due to the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal" title="Suez Canal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suez Canal</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in 1869, it was necessary to protect Singapore's port. Based on the report by Major Edward Lake of the Madras Engineers, a fort was built at Blakang Mati (Sentosa) in 1874. As part of the fortification, Mount Siloso's top was blown off to flatten it for the installation of a gun platform. By the 1880s, gun batteries were located on Mount Siloso and Mount Serapong on Sentosa.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the 1880s, Fort Siloso had 7-inch RML guns and two 64-pounders. In the 1890s, five 10-inch guns were installed. These guns were operated electrically from an underground power-house. In the 1930s, twin 6-pounder, quick-firing anti-torpedo boat guns; five searchlights; an Operational Tower; two machine-guns and two twin Lewis anti-aircraft machine guns were added due to reports of impending war. The Fort was manned by the British </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Royal Artillery</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and the </span><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Singapore_Artillery_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Singapore Artillery Corps (page does not exist)"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Singapore Artillery Corps</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The forts were built to defend the land against sea invasion from the south. However, during </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">World War II</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, the Fort's guns were turned 180 degrees inland to defend against land invasion by the Japanese Army in the west. The Fort's guns were fired at Japanese positions and troops who were advancing toward the city from </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengah_Airfield" title="Tengah Airfield"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tengah Airfield</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.<br />British and local troops, were retreating from the overrun Pasir Laba Battery and heading back to British lines via the sea, when they were fired upon as they were mistaken for the enemy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This building is now known as the Surrender Chambers and has a vivid portrayal of the scenes of British and Japanese surrender with actual footage of the war being played interactively. This is on the upper storey, the ground floor has been turned into a souvenir shop. During the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Singapore" title="Japanese occupation of Singapore"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Japanese Occupation</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, the Fort was used as a </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner-of-war" title="Prisoner-of-war"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">prisoner-of-war</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> camp.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the Japanese surrender, the Royal Navy occupied the Fort in 1946, its guns were manned by the 1st Malay Coast Battery and the Royal Artillery. Gurkha detachments took over manning the guns when the British gunners were withdrawn and the 1st Malay Coast Battery was disbanded. Fort Siloso was manned by the 10th Gurkha Rifles to prevent Indonesian saboteurs from landing on Sentosa and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keppel_Harbour" title="Keppel Harbour"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keppel Harbour</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> during the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia%E2%80%93Malaysia_confrontation" title="Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> between 1963 and 1965, when Singapore was part of Malaysia.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fort Siloso became a Catholic Retreat for British forces until Sentosa was handed over to the Singapore Government with the British withdrawal in 1967. Fort Siloso then came under the command of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Armed_Forces" title="Singapore Armed Forces"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Singapore Armed Forces</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fort Siloso was converted into a military museum in 1974, displaying its history and guns. Other coastal guns from different parts of Singapore were brought here for display. It had previously held the display of the British Surrender.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Getting around Sentosa.....there is a free bus that drives around Sentosa taking you to various stops around the island - that is how big it is. I would hate to guess just how much money was spent to build this place.....apparently it has only been open for about a year....I just googled it -S$970million to build it in its current form and a S$10 billion masterplan for future construction is in the pipeline. The photos here just don't do this place justice....you have to be here to really appreciate it....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lunch we stopped at at Coca Restaurant - an Asian Food Restaurant and decided on the Steamboat lunch. It consisted of a soup stock mix to which was added various meats, fish and veges, boiled up and then mixed with a spicy condiment - it was delicious and another new venture to say we have done.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Off to the aquarium. The S.E.A. Aquarium was really the only attraction we were interested in visiting on Sentosa and we are so glad that we did. It is more than just a few fish swimming around - they have some fantastic displays showcasing fish of all species and colours - we saw crabs the size we have never seen before and the dolphin display was interesting - did you know that generally dolphins swim upside down??? They only swim the right side up when they come to the surface to get air. I thought there may have been something wrong with the one that I first saw but I was soon told otherwise. They didn't have any pink dolphins there.....that was another attraction but we enjoyed it all the same. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The main tank was enormous and you just felt like you were in another world - they had calming music playing in the room which made you feel like you were just floating - it was very serene.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did you know that dolphins naturally swim upside down in the water? they only turn up the other way when they come to the surface for air.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This tank is huge!! Even though there were a lot of people in this area, the feeling as you were walking around was very serene...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Never seen so many beautifully coloured fish</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This crab was about 60cm-80cm wide</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some great displays of maritime history in the region.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other parts of Sentosa.... over S$970million was spent to develop this island. S$140 was spent on the monorail; S$70 was spent on the Boardwalk. Another S$10 billion is to be spent on further development - UNBELIEVABLE!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These photos don't do Sentosa justice....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />Blog created by Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840028528651002925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643586135494375896.post-69381198643791215422013-08-26T02:56:00.000-07:002013-08-26T02:56:13.052-07:00Day 6 - Jurong Bird Park, Newtons Circus<span id="goog_1903919947"></span><span id="goog_1903919948" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another train and bus ride to Jurong East to the Bird Park. They have wonderful collection of birdlife there - however the enclosure were nothing like the Zoo.....we were expecting large aviaries with a variety of birds in them but they were put into individual aviaries according to the type of bird that they were which was good on one hand, but we felt quite sorry for the owls as they were in small dark rooms - probably a bit smaller than a double garage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tanjong Pagar seems to be undergoing some refurbishment with repainting of buildings, shops being modernised....Our hotel is on the RHS of this photo behind the middle building....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chinatown.....shops everywhere...lots of vendors competing for your business, particularly the tailors wanting to make shirts and suits for the guys.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Lots of food stalls that didn't look like you should touch some of them, but they are rated and we have had some fantastic meals at these places....they are called Hawker Food Centres and you get the odd hawker coming around wanting to sell you anything from tissues to wallets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Zoo is fantastic - very well thought out - very open...even the big cats are not enclosed in cages....but there are big moats and an electric fence at the bottom to stop any animals from venturing out. It was quite funny watching the monkeys and one of the little babies happened to fall down the hill towards to water and electric fence. Well...did he make a noise and a half in his panic. His mother quickly came to the rescue and scooped him up and took him away to safety.....very cute.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This Meerkat was on sentry duty - apparently they do this for about an hour keeping an eye out for birds of prey - they each take turns....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We went to the Rainforest Fights Back show which gave a very strong message to all to do what we can to save the homes of these creatures before they are all wiped out - quite moving....Dennis was quite taken with the snakes and took the opportunity to have his photo taken with a couple....he really wanted to hold the larger snake but they wouldn't let him....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Elephants at Work & Play show was very entertaining and we got to feed them at the end of the show. One of the keepers allowed me to come a bit closer and hold the food up for a great photo opportunity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfortunately the camera battery died and we had to use the phones to take photos. I haven't been able to transfer the photos on to the computer for some reason.....will have to do that when we get home...but we had photos taken riding the elephants and also sitting with the Orangutans - that was something special. The elephant keeper even let me lie on the elephants head and give her a hug the elephant before getting on her back. Dennis took a video of that on his phone so just have to transfer across when we can. It was just magical!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Update - managed to download the photos from the mobiles....here are some of the orangutans and elephants....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We left the Zoo at about 5:45 and went across to the Night Safari park (next door) for a tour of the park viewing the animals in their environment after dark. It certainly was a different experience....again open enclosures for many of the animals and some were wandering around free range, but in a controlled area (using grids). We didn't have an opportunity to take many photos as camera flashes would disturb the animals too much, but I did manage to purchase a photo book of many of the animals in their environment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We got on the train about 11:00pm but not before having a bit of an altercation with some Indian fellows who decided that they wanted to push their way through the long bus line to get on the bus first. They boldly just walked past everyone and tried to get on....but Dennis and another fellow from Italy told them in no uncertain terms to get back and wait their turn. They were dressed in some sort of uniform/costume and I was concerned later that they may have been some sort of clergy or something, but from what I understand they were just very rude people. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The War Memorial represents the three branches of the military - the Air Force, Army and Navy. The columns represent the Army, which marches in columns, the cover over the columns is shaped after of the wings of a plane, representing the Air Force, and the shape at the top resembles the periscope of a submarine, representing the Navy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Memorial's walls inscribe over 24,000 names of allied servicemen whose bodies were never found, spread over both sides of 12 columns of the war memorial itself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The War Cemetery is the final resting place for 4,458 allied servicemen in marked graves laid out in rows on maintained and manicured lawns. Over 850 of these graves are unidentified</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We then made our way back to the station and grabbed a couple of drinks; I got a mango smoothie made with soy milk and Dennis got a watermelon drink - very refreshing and we sat outside the station drinking them as you are not allowed food or drink in the stations here - that why they are so clean!! A few drops of rain started to fall and we took cover as a good shower came down. It dropped the temperature a few degrees and brought with it a nice cool breeze. By the time we got to the city the sun was shining again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We went back to Little India to go to the Mustafa Centre which is a place where you can buy anything and everything. It is a huge centre and I mean HUGE!! We walked from the clothing area to the jewellery centre which was wall to wall GOLD!! Pieces of jewellery worth hundreds....thousands.....I have no idea who buys these products!! The wages here are very low and the cost of living is very high. Petrol is $2.04/L; the cheapest car costs $80K; all food is imported as there is no agriculture here - it is a concrete city. While there are the ordinary market areas, there is a lot of opulence here and a lot of building going on. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">We left the Mustafa Centre after being dazzled by all of the jewellery and I saw some fresh bananas being put out at a store, so I bought a couple as I felt like a piece of fruit. It was delicious after eating a bit of spicy food. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We found our way to Arab Street which is well known for all of it textiles....fabrics, ribbon, laces, and rugs. As we passed each store, we were invited in by the shopowners to purchase a new rug or fabric - the fabrics were just beautiful - those which make the beautiful Indian dresses...sequins and jewels galore. I was particularly looking for some different trims that I could use for scrapbooking but the prices weren't anything special.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We went to the local shopping centre to find a toilet where we had to pay 10 cents to use the toilet - very clean though. As we left the shopping centre, we decided to find somewhere for lunch and I overheard a lady say that Sim Sam was a good place to eat which was just across the road. So off we went for another lunch adventure and got to the door where the vendor invited us in to dine. We went upstairs to the air-conditioned rooms and we chose a table part of which was occupied by a couple of muslim ladies who were joined by one of the lady's husband and son. They started chatting to us and the son told us that he was leaving for Tasmania in two weeks time for 4 years study. So we talked about what his expectations would be and we asked about their lifestyle here in Singapore. We were flabergasted at what they told us; cars are expensive to buy and they pay $95 per month to park their car at their unit carpark. Electricity costs them $300/month; they paid $500k for a 3 bedroom home (unit) which they have to pay off in 25 years and if their home is still in the family after 90 years they have to hand it back to the government - after paying it off!! The wages here are $6/hr - we have no idea how they afford anything. They do work very long hours but we can't imagine how they manage. They were very nice people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We then decided to go to a few temples in the area to have look. We found this sign along the way.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We came across this building that was having some renovations done - check out the acrow props on both sides in where the windows should be!! All the while, trading is still continuing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was the only temple that we found open - we were a but disappointed as we were pretty much ignored while there...no-one came and gave us some information about the temple at all...I was promptly told not to enter an area that I was making my way to but that was the only communication that we had.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some renovations were being done; there was some beautiful artwork that was being painted over in pink paint...we didn't quite know what was going on there but it seemed such a shame to be doing that. I guess we will never know what was happening....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The train station was only a short walk away and we stopped off at a couple of shops to see what they had. Dennis walked out while waiting for me and noticed some men talking and looking at him, laughing and chatting away while turning around looking at him some more. He knew they were talking about him so next thing I know he is walking up to them and asking them what they were saying about him. The ring-leader was a bit shocked that he was approached and promptly told Dennis that he wasn't talking about him so with we continued on to the station. It was quite obvious what they were doing but I guess we won't know for sure.</span><br />
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<br />Blog created by Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840028528651002925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643586135494375896.post-11375149801849490642013-08-22T04:35:00.000-07:002013-08-23T08:13:30.147-07:00Monday 19 August - Gardens by the Bay, Marina Bay Sands, Little India, Raffles Place.....<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have had a huge day today looking around Singapore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The train station Tanjong Pagar is just a street away from the hotel. We purchased a travel card and took the train to Gardens by the Bay. This area is only about a year old and is wonderful to say the least. The detail of everything here is amazing....there are many differnt Garden areas and the first we visited was:-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Flower Dome - a fantastic collection of plants from around the world intermingled with pieces of garden art in a domed area of about a hectare.....and air-conditioned....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cloud Forest - a tropical rainforest area with a skywalk taking us around various levels of the "mountain" along with escalators joining some levels</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the view from the Marina Sands Hotel - 57 storeys high. As we entered the area to go up to the 57th floor, our photograph was taken and by the time we got up to the top, we were presented with the photo in a cardboard frame.....for a cost of $50!! Without the frame....$30.....guess who ended up holding the photo.........not us - outrageous!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We then decided to go to Little India for some shopping and we stopped for lunch in a food court that looked like it should be avoided, but we have learnt that these places are a great place to eat......and so tasty.....Dennis had mutton and I had chicken, all served on a piece of brown paper on a tray.....a local businessman sat at our table and we started chatting....he told us a lot about Singapore and some helpful tips.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We then took the train to Raffles Place to go to the Raffles Hotel and have a Singapore Sling. We should have gone the next station up, but it was a favourable mistake as we found ourselves at Merlion Park which was opposite the Marina Sands Hotel and guess what, we got someone to take the exact same photo of us that the Marina Sands Hotel wanted to charge us $50 for!! Hahahaha.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Merlion Park - Merlion is the symbol of Singapore - the Lion City..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Raffles Hotel - you will see a member of the hotel staff in traditional uniform...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just before we got to Raffles Hotel, we met a local man who started chatting to us and gave us some local tips and took us to a travel pass kiosk to get some tour bargains. He also told us not to go to Raffles for the Singapore Sling as it was $38 per drink!! He said to go just up the road to Swissotel Hotel and go up to the 70th floor to the Bar Area where we could get a Singapore Sling for half the price in fact $15......and the view was even better....so that's what we decided to do.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the view of Singapore from the Hotel....everywhere you look is highrise....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />Blog created by Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840028528651002925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643586135494375896.post-12163690385488531452013-08-20T06:57:00.002-07:002013-08-20T06:57:49.339-07:00Singapore - what an amazing city!!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We arrived in Singapore at 4:00pm Sunday 18 August....breezed through Customs and was met by our limo driver to take us to the hotel. Carlton City Hotel is just beautiful and only opened 2 weeks prior to our arrival. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">After settling in to the hotel we headed to Chinatown to have a look around. Most of the market stalls were similar and we found that prices weren't really that cheap. We passed by a couple of restaurants that were well patronised by westerners so we chose the one that advertised "the best chilli crab in Singapore" and "d'best Singpore Sling". Dennis had the Chilli Crab and I had soft shelled crab with noodles. The Singapore Sling was certainly different and half the price of Raffles!!</span></div>
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Blog created by Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840028528651002925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643586135494375896.post-10389341237411986252012-09-19T16:01:00.001-07:002012-09-19T16:04:30.266-07:00Bowen to Mt Morgan.....and then home<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before we left Bowen, I managed to take a couple of photos of the beach that was a bit rocky..... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We got up quite early and headed off, stopping in at Macca's for breakfast along the way - no dishes this morning.... :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cane cutting season seems to be in full swing at the moment - we saw quite a bit of activity and the odd cane train..... cute little guys these are....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We got to Rocky and headed inland a little - we wanted to avoid the roadworks all down the coast from Rocky to around Gympie as it added quite a bit of time to our journey. We were heading from Cania Gorge for the night but we did plan on stopping at Mt. Morgan for a look. This is a very historic mining town and after spending a little time at the old Railway Station Museum we decided to stay the night at the local caravan park and take in the sights in the morning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I had read a little about Mt. Morgan before we left and was keen to visit the town. We unhitched the camper and went back into town to have a closer look. We first went up to one of the lookouts closest to the open cut mine. It hasn't been operational for many years but apparently that may change in the future. There are currently private tours of the mine but we didn't do that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The amount of copper, gold and silver that came out of this mine was phenomenal. Check out this link to learn more about the mine <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Morgan_Mine">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Morgan_Mine</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">and also <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Morgan,_Queensland">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Morgan,_Queensland</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Since the closure of the mine in 1991, I think the town has become a little stagnant - obviously people have moved on in search of work elsewhere but there seems to have been little progress in the town. Having said that it is a lovely little town, lots of history and you can spend a good couple of days taking everything in.....but it has the potential to offer so much more in our view. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Local custom of a runner collecting beer and giving the miners their cut.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Mt Morgan High School.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The oldest public school in Queensland</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Many of the older heritage buildings seem to be vacant and little ha</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">s been done regarding the upkeep of them. We particularly found that to be the case when we visited the cemetery - it was quite sad really....so much history yet no-one seems to be doing much about keeping it all alive.....yes there is the Mt. Morgan Museum but so much more can be done in the town to make it much more of a tourist attraction. The people were very friendly....we spent a little time at one of the pubs chatting to the locals - this particular pub was built in 1901 and is heritage listed - the young couple who own it are doing it up and have done a great job so far but are governed by the Heritage Council as to what they have to do which all takes time and money. They are working on trying to attract more tourists to the town but it is a very slow and frustrating process. A marketing whizz needs to do something about putting this little town on the radar in a big way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The most striking monument is the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Linda
Memorial</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">built in
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A well-preserved ceremonial burner, a heung lew or xiang lu, is one of few
reminders of Mount Morgan's Chinese community. Built in 1890, this shrine is
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We stopped for lunch at a rest stop just out of Monto at the Ceratosus Railway Station building. Quite a few vans were there settling in for the night - we found that a lot on this trip....vans and campers pulling in to these free spots for the night around lunchtime - they just travel for a few hours and pull up and relax - chatting to each other - everyone is quite social really. The only down side of these spots is that there usually aren't any shower facilities, so if you don't have a shower in your van you either have to use the old bucket to have a wash or find the nearest roadhouse along the way where you pay about $3 for a shower. But it saves paying $30 odd for a site at a caravan park.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We left on our final journey home to Caboolture stopping at Goomeri for a cuppa and quick rest stop. We called in to see our new grand-daughter, Teleah Rose at D'Aguilar who was born while we were away. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So that's our trip to Far North Queensland - it would have been great to have a bit more time to look at places in more detail, but there is always next time.....I think we did pretty well to see and do what we did in 10 days. </span></div>
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Blog created by Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840028528651002925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643586135494375896.post-64199712634629597242012-09-17T03:34:00.000-07:002012-09-17T03:34:12.256-07:00Cairns to Bowen<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not much to report today.....we left Cairns at 8:15am bound for home....we stopped at Josephine Falls for morning tea but didn't go to have a look at is was a bit of a walk away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">When we got to Townsville, we headed in to the city to go to Castle Hill Lookout; but when we got there we found that it wasn't suitable for trailers, so we turned around and continued our journey south stopping at Bowling Green National Park where we had lunch. I was unpacking the lunch supplies and on my second trip back to the picnic table I had to run after a bush turkey that pinched the bag of lettuce off the table!! Cheeky Turkey!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">After lunch we headed off and ended up stopping at our planned stop of Bowen. On the way, we witnessed a near head-on between a 4WD ute and a car on the highway. We are pretty sure the guy in the ute was either answering his mobile phone or texting - he veered over to the other side of the road, realising at the last minute what he was doing and corrected himself - I think we all had our hearts in our mouths at the same time. He pulled up straight away; not sure whether it was to attend to his mobile in a more safe manner or to change his undies!! It could have been a horrible outcome!! Not something we want to remember from our holiday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We are at the Big 4 caravan at park at Bowen right on beachfront - a little windy and cool but it should be good sleeping weather.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">No photos today but I hope to take a few of the beach before we leave in the morning. Not quite sure where we will end up tomorrow at this stage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">TFL, Ann & Dennis (Mum & Dad) xx</span>Blog created by Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840028528651002925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643586135494375896.post-40740080127673878162012-09-16T05:14:00.001-07:002012-09-16T05:14:10.231-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We left Wonga Beach on Saturday morning and headed for Cairns. We stopped for a cuppa on the beach - very relaxing sitting under a tree looking out to the water, the island and mountains. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We checked in to the Big 4 Crystal Cascades Caravan Park at Redlynch and then went into Cairns City to do a bit of shopping and have some lunch. I bought some comfy shoes and a few tops. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We then set off to the Esplanade to have a look at the water - this is what we found....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We wandered around town and found a hairdresser as Dennis started looking like the mad professor. Before that he told me that he didn't like my hat so I was trying to find one, when he grabbed the one I had off my head and promptly took it outside and threw it in the bin - so I had no option but to find another one - it just took a few shops before I was happy with my purchase! The tide started to come back in and we sat at one of the Esplanade bars and had a couple of drinks - very relaxing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We went back to the caravan park and got ready to go out to the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park where they had a Show and Dinner package available. It was a great night learning about their culture - we had our faces painted, sang, played instruments and I even got to help with the fire starting process.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The 4 course meal was great - very tasty. We purchased a couple of items from the shop and then went home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday morning and we got up and ready for the train trip on the Kuranda Scenic Railway. We went to Freshwater Station then boarded the train and set off for the hour and a half journey up the range to Kuranda. What a spectacular journey. The hardships that the labourers endured while building the railway all those years ago must have been incredible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We alighted at Kuranda and wandered around the village which is very much like Maleny/Montville - little market stores all over the place and vendors trying to sell their wares as we walked past.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">While we were there, we went to BirdWorld where hundreds of species of birds flew freely around the huge aviary. Some of them were quite friendly, allowing us to hold them and pat them. We were very excited to finally see a Cassowary.</span><br />
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T<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">omorrow we start our journey home and will possibly stop at around Proserpine - we will see what sights come our way tomorrow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TFL, Ann & Dennis</span>Blog created by Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840028528651002925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643586135494375896.post-51838163807677951682012-09-14T05:05:00.000-07:002012-09-14T05:05:04.064-07:00Our day to Cooktown.....<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Forgot to mention yesterday, that we had a friend sleep with us last night....well up in the tree next to us....the peacock flew up the tree about 7 metres or so and slept there for the night. Every now and then he would let us know that he was there calling out to the others, but most of the night was quiet until around 4'ish. Here he is up the tree....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We left around 8am this morning and went to the Cape Tribulation Ferry where we were ferried over the Daintree River so we could head up to Cooktown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We travelled up the Bloomfield track after passing a lot of Retreats and Resorts in the Daintree National Park area. The track is for 4WD only and we encountered some shallow water crossings and quite steep hillclimbs (and descents) along the way. It was quite windy and I got a bit of travel sickness - we stopped at a little town called Rossville for a cuppa and a break. Not far from there we got on to bitumen for the majority of the trip to Cooktown which is about 100kms from Wonga. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We got to a Black Mountain Lookout which showed us a very small portion of Black Mountain which is mostly made up of thousands of rocks - never seen anything like. It looks like a dump truck (actually lots of dump trucks) have put them there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The views from Grassy Hill were amazing - the Coral Sea was so blue and we saw the sandbank system that Captain Cook was very concerned about at the time of his landing - he was concerned that he wasn't going to get out of there!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All in all a big day. We head off for Cairns tomorrow - not quite sure of what we will do there at this stage - still deciding....but we will call in and have a look at Port Douglas on the way down and see how the other half lives!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Time for a shower and bed.....chat tomorrow. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span>Blog created by Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840028528651002925noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643586135494375896.post-45777954219037389402012-09-13T04:30:00.001-07:002012-09-13T04:30:15.873-07:00Kuranda & Mossman region<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a cooked brekky of poached eggs (in the disposable poachies pockets that I searched every camping store in Caboolture/Morayfield and found eventually found them in the kitchen aisle at Woolies) we set off for Barron Falls which is on the cusp of Kuranda.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We stopped off at Wright's Lookout which cuts a view out to Cairns 27 kilometres away with the Barron Gorge and River in the foreground. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A short drive to Barron Falls and we headed down the canopy walkway to the rail station just as the train was arriving for its short stopover before heading to Kuranda for the day. We hope to do that trip on Saturday or Sunday when we go to Cairns. The Barron Falls had some water coming from them,but we can imagine that the it would look just spectacular once the summer rains have fallen. The waterfall area is just huge and the photo just doesn't do it justice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We then drove to Mossman and along the way....surprise....surprise....more roadworks. This was the longest wait that we had as they were excavating the slope along the road and loaded a truck & dog with the excavated soil.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> We continues to Mossman and turned off to go out to Mossman Gorge as we entered the town. About a kilometre down the road we saw a "no caravans" sign on the road so we turned around and headed out to Wonga Beach - 17kms north and dropped the camper off at the caravan park that was recommended to us. We had some lunch and then headed back to the Mossman Gorge - it is only 4kms out of town. There is a Tourist Centre there and you have to park your car there and they take you to the Gorge via shuttle bus. As it turned out, we probably could have saved some time initially as there was parking available for RV's and buses....never mind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Gorge is basically the Mossman River and is a great swimming hole - very popular. I doubt that it would ever be dry and again when the summer rains come it would be amazing. Dennis was here over 20 years ago and it has certainly changed - the walkways are much more eco-friendly and easy for everyone to walk through the rainforest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are quite a few peacocks at the caravan park - one male was courting a couple of hens close by and we were given a beautiful display of his courting ritual.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We packed up a bottle of wine and a couple of beers and headed to the beach which is about 100 metres from us. We were greeted by this sign as we got on to the sand.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The beach is still littered with a lot of driftwood and coconuts, presumably from Cyclone Yasi. It was quite nice to just relax and unwind after a few days of driving - still a bit overcast but generally the weather was quite good today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">When we returned to the camp site we found the male peacock checking out his reflection in the bull-bar of the ute - he was quite confused!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have just finished a roast pork dinner that I cooked up in the Chef's Toolbox pan - I cook everything in this pan -it's great!! So time to do the dishes and get organised for bed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We have a big day planned for tomorrow - we are heading form the Daintree and Cooktown - so should have some great photos tomorrow night.</span><br />
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Blog created by Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840028528651002925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643586135494375896.post-72628333721814208312012-09-12T05:02:00.000-07:002012-09-12T05:02:04.282-07:00Our North Queensland Adventure......<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We loaded up the ute and camper trailer and left on Monday morning headed for Cairns. First stop was Lake Awoonga which is south of Rockhampton. We had hoped to get to Rocky or beyond on the first day, but we didn't leave until about 10:30am and encountered lots of roadworks along the way which probably added an hour or so to the trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Second day, we travelled to Ingham and stayed the night at Palm Tree Caravan Park on the Bruce Highway. We had the choice of quite a few camp spots but elected to go down the back to the unpowered sites (we don't need power as we are self-sufficient with our battery system). We got set up when Dennis noticed that we were about 20 metres away from the railway line!! Three trains went through that night - one before we went to bed and the other two during the night - once the engine got through it wasn't too bad, but both of the trains woke me, but only one woke Dennis!! Got back to sleep pretty easily though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Today, we travelled to Innisfail, and went inland from there. Our first stop was Paranella Park. What an amazing place - Jose Paranella certainly made the most of any opportunity that came his way. It is such a pity that the structures have decayed so much through the use of sea-water in his concrete; floods, fires and cyclones. I think rebuilding it to its original condition would be a huge job - it would be magnificent if that were to happen but it would take a huge amount of funds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We left Paranella Park and drove back to Innisfail, stopping at a local bakery and butcher along the way for some fresh bread rolls to have for lunch and I picked up 200gms of mince for the spag bol I plan to cook for dinner one night - I'm sure the butcher thought I was the last of the big spenders shelling out $2.20 for my purchase!! :-) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We drove out to Flying Fish Point to a park where we had our lunch - unfortunately the weather was a bit drizzly today and it the wind was a tad cool, but we managed to stay dry. The beach was still littered with a lot of rubbish from Cyclone Yasi - I didn't get photos for some strange reason.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We then drove out to Millaa Millaa, Atherton and ended up at Kuranda after stopping off at several Falls along the way. We went to visit the Nerada Tea Factory at Malanda but it closed at 4pm - we got there at 4:15pm. I was hoping to pick up some Royal DEvonshire tea....never mind will have to see if I can buy it online.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So we have stopped for the night at Kuranda; had pizza for dinner that I cooked up in the Chef's Toolbox pan -yummy. We plan on heading off to Barron Falls & Mossman Gorge tomorrow before going to Cairns - where we will set up for 2-3 days and do day trips to the sights we want to see.</span></div>
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