my Life, my Loves.: gold coast

Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Queensland Trip Day 5 - Gold Coast

We didn't do much sight seeing today. Today is all about shopping! We went to Harbour Town for some outlet shopping. I didn't think we would stay long there, because I don't think we can get really good deals at outlet shopping, especially after shopping at Citygate in Hong Kong. But I was so wrong! The deals at Harbour Town were clearly better, especially the surf wear. We bought surf wear for the girls and dar himself, and their Polo Ralph items were really cheap!

Lunch was really simple fare. Their pasta was alright, their pizza was well below average.

Kae was whiny, and so we bought her and dar ice-cream to cheer her up. Kerri was just fooling around with the camera function of my iphone!

Harbour Town Gold Coast

Add: Corner of Gold Coast Highway & Oxley Drive, Biggera Waters, Queensland 4216, Australia

Tel: +61 7 5529 1734

http://www.harbourtowngoldcoast.com.au/

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It was time for the sun to set when we woke up from our afternoon nap after shopping.

As it was a Wednesday night, we drove down to Surfers Paradise for their Beachfront Markets, which are held every Wednesday and Friday Nights. We didn't find anything we thought were special to purchase, although we did buy the girls anklets.

Surfers Paradise Beachfront Markets

(held every Wednesday and Friday nights)

Add: The Foreshore, Surfers Paradise

Tel: +61 7 5584 3700

http://www.surfersparadise.com/things-to-do/free/visiting-the-beachfront-markets

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It was real late and we were hungry for dinner. We decided on this cafe which looks real good. Big mistake.

We waited what seemed like ages, and ages it was. We waited for 1 whole hour, before they informed us that they didn't have the oysters we ordered and refunded us the money in cold hard cash. And when the remaining food was served, they were all COLD. We overheard the staff telling the table near us that there had been a shortage in the kitchen. Come on, you should have informed all your customers before accepting their orders. And telling us at the very last minute that you've ran out of oysters and refunding us the money? Not cool. I hope you have better luck than us next time if you happen to eat at this place when you are at Surfers.

The girls were getting restless and hungry!

We had to curb our hunger with beer.

All the food were simply unappetizing.

Seafood Empire

Add: 17-21 Cavill Ave Paradise Centre, Shop 4, Surfers Paradise, Queensland 4217, Australia

Tel: +61 7 5527 5250

http://www.seafoodempire.com.au/

Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Queensland Trip Day 4 Part 2 - Gold Coast

After lunch, the girls managed to squeeze in one more ride before the Dora meet and greet.

I think it's not that big a deal in Australia, since they are there every single day. There were not much kids queueing to take pictures with Dora. In fact, there were only 10 in the queue? But you can always see a long queue in Singapore when Dora do turn up in Singapore during the holidays.

We had lots of time to kill before the Dora Best Friend Adventure show, so we headed off too sharks! Somehow, Kae knows that sharks are scary. Erm , maybe she learnt that from school? Or television of course!

And it was time for Dora's Best Friend Adventure show! I think it was because we were the 1st in queue, the staff asked Kae if she wanted to be part of the show, and she said yes! It was just for 1-2 minutes, where Kae walked up on stage and walked 1 round.

And here below in the pictures are of Kae on the stage. She was asked to head onto stage, and do the stirring action with her hands while walking 1 round towards Boots.She was supposed to be helping Boots stir a bowl of chocolate sauce for Dora.

After the show ended, we walked a bit more, and went for our last show of the day the Jet Stunt Extreme. I was actually half asleep during the whole show, as Kerri was sleeping in my arms, and I closed my eyes to snooze too. Hah!

As with some other nights, I cooked pasta for dinner. Hey, that is why we booked a serviced apartment rather than a hotel room yah? So that we can have a bigger space and cook our own meals! Eating out for every meal is very expensive!