Day 3 & 4 in Canberra

I'm back to continue with Canberra's trip...Was super busy the last two weeks for my major lab report of developmental biology, research proposal and 4 quizzes...More assignments than what I had in NTU...Well, finally have the chance to blog, but still have to settle my scoping paper and head & neck anatomy quiz by monday...Sianz...Anyway, let's continue...

Day 3 in Canberra (6 Oct)

Woke up "early" to check out before 10am, had to use some tactics to avoid being spotted by the receptionist (10 of us slept in the room, which is illegal) but still questioned by that old hag...Jesselyn finally showed her power and argued with the receptionist...Well, we managed to settle the problem without extra payment but were permanently black-listed...Anyway, we made our way to Cooma to get some tourist information to Snowy Mountains...

Cooma = 酷马 = Cool horse

It's a nice and quiet small town...

Was tempted to try this but we ended up having McD for lunch, my third McD for the trip...lol

Made a quick stop at Jindabyne, a small town near our destination, Kosciuszko National Park because of its beautiful scenery...

With Hezrie and Eric...

Lake Jindabyne...

Group photo...

Kosciuszko National Park's Pass...

OMG...We were awed by the snow mountains...

More snow...

I never imagine that I'll be able to see snow in Australia...It was fantabulous...

Group photo minus photographer...lol

The first time I see snow mountains...Wohoo...

With Hock Luck, Cindy, & Yee Man...

With Hezrie and David...

The wind was chilly...Had to use my hood to cover my freezing ears...Cindy and I decided to try something new...lol...Hannibal Lecter and faceless freak...

OMG OMG OMG OMG....

Jesselyn made a snowman (woman??)

So coolman~~~

Snow Angel...

With Yee Man...

With Jesselyn...

With Branda...My fellow Singaporean...

With Kimberly...

With Cindy...

HUBS 3410 (Advance Research Design) mates...

Group photo...Background too bright...

Another group photo..This one is better...

Really had a great time there...Unforgettable...

We saw a group of kangaroos crossed the road on our way back...As usual, I made a quick stop again..

She has a Joey!!! The kangaroos only jump away after I've taken the photos...How nice sia...

We had Thai style dinner later at night...Different night different style...How cool...

These photos somehow gave me an eerie feeling...lol

Paper lotus...

The spoon and fork look cool too...Tempted to kop...Haha...

Rice...

Pat Thai and Chicken stir fry...

Green curry...The yellowish veggie is bamboo shoot, I thought those were ginger..lol

After that, we went Koko Black for supper...

Something like Max Brenner and Godiva in S'pore...

Heaps of chocolates...

And chocolates...

99%!!! The ultimate Cacao-late...

More chocolates...

Giftbox...A$29 for 16 pieces...Heck...

Catalogues...

Choc chef making choc rolls...

My iced choc...A$6.50...Acceptable...

Very chocolatey...

With my iced chocolate...

Koko Black = KB = Kheng Boon??? (By: Kim)

Day 4 in Canberra (7 Oct)

Our motel...

It's spacious...Definitely better than Red Cedar...(The one with old hag receptionist)

After we checked out from the motel, we headed to the old bus depot market...It opens every sunday, selling iconic Australian craft pieces and arts...

Taken while waiting for another car at the roadside...

Entrance...

Old bus depot market...

Handmade ceramic bowls...

Handmade soaps...

Tiles...

Very talented mate, he plays didgeridoo, guitar, flute, drum, and piano...

Paintings...

The Gecko design is quite cool...

Woodcrafts...

More paintings...

People mountain people sea...

After that, we went to Royal Australian Mint, the place where we thought we can design and make our own coins...Was so excited about it...

One of the gates...

Group photo minus the photographer again...

Australia's coat of arms...

Coin designs...

Coin balance...

Weighing machine...

Gold coins...

Reg Mombassa's 2008 design...

Too ex to get a real one...A$95.00!!!

A$1 collectibles...

Souvenirs...

More souvenirs...

The coin making machine...Was a bit disappointed when we knew that we can't design our own coins...The process is just the payment of A$2.50 and press a button...Everyone was like "Har...Like that only har..."

Shiny gold coins...

The coins in the coin musuem...

Holey coins...

Coin's history...

Development of coins...

End of pre-decimal coins...

Decimal coinage...

Forgot to adjust the shutter speed...

After the mint, we went to Australian War Memorial...I thought we could finish in 2 hours time and head back to Newcastle but I was wrong...It took us about 4 hours to "briefly" browsing through "most" of the artifacts...

Chrysler...Not one of the artifacts...

Broke-leg mountain??Haha...

The entrance...

Anzac parade...

Memorial courtyard...

The eternal flame...

Malaya and Singapore...

Hall of Memory...

They gave their lives...

The dome...

Gas masks...

92 years old boat...

Medic's equipments...

Gotham city uses this to call batman...lol

Blasted submarine...

Light tank...

Is that propeller supposed to be that small??

AA gun...

Shellal mosaic...

Bomb...

Nazis...

Heliograph...

Machine gun...

Ship...

Chinese soldier's equipments...Check out the brass hammer...Cool sia..

Only managed to briefly clear 3/4 of the whole museum due to time constrain and grumbling stomach...

Had our super late lunch...

My seafood fried rice...

Afterthat, we went to this Buddhist monastery to bai bai before we return to Newcastle...

We visited Sydney's Max Brenner...

Chocolates again...

Had our dinner at Sydney...My Dumpling noodle...A$8.50 but it's really big...

Finally, we concluded our 4 days 3 nights trip to Canberra...Really glad that I get to join them for this fun-filled trip...Thanks to Jesselyn, Cindy, Kimberly, Hock Luck, David, Hezrie, Eric, Branda, and Yee Man...

To be continued...