Here's the itinerary. We're leaving Penang for Singapore by the 6.15pm flight. We'll meet Denise at the airport and fly to Brisbane at 11.45pm. We'll reach Brisbane airport at 9.25am. We'll take the Airtrain to Nerang Station at the Gold Coast. There we'll take a cab to the hotel at Surfers Paradise. We'll be there for four nights then we'll take a train to Brisbane. We'll leave the luggage in Daphne's apartment then visit University of Queensland and Brisbane city. We'll spend two days there and fly back via Singapore

Recipes For Busy Bees

Chicken 1) Steamed Chicken - Add some salt and sesame oil to marinate the chicken pieces. -Steam for 15 minutes or on top of the rice in the rice cooker 2) Chicken Rice -Cook rice but use less water than usual, -add a few slices of ginger, some salt and chicken granules in the rice -Marinate chicken pieces with oyster sauce or abalone sauce or soy sauce -Soak some mushrooms and cut some chinese sausages. - When the rice begins to dry, add the seasoned chicken, the mushroom (discard the water) and chinese sausages 3) Essence of Chicken -Simmer chicken pieces in just enough water to cover the chicken with a few slices of dong quai and a bit of kei chi -After 30 minutes, add Brand's essence of chicken and serve immediately. 4) Soy Sauce Chicken - Marinate chicken with salt, sugar, dark soy sauce and a bit of 5 spice powder in a pot -Add some whole garlic (peeled or unpeeled) -Heat the pot and add water gradually. Simmer until chicken is cooked. 5) Chicken Stew -Marinate chicken with soy sauce and some dark soy sauce -Heat some oil in a wok then saute some chopped garlic until fragrant but before it browns -Add some flour to the oil and stir. -Add chicken and some cut potatoes and cut bombay onions -Stir and add water gradually to prevent the flour sticking to the wok -Add enough water to cover all the chicken and potatoes, bring to boil -Cover and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring constantly (every 3 mins) 6) Suggested Chicken Soup a) ABC ( Potatoes, Carrots, Onions, Tomatoes) b) 6 Herbs (Lotus seed, lily bulb, huai san. tiam sit, almonds, yuk chuk) + dried longan c) Korean Ginseng or American Ginseng d) Dong Quai, dong sam, pak kei, kei chi e) Lotus Roots f) Water Cress (Sai Yeong Choi) g) Cabbage h) Black beans i) Red beans and green peas j) Sea horse, sea dragon , sheng di, tufu

Day 6 - Brisbane








Day 7

Home

Day 5 to Brisbane
University of Queensland

Day 4
Paradise Country FArm

Paradise Country Aussie Farm Tour:

-the Gold Coast's authentic Aussie homestead, which provides the opportunity to experience farm life and outback adventure,
This real bush setting will ensure that the new and improved Paradise Country provides an even more traditional 'fair-dinkum' Aussie homestead experience than ever before!

People of all ages can enjoy activities which reflect the Australian bush culture including koala cuddling, boomerang throwing and whip cracking demonstrations, sheep dog mustering and stock horse roundup, and billy tea and damper around the camp fire.

Harbour Town is an award winning, colourful and vibrant shopping destination with more than 120 brand-direct outlet stores selling over 300 brands of the world's top name fashions and home wares direct to shoppers with savings of up to 60 per cent below normal retail prices, every day. Biggera Waters, Gold Coast Open 0900 to 1730 Monday to Wednesday. Thursdays 0900 to 1900. Fridays and Saturdays 0900 to 1730 and Sundays 1000 to 1700

Day 3
Movieworld

Day Two
Dreamworld

Dreamworld is a theme park situated on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It is currently Australia's largest theme park. It is well known for being the location of the Big Brother Australia house.

Thrill rides feature prominently at Dreamworld with the Tower of Terror (the world's fourth fastest roller coaster), The Claw, Wipeout and Cyclone (a dual loop roller coaster) forming the promotional face of the park. Dreamworld also features several restaurants and shopping outlets; a kids area Nick Central, Wiggles World for toddlers and infants; as well as many themed areas such as Tiger Island, The Australian Wildlife Experience and Gold Rush Country. In December 2006, a new waterpark, WhiteWater World, operated by the same company as Dreamworld, opened next door to the park. A motorcycle rollercoaster named after Mick Doohan opened on the 30th of September 2007

Australian Wildlife Experience

Dreamworld’s Australian Wildlife Experience is one of the largest native wildlife parks in South East Queensland with more than 800 native animals including the second largest koala population in the world.

Cuddle a koala, wander with the wombats, roam with the roos, feed the birds, get up close to the big crocs and maybe even shear a sheep. It’s the very best of Australia, all in one great location.

Day One
9.30am-Arrival at Brisbane airport-Airtrain to Gold Coast. Taxi to Surfers Paradise.

Check in Trickett Gardens. To Cararra Market

Carrara Markets is the largest permanent Markets in Queensland and is open every Saturday & Sunday from 7am to 4pm.
Visitors to this enormously popular Treasure Trove can browse in a relaxed market atmosphere and an environment where individuals and families can spend a couple of hours or a whole day searching for bargains, have a meal, be entertained and generally have a great time.

The Markets have become a virtual institution on the Gold Coast, drawing weekend crowds of more than 25 000.
Over the years the Markets have become a bargain hunters paradise providing an almost unlimited variety of products from 500 stalls. Plant Nurseries, Fruit & Vegies, Clothing, Shoes, Arts & Crafts, Watches, Jewellery, Tools, Leathergoods, Butchers Shops, Bakery & Fish Shop just to name a few of the many diverse types of businesses with a large variety of unique and innovative goods for sale, all at bargain prices.