Gold Coast - Day 5

We had the Tropical Fruit Farm tour in the morning and the Currulum Wildlife Sanctuary in the afternoon. They were a little far from the hotel and the bus was picking us up at 8am, an hour earlier than the usual, which means that we had to wake up a little earlier than usual too. Good morning Gold Coast, we actually saw sun rise.

We had a very nice and friendly driver who also acted as the guide. When we were nearing our destination, we stopped for some pictures. Only Lil Isaac was gamed to run around for some pictures. The grass was very green and the sky very blue. Such perfect background for picture and I attempted to take some pictures of Lil Isaac jumping around, which I didn't quite succeed.

The fruit farm was on top on some hill and we saw some breathtaking views before we entered the farm.

We went on a tour on a big tractor around the orchard and saw plenty of fruit trees. Many of them aren't bearing fruits though, probably not in the right season.

We stopped by some banana trees and sampled ready plucked bananas. I was so glad that Lil Isaac took quite an amount. Banana is the only fruit that Lil Isaac does eat and he has been rejecting them recently. He needed the bananas to help him clear the system and the bananas did help. Hooray!

Then we tried some macadamia nuts. We had to break the shell to get the nuts and I thought they tasted quite raw. Lil Isaac was upset that he can't have any of them. I don't think he would like them but was just upset that he can't join in the crowd.

We had a nice boat ride and given bread to feed the ducks. There were so many of the ducks and geese. The kids were delightful but a goose bit Lil Shauna's finger. Such ungrateful goose and we had Lil Shauna who kept complaining of the bite.

Next, we went on a miniature train ride on real tracks and the kids were really excited about it. The adults felt like real tourists, lol.

Then we get to feed some farm animals.

The kids and I also got the chance to bottle fed hungry calves. They each drank 2l of milk! The kids were really excited at first but lost interest quickly and mummy was left holding on to the big milk bottles while the kids ran off. The calves were sucking very hard at their bottles, I was like p[laying tug of war with them and was so glad when the staff finally took over so that I could now go tend to my own young.

It was also at this time that Lil Isaac fell. He didn't cry from the fall and I didn't think much of it at first. However, the floor was filled with wooden chaffs and Lil Isaac had a splinter in his right palm when he used his hands to break the fall.

The pain must be quite bad. He went around telling people that he was bitten by a crocodile. We tried removing the splinter but it was impossible with a wailing boy who was also screaming his head off and struggling real bad. We gave up and gave him a plaster instead. The boy was happy that he was let off with a plaster.

We caught a fruit tasting show and had somebody introduced the various tropical fruits and we were allowed to sample the fruits. Most of these fruits are found in Singapore. However, the ones that we were offered for sampling tasted really sweet and nice. Lil Isaac had more bananas. Yeah.

I had thought that the fruit farm would allow us an opportunity to pluck fruits off the trees for sampling. Chey. We had nice experience plucking and eating strawberries in Melbourne and tangerines in Jeju. Then it was lunch at their cosy café.

We went to the wildlife sanctuary thereafter, which isn't too far away. There was plenty of greenery, which unfortunately urban dwellers like us couldn't quite appreciate. The sanctuary is to an extent something like our bird park combined with zoo but on a smaller scale. We caught a bird show after we arrived but I think our Jurong Bird Park did a much better job. Lil Isaac took his nap during the show and we tried taking out that splinter but he wouldn't let us despite having his nap. He woke up angry and grumpy instead.

We get to feed and pat the lazy kangaroos towards the end of the trip. The kids were really excited to do so but I think the kangaroos probably thought the kids were nuisances. Lol. Kangaroo feeds were also available but I think many of the kangaroos were already full from the many other tourists who fed them earlier.

There were plenty of mud and kangaroo poo poos on the ground. It was quite disgusting when the adults saw the stuff stuck to the kids' shoes. We couldn't quite tell if those were just pure mud but we doubted so. We left the sanctuary after "torturing" the kangaroos and the kids took more pictures with Koalas.

Interestingly, the ride back to the hotel seems so much shorter. We had dinner and headed back to the hotel.

The kids were tired and fussing by then and our patience was running low. We lost it when Lil Shauna kept whining over a tiny pimple that she had on her chest and Lil Isaac ran into the wet bathroom, slipped, felled and earned a big barugu on the back of his head.

Lil Isaac continued fussing after shower and fell asleep after milk. It wasn't even 8pm. It was then that we attempted to take out that splinter and mummy succeeded. I was so proud. Hohoho. It was really big, considering the size of his palm and must had caused him quite a lot of pain. Poor boy. He wouldn't let me hold his right hand the entire day.

Mummy P and I went for a coffee at 8ish. It was a simple coffee at Starbucks and a nice quiet chat. I had wanted to do this since a couple nights ago but was simply too tired. Lol. We had a good chat and an hour flew by so quickly without the kids. Haha.

Our holiday is coming to an end. Sob. I don't want it to end.

Mummy Lim