Day 4 - Wellington Point, Grocery Shopping at Pacific Fair and Surfer Paradise Market
Ah...the weather had turned rather cold and rainy...we set off in the drizzle and ended up at this quaint little fish and chips shop at Wellington Point. Well, it would raining cats and dogs by then..so we thought we would grab brunch, then the tide would have gone down by the time we were done and hopefully the sky would clear up and we could go for the sand bar walk.
Asked chatgpt for recommendations and it recommended this place! How cheesy - BEST Fish ad Chips in the Redland. The google reviews were good so we gave it a try. OOOOO it was indeed a really good choice. We took the Family feast (luckily not the mega big feast with 6 cod fish) and kid feast...also ordered a ham and egg burger for Jie...it was all very SCRUMPTIOUS
The sky cleared up! How blessed were we!
LOL the board warned about blue-ringed octopuses...oooo Tong declared that he wanted to find one
Saw windsurfers! It was amazing to see how they did their loops in the air when their sails got caught by strong gusts of win
Super blustery place...it was not as chilly as the time we did the boardwalk across the marshland in Taiwan..but this was a longer walk. It was 2km there and back so we spent one hour trekking...Jun was terrified of the crabs initially and wanted to turn back! Reminded him of his bible verse and took his hand forcefully and dragged him over to the sandbar.
Balmy weather, perfect for a saunter in the outdoors
The tide had receded, leaving a great expanse of exposed land
Uncle Brian did not want to join us initially as he did not want to ruin his shoes. Tong kept persuading him to go with us and he did! Glad that we made the trip together. Mama told 5 Gor Po that we just made a core memory experience together. The others went to talk a walk around the mangrove swamp on the island but Mei and I stayed behind as she said there was too much sand in her shoes...and she complained of aches and pains here and there...(uncannily familiar to her big brother)
On the way back, the big ones offered to piggy-back the small ones who were again whining about the sand, and wind and mysterious pains and aches.. well they really spoilt the two of them. Jie was called Bubbles the camel, while Tong was called the Howling Wind.
Our favourite photo of the day - the four happy siblings...ah my heart felt SO FULL
And Papa, Mama to be so in love after so many years of dating and courtship and after 4 kids... ah...Days of heaven on earth as described in the bible indeed
Later on, I was talking to Tong about buying the handphone cover with the wolf on it as it fitted the name Howling Wind and Tong said that their generation found the image of the alpha wolf VERY CRINGEY. Whatever did that mean? Anyway, it was not a good thing.
Pitying Tong who was lagging behind and Jie who had stormed ahead, Papa took over the piggy-backing of Meimei and had a race against Jie. Apparently, Jie - Bubbles the camel won the race.
We found places to park our bus-van. Yay the sign indicated free parking for three hours from 9 to 5pm...and it was free parking overnight. HURRAY for free parking in Gold Coast!
The view from our window at Oracle.
This stunning sight greeted us.
Very luxurious and elegant furnishings
Jaw-dropping scenic view, looking out from the window once again
Very spacious, modern and comfortable
Roomy rooms...Jun told me to send the photos to him so that he could send them to Ah Gong...hmmm well their main complaint was about the lousy wi-fi connection...
We chose the room with a single bed so Mei and Jun could sleep with us...The cute little Tong offered to sleep with 4 Gor Po when he heard that she had not been sleeping well...haha
Lounging in the living room and waiting for the downpour to stop...
We went to Surfers Paradise Night Market...we were hunting for a wooden phone case cover for Tong. He saw a really cool one with a shark at the Collectors Market in Brisbane but the seller did not have the one for his handphone size. He told Tong to come back the next morning and they did but the seller was not...Guess it was a stormy morning, so maybe he decided to set up his stall later in the day
When we were at the playground, Tong told Ma that perhaps he should just get a cover of his second choice and come back tomorrow morning to exchange, so if the seller was not there or if he did not manage to find the one that fitted his case, he would get a new case anyway. I told him to do so but he decided not to...sooo.... what a pity...he took the disappointment so well that Papa's heart went out to him. We tried finding a wooden cover on Shopee and Taobao but could not find one that he liked.
Cross fingers, we hoped that we could see more handphone cover stalls at the other markets that we would be going to!
God was exceedingly sweet to us...everything had proceeded so smoothly thus far...we always managed to find good parking lots, we chanced upon the wonderful Black Friday Sale at Brisbane Factory Outlet, we enjoyed the explorations, sightseeing, one another's company and food..
We thanked God for giving us wisdom, favour and protection. In Jesus' name, AMEN.
