~Sunrise @ Byron Bay~

One of my fren from Brisbane actually came back here to settle his PR stuff over tis weekend. so my housemates & i together with another guy fren decided to meet up with him & have some fun before he goes back. well, so we ended up renting a car and go for a short getaway trip to Byron Bay, the heavenly location for the best view of SUNRISE! as it is the most easternly of Australia Mainland! how cool can tat be, rite? well, it is oso our belated mid sem get away trip. heehee... off we went in our lovely, apple green Toyota Camry Sportivo to Byron Bay for the most wonderful and perfect sunrise ah...

Day 1: Car Pick Up... Late Dinner @ Fu Yao... Supper @ Gold Coast...

Me & Tess with our "apple green" Toyota Camry Sportivo! lovely car.. comfy and nice...

well, we r in Queensland state, tis is a Victoria state car & we r given a street directory for New South Wales state... hmm, wat a combination ah! whahaha...

Dinner @ Fu Yao, Logan. it was a late late dinner at abt 11pm. heehee... we gals drove the car home then we went to pick up the guys along the way as tis is a better way by not making double trip along the way for we r staying furthest away from our destination. so there we r, with street directory and instruction, Tess was the driver & i am Ms GPS aka navigator. picking up Nelson near city was still ok though we made a wrong turn initially. heehee... then travelling to Wai Juan's house was a bit of hard work. cos his place rather faraway and is a newly developed estate. but in the end, we still manage to reach his place safe and sound so all was great! with good driving by Tess & good navigating skills by me! heehee... from there, Wai Juan took over & we went for our late late dinner at abt 11am. having some nite dim sum. cool~!!!

Huiying & Tess - 2 pretty egg tart spokeswomen~!

Wai Juan & I - next 2 spokesperson for egg tart! the egg tart was great... yummy! yummy!

group photo is a MUST! there u r... Wai Juan, Nelson, Me, Tess & Huiying

after dinner, we set off to Gold Coast for supper chill out. as it was Saturday nite, is party nite! streets of Gold Coast r flooded with pple. many many pple waiting to go into pubs and clubs for partying. it was a crazy scene with many pple well-dressed up. as wat Tess commented, we juz fit in the crowd with our casual dressing. heehee... tat was quite true. then as we walked along the Surfers Paradise, there is tis grp of guys walking pass us. there was tis guy, quite tall and good looking, suddenly raise up his arm and seems to wanna have a "high five" with me. well, i was tinking, "y not?" so there i went, "piah!", smacking real hard onto his hand. heehee.. anyway, after walking around for a while, we decided to settle @ Charlie's Cafe for our supper chill out!

Nelson, Huiying & I @ Charlie's Cafe (it was a cafe featuring Charlie Choplin) 24hrs cafe @ the heart of Surfers Paradise

i became the spokeswoman for White Chocolate Cheesecake! tis is not as deliciou as Freestyle's cheesecake but overall was good cos the presentation of the cake was nice! :D

at abt 2am, we set off from Gold Coast to Byron Bay. Byron Bay is at the northern border of New South Wales state. very near to Queensland state (where i'm located). it is the highly recommended place for sunrise viewing. sunrise time is abt 6.07am so we muz get there by abt 5.30am. we reached rather early so we stayed in the car and try to view the stars from the black black sky by sticking our head out of the window. heehee... Nelson had a great time trying to explain wat r the stars and horoscope stars to us. he is really good at it! & we had a great time chatting abt all these and the strange happenings around the universal. weird topic but it was really interesting. heehee... tat is how we kill time ah! around 5.30am, we decided to slowly make our way up to the lighthouse area to wait for the lovely sunrise~!

Day 2: Sunrise @ Byron Bay

at abt 5.34am, tis is how the sky look like... some sight of orange sky on the massive dark sky...

at abt 5.42am, tis is how the sky look like... is still dark but the sky is clearing to welcome Mr Sunrise...

at abt 5.53am, tis is how the horizon look like. it was rather cloudy so we din had a very clear view of the massive horizon but still all was good!

according to Nelson, tis is call "chen(2) xi(1)". tis is the sky at abt 6am.

at abt 6.03am, i'm trying to capture some "chen(2) xi(1)" or sunray sticking out from the cloudy horizon...

can u see the sunray tat r trying to force its way out from the cloudy horizon? is at abt 6.05am for tis scene...

6.07am!!! the sun is really rising up... i can see one third of the "egg yolk"!

at 6.09am, the "egg yolk" was half way thru the horizon... min by min is rising up...

at 6.10am, casting our shadows on the 1st light of the day!

at 6.13am, is a BRAND new day! the "sunshine egg" is fully cooked and well-done, ready for "consumption" heehee...

the brightness of Mr Sun had "covered" half of my face ah...

at 6.15am, Mr Sun was casting its shadow across the wide ocean...

is 22 April 2007! the Sunrise @ Australia. lovely and wonderful...

i am in love with sunrise, cos is juz simply great feeling seeing the sun trying to sneak up from the horizon. well, if it is a clear day, i would tink the scene would be better. but i am contented with wat i saw. photos on my bloggie's background is Sunset @ Australia. now i have a perfect match with sunrise and sunset. heehee...

Me @ Cape Byron Lighthouse... tis is the point which is the Most Easternly point of Australia Mainland (i forget to post the photo of it here... :D)

Byron Hot Bread Ktichen. opened 23hrs (1 hr of sunrise viewing... heehee). they served yummilicious pies & cakes. very big and fulfilling~!!! GREAT!

cakes on display shelves! they r saying "come and eat us! we r very very tasty!"

on the way back to Brisbane, we stopped by Tweed Heads, the border of Queensland and New South Wales states. we stopped at a point where we r neither here nor there... heehee... here u r:

at tis moment, i'm at New South Wales, the Premier state!!

for the next moment, i'm back to Queensland, the Sunshine state! i still prefer sunshine state. is much nicer with lovely sunshine & great scenary almost at every corner of the state.

we r split up! r we? of cos not! cos we r in between! neither here nor there...

Captain Cook Lighthouse... scenice ocean view at the background with 4 super tired and drained-out pple who r trying to smile as wide as possible. whahahaha...

Captain Cook discovered Tweed Heads, the place in between Queesland and New South Wales! so here is a memorial and lighthouse built in his name...

Nelson & I @ Burleigh Beach with tall skyscrapers @ the background, faraway... tat's Gold Coast!

tat's Merman's Breakfast @ Mermaind Restaurant... yum! yum! yummy!

tat marks the end of tis 2 days 1 nite road trip. it was a tiring trip as we r up the whole nite. and when we got home, it was total concussion for us. slept straight after some light lunch and i am still feeling tired as i update tis bloggie. however, overall it was GREAT trip! i enjoyed very much with all the laughter and fun along the way. most importantly, i saw the lovely sunrise tat make me love the sunshine even more. (finally a proper and full sunrise as compared to those when we try to view it during chalet. hahaha) after all these fun, is time for some serious work done. heehee... :D