Australia Rockhampton
29.11.09
Reached Australia, Rockhampton airport, at 1800 sg time, 2000 aus time
Weather here is very hot at day time, around 0700 to 1600
Cooling and sometime very cold at night
Sometime rain, but it is a short rain
Living Condition:
In tentage, the ground is really ground with soil
Bathing - Using a waterbag with a showerhead attach to the bottom
Toilet - Small one have pipe to use, big one have a deep hole
Sometime can go canteen which is at another camp
5th Nov
1st part training ended
1st R&R
Went to Rockhampton town, Stockland Shopping Mall
Went to shop the whole day..
They have alot of bookstore, supermarket, cafe, bar, restaurant
Went to Lunch at Sizzler.
Ordered a steak meal, plus free-flow salad bar plus free-flow drink
Salad bar has pre-made salad, self-made salad, pasta, dessert - ice cream etc
Eat very full until feel like throwing out.
Saw 3 pretty ladies there, 2 are waitress, and 1 is a customer
After lunch, went to cinema to watch movie
Price is AUS$15.50
Watch movie - The Box
The storyline not bad
Story is about a couple received a box with a button on it
when the button is pressed, they will receive 1million dollars and also kill someone they don't know.
The story follow
Ending is a repeat cycle
Dinner went to their food court
Ordered Fish and Chip - food not bad
They also had sold chinese food, but mostly western like grill meat, kebabs and etc
6th Nov
Had BBQ night
Eaten wrong thing
Had diaherea and vomitting here
Now alright already
More and more cloud as the days past
More and more rain coming...
The sky here is beautiful
Especially the sunset and night time
Night time: there is no cloud and u can see starful sky.. million of it...
外面的天空果然不一样
Kangaroo can be seen sometime in the wild
Sometime can see sand tornado,
Wind circulating the sand
Circulate more and more, bigger and bigger
26th Nov
2nd part of training ended
1st day of R&R
First place after leaving the hell place: Cooberrie Park Wildlife Sanctuary
A nature park, full of animals
Animals that are not enclosed: kangaroo, duck, turkeys, peacocks
Animals that are enclosed: koala bear, emu (look like ostrich), snakes, crocodile, parrots (white one, pink one, small colourful one), pony, goat
After that, went to have lunch at Spinnaker
Buffet Lunch
Inside have jackpot machine, play $1, and lose
We split to 4 different motel: Ambassador motel, Cambridge motel, Cosmopolitan motel, Dreamtime Lodge
Next to my motel: Cosmopolitan
Name sound nice,
Actually not bad too
Then is free and easy until dinner
Went to do some shopping, and buy food to motel
Dinner @:
Buffet too
Bought nougat there
Back to motel
2nd day of R&R
Breakfast @ motel
1000 check-out
Back to Stockland Shopping Mall
Bought alot of chocolate
Stay until 1900
Went airport
Reached Singapore @ 0300
Reached home @ 0500
End of Australia Rockhampton
Pic updated
Weather here is very hot at day time, around 0700 to 1600
Cooling and sometime very cold at night
Sometime rain, but it is a short rain
Living Condition:
In tentage, the ground is really ground with soil
Bathing - Using a waterbag with a showerhead attach to the bottom
Toilet - Small one have pipe to use, big one have a deep hole
Sometime can go canteen which is at another camp
5th Nov
1st part training ended
1st R&R
Went to Rockhampton town, Stockland Shopping Mall
Went to shop the whole day..
They have alot of bookstore, supermarket, cafe, bar, restaurant
Went to Lunch at Sizzler.
Ordered a steak meal, plus free-flow salad bar plus free-flow drink
Salad bar has pre-made salad, self-made salad, pasta, dessert - ice cream etc
Eat very full until feel like throwing out.
Saw 3 pretty ladies there, 2 are waitress, and 1 is a customer
After lunch, went to cinema to watch movie
Price is AUS$15.50
Watch movie - The Box
The storyline not bad
Story is about a couple received a box with a button on it
when the button is pressed, they will receive 1million dollars and also kill someone they don't know.
The story follow
Ending is a repeat cycle
Dinner went to their food court
Ordered Fish and Chip - food not bad
They also had sold chinese food, but mostly western like grill meat, kebabs and etc
6th Nov
Had BBQ night
Eaten wrong thing
Had diaherea and vomitting here
Now alright already
More and more cloud as the days past
More and more rain coming...
The sky here is beautiful
Especially the sunset and night time
Night time: there is no cloud and u can see starful sky.. million of it...
外面的天空果然不一样
Kangaroo can be seen sometime in the wild
Sometime can see sand tornado,
Wind circulating the sand
Circulate more and more, bigger and bigger
26th Nov
2nd part of training ended
1st day of R&R
First place after leaving the hell place: Cooberrie Park Wildlife Sanctuary
A nature park, full of animals
Animals that are not enclosed: kangaroo, duck, turkeys, peacocks
Animals that are enclosed: koala bear, emu (look like ostrich), snakes, crocodile, parrots (white one, pink one, small colourful one), pony, goat
After that, went to have lunch at Spinnaker
Buffet Lunch
Inside have jackpot machine, play $1, and lose
We split to 4 different motel: Ambassador motel, Cambridge motel, Cosmopolitan motel, Dreamtime Lodge
Next to my motel: Cosmopolitan
Name sound nice,
Actually not bad too
Then is free and easy until dinner
Went to do some shopping, and buy food to motel
Dinner @:
Buffet too
Bought nougat there
Back to motel
2nd day of R&R
Breakfast @ motel
1000 check-out
Back to Stockland Shopping Mall
Bought alot of chocolate
Stay until 1900
Went airport
Reached Singapore @ 0300
Reached home @ 0500
End of Australia Rockhampton
Pic updated