Newcastle to Cairns - Part 2

so after leaving Byron Bay (which, by the way, is the most glorious place on Earth, for now) and passing through Springbrook National Park, we found ourselves in good ol' Brisbane. we crashed over at David's aunt's place and she made us the best dinner i've had for quite a long time: authentic indian curry chicken, dhall, ikan bilis goreng, telur masin...the whole works! plus desert too. nice.

the next day we went off to Dreamworld in Gold Coast. Dreamworld is the stuff made out of legends. the rides in there are just CRAZY! if you ever thought the Space Shot was insane, think again. They have this thing called Giant Drop, which is essentially like the Space Shot, but it's just a million miles longer. at one point while they slowly bring you up to the top before they drop you, you hit this plateau where you feel like you're not moving anymore even though you actually still are. this is because the world is so far below you that you can't judge from perspective whether or not you're still moving upwards. this is some crazy shit. and the best (or worse, depending on how you see it) part is: the period where they suspend each turn is different, unlike the one in Genting where it's a standard 10-12 seconds. so when you're up there, you've got no goddam idea when they'll actually drop you. for us, i think we were suspended for about 30, maybe 40 seconds, before they actually dropped us. and when they do, your heart falls out of your chest and into your mouth and the air is literally knocked out of your lungs.

GOOD SHIT!

however, for me, the best best BESTEST ride in the park is the Tower of Terror. you shoot from 0 to an insane speed (in the 100s of kms) in a few seconds...plunge all the way up this tower and then fall backwards back to the starting point again. it's the CRAZIEST ride ever, all over in 15 seconds. and the BEST (or worse) part is how they catch you when you're unawares. you're talking midway with Teen, when suddenly the lady behind the glass case presses a button and you're sent whizzing through thin air with your words caught in your throat and all you can do is SCREAM! all the while, David is screaming WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK!? next to you throughout the whole ride.

CRAZY GOOD SHIT!

so if you were to take my advice, the next time you find yourself in Dreamworld..GO RIDE THE GIANT DROP AND THE TOWER OF TERROR!





after DW, we stayed over at David's cousin's place (yea, i know, we're poor SO we freeload). it was excellent, they're such cool people. brought us out for some really great Malaysian food somewhere called Sunnybank as well as Hainanese Chicken Rice the day after. why does Brisbane have such great Malaysian food!? it's not fair!

then we left Brisbane, on route to Rockhampton and Yeppoon...with a stopover at Caloundra on Sunshine Coast. we arrived at Yeppoon at 3 in the morning, set up our tent on some beach and crashed. yup, we're that great.




now go watch the video!!