Cuti-Cuti Gold Coast (CCGC) - Departure

Day 1 : 27/12 Saturday
Randwick - The Central Coast stop - Bulahdelah - Lismore
Depart : 10am
Arrive : 1.30am

Amran & farid seawal kol 7 pagi dah keluo utk gi amik keter yg disewa kat Bayswater sebab ni time festive season dan diberitakan yg queue panjang utk amik keter...tapi sampai2 kedai pon lom bukak so depa gi mengopi dulu kat cafe nearby. Even keter yg baru di-return-kan oleh penyewa nak kene cuci2 dulu then only they release to us..tu amik masa sket dah tuh...While in the mean time, aku and yanie kat umah memasing buat last minit preparation including breakfast, bekalan2 makanan, luggage check and kemas2 rumah.

Then setel sumer, kami bertolak dalam kol 10am gitu dengan bantuan gps yg baru beli masa boxing day smlmnyer..luckily we have that..although ada kalanyer si karen-gps tu agak mengelirukan tp i can say 80% of our travelling boleh sampai ke destinasi thru direct & the rite route and i guess save time as well. Still kami bawak gaks manual maps sbg backup yg at certain points mmg berpakai gaks la..

Walaupon aku syok-syok sgt nak berjalan bercuti-cuti nih.. sebelum perjalanan ada gaks sikit debar laa..yer lah kan..driving long distance with anticipated heavy traffic..we never know apa akan jadi kan...but alhamdulillah segalanyer dipermudahkan..mmg jem tapi takde masalah dalam travelling we all. Anyhow, sampai kat hornsby jer iaitu masih dalam sydney lagi nak menghala masuk ke pacific highway yg merupakan satu highway sepanjang2 nyer ke north nun sampai ker queensland dah mula traffic jam dah.. jem yg tak bergerak kau! letih! Tapi mmglah i think mostly travel time2 nih sbb kat sini time xmas and new year mmg kaw kaw nyer cuti panjang company2 kat sini. Yanie lagi la sampai 3 minggu cutinyer..sakan tuh! hehe. Kat somewhere here kami ada tersilap masuk jalan camana tah..tapi rupa2nyer it so happen that jalan tersilap yg kami masuk tuh merupakan jalan alternative utk elak jem nak masuk ke pacific highway tuh.. so slamat gaks some time but of course bila masuk semula ke highway tuh jumpa balik la jem tadi..but we saved a few km.

Along the way, most keter2 yg travelling full with family members so ni mmg holiday traffic and we expect sure panjang gilos nyer jem nih. We can see keter2 on the road nih byk yg ikat basikal2 dan surfboard kat belakang and bumbung keter. Depa omputeh2 nih kan suka cycling, it is their lifestyle here unlike us yg treat cycling as a recreation activity kan.. depa nih hatta ke tpt keje ke univ pon cycling & walking and these are too common for them..ni nak becuti pon depa bawak siap2 basikal depa ngan anak2nyer basikal skali laks tuh..ada yg sampai 4, 5 beskal diikat kat blakang keter.

We made our first stop kat one spot di the central coast yg mempunyai view yg cantik with tasik yg tenang and a few families having their picnic lunch serta ada yg memancing jugak. So let the pictures bawah nih la sambung citer eks.

Yanie dah mula bukak2 bekalan. She made nasi lemak yg masih suam dalam rice cooker chomel dia tuh siap ngan complete condiments dia while aku bawak daging masak kicap and ayam goreng.

The guys terus ke tepi tasik dok tengok2 org memancing mentara kami bukak2 bekalan..Memang kami prepared with lunch pack not knowing mana tempat2 makan halal yg ada along the way tuh.

Selesai makan dan kenyang, tengah2hari nih mmg lah ngantuk jadiknyer tuh kan kekekeke *mula dahhhh hahaha*, kami teruskan perjalanan..cuaca mmg panas because it's summer.. tp kami anticipate di gold coast nun sure lagik panas.. mmg masing2 dah siap sedia ngan sunblock memasing dah..along the way kami masih tempuh jem ajer.. mmg byk keter dasat2.. bak kata farid ala-ala balik kl-kelantan jer senario nyer. Luckily the condition of the car mmg elok, aircond functioning good and all..idak kalu..fuhhh tak tau lerrrrr..... owh btw, kat sini most keter sewa depa nih sumer keter2 baru..and keter kami tuh toyota corolla putih but amran kata altis kalo kat mesia.

Sampai kat satu town nih Bulahdelah, a small town macam ala-ala pekan koboi..kami stop utk refresh ourselves and prayer. Masa kat bulahdelah nih masih traffic heavy lagik elok sgt la kami stop pon and i think walaupon kami dah berjam2 travel setakat sini tp rasanyer baru 1/3 of our perjalanan baru dek kerna jem tak hengat. Masa nih dah nak ujung2 asar dah kalau tak silap so we made our stop. Kat sini, walaupon small town..really small town i would say..macam ala2 stars hollow dlm citer gilmore girls tuh la hehehe tapi mmg kemas susunatur kampungnyer..kawasan2 dia pon kemas dan bersih nampaknyer...well, population sure tak ramai kan kat sini sbb tuh leh kemas dan bersih kan..ada la satu motel yg macam ala2 asrama jer kat tepi jalan tuh..

Dok kat sini tak lama, kami teruskan perjalanan.. our next stop would be Lismore utk kami overnight kat satu motel named New Olympia Motel. Masuk jer balik highway dari bulahdelah nih dah takder jem langsung. Langsung2 takde..kami dok pelik walaupon stop for less than 1 hr jer, ilang dah sumer jem tuh.. so mmg the right place ler kami stop tadik tuh. Along the way farid and amran dok rotate turn driving. Since dah malam kami tak stop memana dah.. cuma take note of few towns yg kami nak stop masa hala balik nanti....and finally we arrived in Lismore at 1.30am....1.30 pagi kau...dari bertolak kol 10am tadik.. mmg sib baik 2 org driver. So, check in kat motel nih..kecik jer tp just enough la...itupon 100 dollar gaks satu malam sbb peak season kan..the motel comes in 1 double bed and 1 single bed..of kos la aku tak pakai single bed tuh kann..small but selesa bilik nyer.

Untuk citer esoknyer, nanti esok aku sambung eks...stop sini dulu...

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Day 2: 28/12 Sunday
Lismore - Tweed Heads - Coolangatta - Gold Coast (Harbour town & Nerang)

Depart : 9am
Arrive : ~1pm