OSIP

Road Trip

w/ Mr Nelson

Just another day with no plans but thankfully Mr Nelson is kind enough to offer to bring us around.

It all started off with us wanting to buy Macadamia Nuts so he decided to bring us to the factory.

Along the way, we're hungry and he recommended us to a famous pie place just near-by. 

He said one of the Australian food are Meat Pies. So we gave it a try :)

It was about 1hour+ car ride from our house to this place.

I had Steak, Bacon and Cheese pie. AU$5.10.

Not that bad. Its filled with steak and bits of bacon. Not much cheese though.

After our lunch, we continued our journey to the Macadamia Nut factory.

Another about 30mins car ride. 

A lot of nice scenery for us to see along the way. 

As the Macadamia Nuts Factory is right opposite a Ginger Factory, we walked over the the Ginger Factory first.

Entrance was free and we could walk around freely. Only the train ride or tour have to pay.

They have a variety of ice-creams of different flavour that contains ginger!

I tried the Gingerbread flavour. It was nice. Have ginger bits in it. AU$4.

We walked into a souvenir shop and I'm surprised they have A LOT of car-related stuff inside.

Its more like a car gallery, especially when they have all the vintage cars. 

They have those toy-sized ones and also have the life-sized ones. Cool!

Not sure if this train is working (I guess not) but I heard its over a (few) hundred years.

So sad, have to pay to go in :(

Check this out! A sun-dial. Like, where else on earth can you find this sia. So rare!

We also walked into a Chocolate Factory and can see them making chocolates.

Life-size chocolate shoes for sale. Can I have a pair of size 8 please. Lol.

Mr Nelson bought a Chocolate coated Banana and we each took a bite. 

From the photo it looks like normal size but when it was out... errrr... shrink ah??

Ok btw, I feel that the chocolate banana looks very wrong lor but I don't dare to say :x

Up next, Macadamia Nuts Factory...

They have a viewing gallery on the 2nd level and we went up to take a look at the production.

It was kinda cool to learn about the history of macadamia nuts and why its so popular in Australia.

Choosing and buying our nuts. 

Oh btw, they have samples for you to try and *ahem* I kept going to take the samples.

I tried at least 3 macadamia nuts of each flavour. Think they have 10 different flavours :x

After that I totally regret because I was so damn bloated!

I spent AU$96 on 8 packets of 500g Macadamia Nuts each of different flavour :)

After we bought our Macadamia Nuts, Mr Nelson suggested to bring us to one of the near-by mountain.

I'm not sure what's the name of the mountain but I think its something called Montville.

The drive up was REALLY steep. Like rollercoaster.

It was just a short trip up but the view was spectacular. 

After Montville, Mr Nelson drove us to another mountain in Brisbane called Mount Coot-tha.

It was another 1hour 30mins car ride from Montville to Mt. Coot-tha. 

Mt. Coot-tha overlooks the entire Brisbane and the Brisbane River. 

After we're done, we're all famished!

Mr Nelson wanted to bring us to the famous Fish n' Chip place but after driving there, it was closed. Sad.

So he have to crack his brain to think of where to bring us to eat.

In the end, we settled for this sushi buffet place where it cost AU$20/adult.

However, each of us only paid AU$10 and Mr Nelson paid the rest for us. SO GOOD! 

I swear I've NEVER eaten so much before in my life! Actually have la. But I've never stuffed myself like this before.

I think its because we're all very deprived of food and food is always so expensive outside.

So since we only paid AU$10 and its BUFFET, I really stuffed myself with all the food I can.

I don't care if I choke to death or explode, I must make my money worth it. And pay back for my lost.

I went home like a puffer fish.


P/S; Photo credits to Rina and Shalom!