Australia Part 7-Road Trip, Lismore Park, Tamworth Lookout Point, Big Golden Guitar, Hunter Valley's Garden, RSL Club

Day 9 (29/12/15)
Today was just a relaxing drive from Gold Coast to Tamworth
Tamworth is famous for the country music festival which attracts campers from all over Australia
Road trip is always fun
You see different things as you drive through different places
Last picture before leaving Crystal Bay Resort


You will realize that the world is big out there
There is no need to stress over little things in life
And 
No matter how curvy and bumpy your road is in the beginning
It will always be straight afterwards
We first stopped by at a random park for picnic
It was so cold and windy that time
And the worse thing was
I was wearing a short!
Shivering while chewing on my food
Getting some fresh air after sitting inside the car for hours. 
Running in the park
Then
We found another beautiful park with playground at Lismore
Had so much fun playing the swing


Had our dinner at KFC at Armidale
Followed by another long drive to Tamworth
We only reached Tamworth around midnight
Checked into Country Capital Motel for one night
Everyone was so so tired
On a wooden bridge
See you soon Tamworth!
Day 10 (30/12/15)

Woke up in Tamworth
We were going to meet my aunt's friend, Aunty Mei Peng, who happened to be a Malaysian
Decided to have our breakfast at the Coffee Club
Everything we tried there were so tasty though the price was slightly higher
Well
You pay for what you get~
We were so satisfied with our breakfast!
Then
We drove to Tamworth Lookout Point
You can see the whole Tamworth at there

Love the sunlight! No filter!

After that
A short drive to see the Big Golden Guitar
Heard that it's a giant guitar that represents Tamworth
So it's a must!
I really like Tamworth
It's a small but unique town
Everything's slow moving and simple~
Welcome to the Toyota Country Music Festival Tamworth

Cotton On. Hope your service could be better. At least to tourist!
Eating fruits
The guitars inside the Information Centre
Then
We drove few more hours to Hunter Valley's Garden
Which consists of winery and brewery
We wanted to go for wine tasting
Since most of the places will close at 5pm sharp
We only had half an hour by the time we reached there
The shortest half an hour in my life ever!
We had to gulp the wine instead of tasting them!
And since we were late
We missed out all the cheese tasting
My favorite cheese > <
But still
We were lucky enough to be on time for two of the best winery (claimed by my cousin)
I found out that I really love sweet wine~

See the factory in front? 
You see cows everywhere
Wine Yard
You still have to drive from one winery to another inside the Hunter Valley's Garden
Wine tasting
Tulloch
Later followed by a crazy photography session at the wine yard before heading back to Sydney
It's my first time seeing a wine yard!
If there is a chance in the future
I will definitely go back to Hunter Valley's Garden
And perhaps spending the whole day there sipping wine and coffee
And tasting cheese!
When we were back to Sydney
We went to RSL Club at Dee Why to have pork rib and salmon for dinner



Dance! The night is still young~
Location: Sydney NSW, Australia

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