Emerald, Queensland

Nature calls during my two-month stay in Emerald.

Nogoa River

I'm being introduced to yabbie-catching in rivers and creeks. Unfortunately after coming back the next day and the next day, there were none in our nets. A yabby is some sort of crayfish also known as red-claw here.

Nogoa River in the late afternoon from the other side of the bank.

Lake Maraboon 

is actually a dam called Fairbairn Dam about 15 minutes drive from Emerald. I googled its stats and it has some 15,000 ha surface area with a deepest point of 31.7m. Maraboon is aboriginal for "where the black ducks fly" although we didn't come across any. Beautiful place, nevertheless. 

Beijing

Random pics from July's worktrips to Beijing.

Colombo

Random pics from 2-day work trip to Colombo.

Brisbane & Sydney

24 May - 2 June 2013

Visiting Jeff's family in Brisbane and i get to hang out with my brother too! Plus short holiday in Sydney yay! :)

Taiwanese Lunch at Sunnybank with HY, Joy & Esther

4 hours drive to Wondai to visit his dad in the bush area...

Then we were off to Sydney for a short holiday...

Late lunch at Darling Harbour

Took a ferry out to Watson's Bay for Doyle's fish and chips

Sydney Harbour & Opera House

Museum of Contemporary Art

Central Station, view from Hotel Rendezvous

Sydney Fish Market, we came back a second time for the super fresh seafood!

Ice-cream at Kings Cross

He built a sandcastle at Bondi Beach... then destroyed it...

Pitt Street Mall and lunch at a chinese restaurant where my fortune cookie read this, lol.

Breakfast at Kelvin Grove back in Brisbane

Bamboo & Pine Peking Duck Restaurant after getting lost in a one hour drive back and forth following the GPS. Duck was good though!

Night view and ice-cream at the chilly Mount Cootha

Tapas lunch at Southbank before watching The Great Gatsby

Soaking up the sunshine at Brisbane's Royal Botanical Gardens