Toowoomba Flower Carnival ....

23 Sept 2006, Sat - The annual Flower Carnival at Toowoomba beckons 6 of us to make the 1.5 hour drive to Toowoomba.









Our first stop is theToowoomba Train Station. Toowoomba is a city filled with OLD building structures. This gives off a very different feel compared to other cities. Since the GPS failed us, we decided to walk our way to Queens Park, which according to the GPS is 1.5km from the train station.












It was a tiring walk, especially under the hot spring sun. After much complaints and tired legs, we've finally arrived at the "flower exhibition". There were beds after beds and plots after plots of nicely 'choreographed' flower patches.













They've erected a stand so that "tourists" could have a "bird's eye view" of the exhibition. There were also a Live band to provide some entertainment.





















When we've got enough of the flowers, we started our walk back to our cars so that we could get some grub into our grumbling stomachs. This time, with Roger's navigation, it was a much shorter walk back (short cuts!). The human GPS is still better than the electronic GPS!

We proceeded to our next stop, Picnic Point, for our picnic. From Picnic Point, we could view the "Table Top" Mountain. A mountain whose top looks as if the Gods above had smacked the mountain with a spade in a spit of anger.





















On our drive back, we decided to stop by Laidley, and we were in luck because from the lookout, we could view the sunset.












We also found out that in the past, settlers would only need to pay 25 cents per acre! That's $2.50 for 10 acres of land! Ha ha!










花儿盛开时。。。

春天的来临意味着花儿盛开期。可是，那微薄的雨季也造成了花儿无法健康茂盛的开。可是为了年度花展，多Toowoomba城全力让美丽的花朵顺利的开放。

从早上9点，我们6人组驾着两辆车子到了Toowoomba Train Station。我们把车子停好后，就开始“逛街”。这个城市有数多的古老建筑屋，有着跟一般城市很不一样的风格。我们一路走，一路拍照，脚步也随着漫起来了。

应为我们所借来的GPS 失灵，我们决定要走到Queens’ Park. 在大太阳下漫步，是一个很累人的事。当我们走到脚酸，大喊累的时候，我们就到了花市展览。 那耀眼的花好迷人哦。平时我们都只看到被绑成一簌簌的花，这样的景色可是少见了。

当我们看花看够了之后，我们开始走回车子，开到Picnic Point，吃午餐。填饱肚子了之后，我们便走去观看Table Top Mountain – 平台山。这座山的山顶仿佛是被神明在一时之汽的时候被盖了个大火锅 – 排便了！

在我们回家的路上，我们绕到去Laidley，也很幸运的能够观赏日落， 也就完成了我们一天的行程。