Hang On, Dun Give Up!: Sunshine coast-Emundi Market,Strawberry Farm,Winery

I woke up as early as 5.45am. I have not wake up this early ever since i was here. I met Jocelyne at the Uni bus stop to collect the pre-booked car from the city. Yup, there was this struggle between excitement for being in new places and being worried that i might not be able to drive safely as the roads were different from this in singapore. Singapore has a real good road plan.

We managed to reach there early as the branch just started. 7am, we waited for the administrator to pass us the keys. That moment of wait felt the longest as i had been longing to drive since i didn't touch the steering wheel ever since July. My hands felt itchy and i have gotten sick of been driven around and i want to drive people around instead.

I started to feel 'gan chiong' as we got the car late (7.40am) and we were behind time. And as soon as i step on the gas and set my hands on the steering, i realised that i had been lost. Worse, we didn't remember to collect the street directory from the car agent. After turning a few rounds in the city and Chinatown area(still zone 1), with much effort we managed to find our way to Toowong where we were suppose to meet up with the rest. Its 9.00am and we were 1 and a half hours behind schedule.

'Never mind' we thought, as we left for Emundi market which is our furthest and first destination.
It was 180-200km drive and i was driving at 120-135km/hr, its slow for most driver but not for a safe van driver. Emundi market was crowded, it only serves people in the day(from 8-1pm) but i am not too sure about the timing though. The market is quite interesting where you could ride camels. You could also buy stuff like chocolate fudge.They do come in other flavours like caramel, various fruits and nuts. In Eumandi, people sell what they hand made and some aboriginal art pieces. The fashion part didn't really attract us. The girls didn't get much stuff too...As for me, i just spent 15bucks on my really late breakfast with a cuppa flat white. Nice...

Next Destination, Winery... It did took us a couple of wrong turns and at least 50 km of unwanted travel as we got lost again. Oh, there were 3 cars and the first one as the tour leader had an in built GPRS and we all depended on that GPRS... But when it gave way or became faulty... its a real hassle. In the end we had to stop by the high ways to re-navigate . Jocyce made a call to the winery and we follow the lady's instruction to the winery. Okie, it took us at least an hour instead of 30mins to get there... everyone just insist and persist on going to that particular winery which we had decided to. In the end, its great wine that we have gotten that pays off. Yup, should i keep it for mum or savour it?

When we got to our next destination-Strawberry farm, it was almost dawn as sun set at 5pm.
We forgo the idea of plucking our own strawberries, instead, we just purchase it from the retail house. $5.50 for 500 grams of premium grade for my housemates (i don't really fancy strawberries). Our last stop, Morgan seafood restaurant at Moreton' Bay(zone 6). We were so tired that we just wanted a good meal and rest. I ordered "Taste of the bay" which offer a variety of seafood such as calamari, fillets, half Moreton bug(crayfish) and prawn...Though that dish was quite pricey, it is my best meal here so far... ...