Australian Reptile Park

Come, take a drive. You know you’re there when you see the pink dinosaur. Welcome to the Australian Reptile Park!

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The Gangsa, Sanur

A gangsa is a type of metallophone which is used mainly in Balinese and Javanese Gamelan music. It consists of several tuned metal bars each placed over an individual resonator. The bars are hit with a mallet, each producing a different pitch. Duration of sound intensity and sound quality factors are generally accomplished by damping the vibration of the bar with [...]

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Jacob Ballas children’s garden

When we were in Singapore, we took the kids to Jacob Ballas children’s garden.  It iss a beautiful garden, that is dedicated for children up to 12 years of age.  And ta-da… admission is FREE! The garden, is divided into loads of different sections.  When we were there, it started to rain, so we were [...]

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Fun day at Singapore Zoo

In the beginning of October we went for a trip to Singapore for my father in law 60th birthday reunion, then to Jakarta and Surabaya.  The kids, well let say Stella was so excited about the trip.  Stella and Jake met up with their cousins Charmaine, Nathan and Brian for the first time.  We took [...]

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Sculpture by the Sea

This is the first time I’ve been to the Sculptures at Bondi. It was a really beautiful day, the sun was blaring but the wind was just as strong which made the heat quite bearable. We spent about 2 hours walking around, hoping to see as much as we could. There are over 100 sculptures [...]

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3rd stop – 15 days in Surabaya

The last time I went back was in mid 2004, right after our wedding and just before we moved to Sydney – so I’ve been looking forward for this leg of the trip for awhile! We went back to the same cozy house, same driver (since 30 years ago!), a semi new house keeper and [...]

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2nd stop – 3 days in Jakarta

From the 9th to 12th October 2009. We were there particularly for my cousin Rina’s wedding but also had a chance to catch up with some old friends. This was Jayden’s first meeting with most of my cousins and some aunts and uncles. By the end of the first night, he’s already picked his favourites [...]

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1st stop – 3 days in Singapore

We are finally back from a month long holiday in Asia I wrote this a few weeks back, but the internet connection was super slow in Surabaya, so I couldn’t even upload photos and just didn’t bother use the internet at all.. ! 15 Oct: Finally - I have internet access! We were in Singapore from 6th till [...]

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