Warning: Lots of photos ahead!
Right after the day after my birthday party, i went to the flower festival @ Toowoomba, i was very tired that day, due to preparation for my party the day before, and i only slept for 4 hours...
To me is totally not enough. I need at least 8 hours sleep to keep me awake for the whole day.
But is still worth the sacrifice of my sleeping time, cause i get to see some beautiful flowers, and some great scenery. Plus, i slept in the car until i snored(Too tired seriously)...
But one thing minus the trip, the trip also followed by one of my least favorite housemate... Not gonna reveal his name, just in case he might google his name out. Not like i really dislike him, but his very grumpy and... kinda lazy, thats why i don't really fond of him.
But anyway, i woke up early to prepare myself to Toowoomba that day... And i get to ride on the old Mercedes Benz!!!
The trip have 15 people, 3 cars, and i only know Sue, Andrew, and the other housemate, the others are all Thai people from another house. When they converse they converse in Thai language, so is kinda difficult to chat up with them, cause i dunno any Thai language...
And do forgive me to name Uncle Andrew and Aunty Sue as Andrew and Sue, is just too troublesome to type everytime with the uncle and the aunty there.
I does not really know the journey to Toowoomba because right on the second the car start to move, i already in my own sweet dreams already. But i woke up when we get there and have our "brunch" at a really lovely, large park.
Preparing for picnic....
They even got a very nice fountain and pool.
Me with the Mercedes Benz.
The few of them in the same car was studying the map and considering where to go 1st, me? Taking the photo of course.
The very 1st stop after the picnic... I actually dunno what izzit, but is kinda 'art'... Haha...
I guess this explain alot on the art.
There even got a small temporary theme park like the Ekka day but i din go in there, the main mission to go there is see flowers and the parade!
The 2nd stop was Orchid show... but we din get in, because is kinda small and you need to pay... So, we took photo while Andrew went in and ask for directions.
Me with one of the Thai boy, name "Juik" (I dunno the real spelling for his name, this is what i can remember) posing like we studying the map... (or not)
The gardens....
The 2nd stop is those prize garden... where the owner of the house/garden open their garden to visitors for charity purpose.
The 1st house is at Perth st, i remember it well cause the owner of the garden joke that he is the mayor of the Perth st.
An overview of the front of the house, freaking big piece of land
and is one of the prize winner too!
The view in the house
Is a lovely garden isn't it?
Me and Andrew, and Sue
Another house
Another prized house....
Theres actually got lots of flowers photos... but i got messed up which flowers is which houses... so i gonna categorize them into one.
I guess you already quite enough of the flowers photos.... might be my photo shoot skill not that good, but if you saw the flowers in person, it was really really beautiful.
After 3 stops at the prize garden, we head to where the parade will be passby.
Is so freaking hot and sunny! And so many people, is like another Ekka day, no, maybe worst, cause Ekka day is much more cooler than now. And i was force to be under the sun to take those photos...But still worth it.
darn a lot of people
The floral parade
When the parade start, this... i-dunno-which-country cosplay get to be the 1st one to walk.(I will show the parade walker 1st, then the stick walkers, next will be the bands, last will be the parade car... not going to specific it which club or whatever)
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followed by the highway patrol police car...
Right after police car, is the very 1st parade walkers.
Next is the "pompom gals and boys"... the cheerleaders...
There even got the crocodile cosplayer! I bet it will be freaking hot inside.
Clowns....
There's got those scout clubs... and only one boy in this club have this "boat"
and of course, some Asian club also in the walk too.
There are actually posing something... i dunno, like, Taichi?
continue with the Asian club...
and continue...
Is a club that have a lof of members i guess.
This "dwarf" should be acting clumsy and like lost their way when they walk...
The stick walkers....
Theres got a lot of themes for the stick walker.... What i impressed the most is the second last, if you see it clearly, theres got another fella at the back there kicking his leg up.
The bands
This band's uniform looks like those Chinese zombie clothes... no kidding... is the same club from previous Asian club.
I like the band when they performing songs.... It just reminds me when i joined the band in secondary school, although is very tiring because we need to train and perform songs under the hot sun instead of just pure marching... but i still enjoy it. Damn, i damn miss those days.
The parade cars...
This one is actually a garbage car... presented from a garbage collector company...
This actually from a club society name:" The red hat society" where all the old women joined and enjoy their age grew older together.
The fire station also joined the parade
One of my favourites...
One of those most joker parade walkers was this.... they said is the "girl matcher" or whatsoever club society... The commentator mentioned that the club shows the "girlishness" with the mini skirt, but the problem is, most of them are not "girls", they are a bunch of old ladies!
After the floral parade end, we went to Picnic Point where is on the mountain... and theres got lots of breathtaking scenery there.
Please click to view the larger version... =)
Thats conclude the trip... on our way back we drop by a vege store and bought some cheap strawberries... 49cents per box.
In conclusion, the floral parade is good, but just good, not great.
Ps: I found out that the photos i uploaded here is really small... so if anyone want to take a good look at the photos (not all though) can see in fb after i upload it into fb.. not that fast though.
And the very last, of course, the group photo!
Is kinda small i know, gonna upload it in fb. Dun worry.
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