Set on the Tropic of Capricon in Central Queensland, the Capricon coast is an undiscovered gem. With an average temperature of 25degs during my stay. Pristine coastline stretching 95Km from Stanage bay to the mighty mouth of Fitztoy River is speckled with small townships, beautiful beaches and fantastic fishing.
Nestled at the central of Capricon coast lies the place where we stay during this hectic 6 weeks work. The Rydges Capricon Resort. A beachfront wildlife sanctuary, with an endless beach stretching further than the eye, dotted with tracks of cantering horses and solitary walkers, watched over by spectacular sub-tropical islands to the east and ancient volcanic ranges to the west, the resort is a living oasis of fun & relaxation.

Arriving at Rockhampton Airport.



Moving into Rydges capricon resort.


Pool view from my balcony.

The pool creates a relaxing holiday "feel" for this resort. Swimming in this pool does clears a whole day stress..





Excercising is the way to start the day : Fresh!




Camel riding



Resort's PRs






Yeppoon, the place where we spend the most time. The tallest building here is only 2 storeys high with only 2 traffic lights serving this laid back town.









Rossyln Bay, gateway to the Great keppel islands and its iconic Great barrier reef. Sunset on its peak is truely beautiful.






Darwin, our transit point before returning home. Our united team had some hid-cups during work but not at life. We had a wonderful Casino spree concluding our trip.

All of us took off for this fishing trip weeks ago. Planned at 初九 with the tide most ideal for boat fishing. Coupled with sunny weather this few days increases our chances greatly as our fishing grounds will be least diluted by rainfall.
Everyone were very punctual even though its 7am. En-route at Pulau Ubin area we saw 3mini Water spout (tornadoes) lasting merely few seconds. What a sight!
All in all the boatman Ah Bee's spots and guidances are very good. We even hit a feeding frenzy and caught 10 snappers within 15mins with couple of hard hit misses too.


Pretty small fishing boat, suitable for local waters.


The passionate fishos!! Huat ah!!


47 catches, considered rare as its in over-poached Changi waters.

Eastern prawning today.
Started with 1st stop at Marina country club. After some 20mins of observation, we decided to save our money as the bite rate was really pathetic and even so the operator didn't release any prawns. Pity the people prawning there, guess this wouldn't be their hobby for long..
Next stop will be Pasir Ris farmway. As i was driving along those fish farm, a prominent Banner caught my attention stating "Prawn Fishing Here". And so i made a U-turn to check this new place up. Hmm.. Its new, clean and most importantly the bite seems decent. Wasted no time to start enjoying the prawning sensation. Haa..


Big Prawn pond, finally a place to utilise my 10Ft rod!


The In Thing now, Fish Therapy.


Prawning & Fish Therapy rates.


Caught 25 prawns.

Muthu Curry: By far one of the best Indian cuisine i had so far. In this well furnished & odourless restaurant was waitors equiped with PDA taking orders and the overall ambience boasts a very high class feeling.


Masala prawns, Tandoori mushrooms, non spicy coconut chicken and Papadum. Yum yum..

Last stop was Mustafa shopping centre, with the walk there alone helps us digest most of the coconut fullness. Our quest for the day was somewhat it's Supermarket and it was finally discovered at the righthand corner at the 2nd floor! Ironically although Indians swarmed the market, its very clean and tidy. Even the Fish Monger area is dry and is free of fishy stench. A shame to SG folks making all major supermarkets as though they are kopi tiam toilet bowls.

Starting with a whole hoarde of relax jet runners, we started off like the New Paper Big Walk. Nevertheless its quite fun cutting so many people as though you are running very very fast, haa.. The Shereas bridge is indeed iconic for the upslope is the most tedious of our route and it does build up a slower traffic when the Big Walkers approach, wondered if Emas remember to display Slow Traffic at Rochor Road exit, Lol.
Completed the 6km fun run at about 34mins. Haa.. Happy Morning Sweating!!

Gathering at Fullerton hotel flag off point



Offical timing for the competitors

Post run aftermath at the Padang

Tio a summon while buying some bread at Provence Bakery & Cafe at Lorong Liput (Holland V). Hope everyone learn from my mistake and dun be so complacent like us, think a while can just leave your car unattended.
The "Fatimahs" means business as this is as good as a easy trap for them to haul with a substantial commission thereafter. Nevertheless the fatimah ID number are quite Swee and i recovered some losses from Singapore Pools thereafter, Lol.

Bangkok is the heaven for shopping, and with good reason. Prices are low, quality generally high and the range and variety is huge. Shopping experience in Thailand is an attraction by itself.
BKK outdoor markets are almost the cheapest way to shop, however prices aren't many times what they should be.


Travelling with Tiger Airways, very punctual.


Hotel's breakfast buffet.


Road side stalls outside Grand Diamond hotel.


Seafood spread, it's colour looks alluring.


Chinatown's road side stall selling fatty pork knuckles.


Thailand's Tuk Tuk.


Slumps in BKK, no street lights or drainage facilities whatsoever.


One of BKK cross river pier Tha Tien Pier.

Platinum mall

This is where we do most of the shopping due to the close proximity to our hotel. All of the shops there have this wholesale concept and there attitude are almost un-negotiable. Due to this we merely got 2 T-shirts at 330bhts, a skirt at 320bhts and a good buy leather strapped stainless steel pendant at 220bhts. A must try is the mango sticky rice at its 6th floor food court, only 95bhts.


So nice, we brought one more to the airport before departing. Haa..

Pratunam Market & BIG C

To us the pratunam market clothes there are older..more for aunties, very Chinatown clothes you see here. Lesser shops that sell fashionable stuff. Didn’t stay long there. BIG C is mainly for it's tidbits . Massage wise we’ve tried Indara which is 2 min walk away from 7th sense ,was told that both are under the same owner just that Indara is slightly cheaper then 7thsense. It cost us 3000bhts for 2.5hrs of Thai Herbal Scrub, Thai-Aromatherapy Body Oil & Thai Herbal Compress, not too bad.



MBK, Siam Discovery, Centralworld & Siam Paragon

Theres a Skywalk linking all these shopping complex together. very convenient.
MBK is similar to far east, its top floor selling a lot of imitation clothes like Polo.
Siam Paragon departmental is the bras paradise. Yummy food is abundant at the basement and together with it is the Ocean World, quite impressive.
Had Sizzler at Siam Square. Its the same as the ones in singapore except like 3 times cheaper. We spent roughly 500bhts there with freeflow of salad & drinks, main course, and some shared side orders.
Siam paragon & Siam discovery houses many high end brands like LV and therefore it is rarely crowded.






The 4D Cineplex at Oceanworld, interesting experience.

Suan Lum Night Bazzar

A nice and neat Bazzar mainly selling clothes. Bargaining is no exception here and there attitudes are generally friendlier. We managed to get a pair of couple T-shirts at 330Bhts.

Chatuchak Weekend Market

Things are cheap and nice there as its humungous and messy. Really gonna dig through to find good stuff! Well prepared for the sweltering heat we spent like 3 hours weaving through the mass of stalls and from what i observe there are 3 distinct sections in the whole place. First you have the clothes and shoes and other wearable items section which forms the biggest part of the whole place. Then you have this artsy place that sells all kinds of paintings, pottery. The third section is this animal farm like place smack in the centre of the place!
Clothes there is cheap and similar to that at platinium fashion mall. Bought few T-shirts, shorts and a leather belt.
After a tiring shopping spree we took the MRT to Nuch massage at sukhumvit soi 24 beside the emporium mall at phrom phong BTS Station. Only 800bhts for 2hrs of traditional massage.

Peter Ranee Tailor

We tailored made 4 shirts at 2600bhts. Fabric quality is very good and service is very fast as well, no questions and gimmicks pulled when we returned the next day to alter all 4 garments and delivered to our hotel FOC again the very day.

Grand Palace / Wat Phra Kaew / Wat Po / Wat Arun

Wat Phra Kaew the most important of all Temples. Here, sitting inside Wat Phra Kaew is the much revered Emerald Buddha. A symbol of the country and legends go that should the Emerald Buddha be destroyed, so will Thailand. So revered is the figurine that the Thai monarch comes every change of season to cloth the Buddha in elaborate and solemn ceremonies. The Wat comes with 3 main pagodas. Thai, Khmer and Islamic architectural styles stood next to each other, each an indication of the identity of the people that made up Thailand.

Wat Pho, also known as Wat Phra Chetuphon or The Temple of the Reclining Buddha.

Wat Arun, Just about everyone gets to Wat Arun by boat. We took the Tha Thien pier cross-river ferry, which costs 4 Baht only. The steep steps really makes our feet wobble especially the way down. Whew..


Wat Phra Kaew.


Garudas encompassing the Emerald Buddha's Temple.


The Grand Palace.


Wat Pho huge Reclining Buddha.


Wat Arun Temple of the Dawn, perhaps so named because the first light of morning is reflected off the surface of the temple with a pearly iridescence.


Scaling the steps upwards gets more challenging as the 2nd level gradient was almost like a ladder.

Yaowarat (Chinatown)

Had dinner at T&K Seafood, was cheap and not too bad. Namsing Birdnest is what makes going to Yaowarat worthwhile. We tried it's best bird nest and shark fin broth, quite expensive. At its night market, we saw fried locusts, dragonflys etc..


T&K Seafood at 49-51 Phadung Dao Road.


Average standard Crab & Prawn worth only a 1 time try.


Nam Sing Birdnest Shop, just beside T&K.


The Shark Fin & Birdnest is great, especially the 冠燕 cost us 1000Bhts.

Somboon Seafood

Awesome seafood even ex-Japan premier patronize. Beware of its imitation like Somboon"DEE" Seafood which the Taxi always recommends. We had rather walk there even though its quite unaccessible. Despite so we had to wait 30mins during our 2nd visit on a Saturday.


895/6-21 Soi Chula 8, Bantadthong Rd, Wangmai, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330.


We tried its' 3 Siganture dish of Fried Curry Crab, Tri-Flavoured deep fried grouper & Tang Hoon Prawn, excellent food and value for money as well.

Loy Nova Cruise

We are welcomed aboard the Tahsaneeya Nava by one of the traditionally attired hostesses with a rose-water sprinkling ceremony and jasmine garland presentation. Scented cool towels are offered to refresh ourselves. During our candle-lit romantic and sedate cruise along the Chao Phraya River, traditional kim music (Thai xylophone) is played gently in the background. Several non-intrusive short sets of Thai classical dancing are interspersed through the meal. Total cost 2700bhts and this is the best service we've experienced so far in BKK. Highly recommended.




Unique open air cruise on this antique rice barge.


Floral decoration abreast a dim candle light.


A scumptous spread of Seafood & Traditional thai cuisine.


Views along the cruise.


Temple of the dawn along Chao Phrya river.


Rama VIII Bridge is the U-turn point of the cruise.


Entertaining us with the Thai xylophone.