Narrabri -- Day Six

December 2, Tuesday
Australian Time: 2056

6th Day

Location: Narrabri, New South Wales
Accommodation: Club Motel
Cost: $165 per night
Currency (Singapore is to Australia): 1 is to 1

We woke up late this morning – at 0800 – since my dad set the wrong time for the alarm clock. -_- Mr. Marcus Meinhold, however, was definitely an early riser and had gotten hold of his book from the mechanics before any of us were up. The Falling Feathers writer was really friendly, and even gave us the book free of charge. I couldn’t be more thankful.

Breakfast at Flavours Café was a cultural shock as usual. We only ordered for two plates of breakfast, one Breakfast Grill ($9.95) and one Full Breakfast ($12.95), but both of them still left us filled to the brim. Bacon, apparently, is a favourite among Australians, since almost everything came with bacon. Burgers, French fries, steak, chicken – you name it. I was totally missing the eggs (I’m a great fan of it) and I was really pleased when the egg came in just the way I liked it – sunny side up. The only downside was that the food was extremely oily, which really was a bummer.

The rest of the day was consumed by traveling, traveling, and more traveling. I think my posterior suffered tremendous claustrophobia. Anyway, there was nothing interesting during the car ride – except when we stopped by Goondiwindi for Chinese food at Fu Sing Restaurant. The food was oily and gooey…definitely not Asian food, but we swallowed it all anyway – mostly we were just glad to fill our stomachs with hot steamy food. Did you know Singapore noodles is actually bee hoon in Australia? O.o None of us saw that coming.

I plugged earphones into my ears for the rest of the day.

When we reached Narrabri, we immediately started looking out for motels, and came across one that looked new and…well, generally inviting. The pastel colors of the wall and the shiny reflecting windows were very appealing. Fortunately, they had one family unit left, just for us(:

I was the first one to enter the room and – OH MY GOSH it was fantastic! Soft, carpeted floors, peach-colored walls, a sleek, clean mini kitchen and a wide, dark green sofa. And the bathroom! The tub was spacious enough to accommodate two people, and the whole place was so comfortable and relaxing! I fell in love with the place immediately, and I thought it a pity we were only staying for a night.

Nothing like enjoying the luxury while it lasted.

My parents went out, while my sis and I stayed behind to use the Internet to do whatever we want, and when they came back, they were carrying bags of groceries. Part of it was our dinner – fish and chips, chicken cutlet, French fries, salad, and a gooey vegetable spring roll (-_-), while the rest was going to be consumed during breakfast.

The fish was lovely, and the chips, albeit a weird shape and color (it was pale and flaccid) tasted better than I’d expected. I tried the fruity wine, but I didn’t like it. I guess I’ll never like wine much. The orange juice, however, was pure and real, instead of drinking loads of artificial ingredients that I was prone to do in Singapore.

And guess what, while shopping, my parents realized that the time in Narrabri was different than the time in Boonah! We were actually an hour faster! So in total, we’re three hours faster than Singapore! I was so intrigued – we practically went through a time machine!

For the rest of the night, I just enjoyed the ambience in a laid back manner, the way it was meant to be appreciated.