Peranakan Trail: Koon Seng Road

I was at the Katong vicinity for data collection and took a walk along the Peranakan Trail: Koon Seng Road admiring the pre-war terrace houses of Peranakan design. I feel like a tourist haha.

Brisbane Reminiscence Day 5/ Fun Day 4

Today's itinerary is to visit the Eagle Street Pier Craft Market or the Sunday market as well as to meet up with another two of my UQ classmates/ friends. :) We woke up to a cloudy day, just praying hard that the weather would hold for the rest of the day.

Close to 10:45am, we took the train to Central Station and walked over to Eagle Street Pier Craft Market.

On board the train

Sights along the walk to Eagle Street Pier Market

I can't believe Oshin Japanese Restaurant is still around!

The office buildings in Brisbane CBD

The Eagle Street Pier Craft Market is a lot smaller than I remembered! I asked one of the stall owners and she said the restaurants around Eagle Street Pier complained about the Sunday market affecting their businesses and the government reduced the once 100+/200 stalls to only 50 stalls or so. :( What a pity! Even though the market is now reduced to a third of its original size, I still enjoyed the colourful sights, the interesting handicrafts, as well as the music. :) We also walked to the Customs House which is a cultural, educational and heritage facility of the University of Queensland. :)

Kookaburra River Queen paddle wheeler - one day I will go on a lunch/ dinner cruise!

Eagle Street Pier ferry terminal and the Kookaburra Rive Queen

The Story Bridge - a heritage-listed steel cantilever bridge over Brisbane River and the CityCat ferry

The Customs House

The Customs House - up close

The Brisbane CBD

Us and the Story Bridge in the background

After an hour at the market, we made our way back to Post Office Square, Anzac Square, and the City Hall as I wanted to take photos of the historic architecture. We went to Queen Street Mall across from the City Hall and shopped. :) 

Various sights of The Cathedral of St Stephen

The inside of Post Office Square

The front of Post Office Square

Central Station and Shrine of Remembrance, Anzac Square

Shrine of Remembrance, Anzac Square

Central Station

The 'Eternal Flame of Remembrance' - cannot see in the day

Albert Street Uniting Church

Brisbane City Hall

We met my UQ friends, Zarinah and Claire at 2pm and we went to Pancake Manor for a snack. Two days in a row, we had pancakes/crepes and we still love it! :P We chatted for close to 2 hours! There was so much to catch up on lol. Hopefully Zarinah, Claire and Lachlan will make a trip back to Singapore since their last trip was in June 2000! Time to make a trip again, guys. :)

Juliane's Pizza Power: buttermilk pancake with ham, cheese and tomato sauce

My Chicken Crepe: chicken with fresh mushroom in creamy sauce wrapped in crepe in tomato sauce and salsa with side salad

We went back to our apartment about 5pm. I was in time to take more photos of the sunset over the Brisbane River. :) 

Our home - Apartment 2207 for the past 4 days

Sunset over Brisbane River

Soaps bought from the Eagle Street Pier Market and from Lush

TimTam - to bring home! :)

Our simple dinner - instant noodles and potato salad from Coles

I had to pack our 2 luggage to be stored at Meriton because we will be going to Gold Coast for the next four days. We will only bring the carry-on trolley bag to Gold Coast. Hope that I have enough space in the carry-on bag for all the shopping we are going to do at Gold Coast. :P