Chapter 570: Two Brothers in One Life



Qin Ren is a wanderer. Even after getting married, he still loves to travel around the world. When Yunluo was announcing his wedding with An Chuyu on October 10th on Weiwei, Qin Ren was staying in Australia, feeling the different exotic customs and realizing some mysterious things.

The average annual salary in Australia is 65,000 Australian dollars, and the average person can live on 2,000 Australian dollars per month. The government provides a wide variety of subsidies: for example, a child is given 500 Australian dollars per month for milk powder from birth until the age of 18. The government pays for the child to go to kindergarten when the mother goes to work; education from elementary school to high school is compulsory, and there are scholarships for university students.

If the mother does not work before the child turns 16, she can receive a mother's allowance of 900 Australian dollars; children who cannot go out to work to take care of the elderly can receive care allowance; the unemployed can receive an unemployment allowance of 950 Australian dollars; men aged 65 and women aged 60 can receive a pension of 1,650 Australian dollars...

Australia implements universal free medical care, which in other words greatly raises the living standard of all people, making the number of truly poor people very small.

Brisbane is the capital of Queensland and the third largest city in Australia. When Qin Ren drove across the Victoria Bridge at night, he could see the beautiful scenery that was rarely seen during the day.

The Brisbane River divides the city into two parts. The north bank is a bustling commercial center with tall buildings and bright lights. The upper part is embedded in the deep blue velvet-like night sky, while the lower part is reflected on the dark green jade-like river surface. It is crystal clear from top to bottom and very charming.

Qin Ren, who is not short of money, stayed at the Diana Square Hotel in the center of Brisbane. This is a so-called 5-star hotel. Because of its good location, it is one of the most popular hotels in Brisbane, but the hotel is not big and the rooms are relatively simple. There is no free wifi, and the overall feeling is much worse than the two hotels in New Zealand.

After a night's sleep, Qin Ren went to South Bank Park. While waiting for the red light at an intersection, he saw a lot of small pieces of paper on the roadside railings outside the window. He took a closer look and found that they were the same advertisements as those in China.

South Bank Park was the site of the World Expo. After the Expo, the municipal authorities wanted to convert it into residential apartments, but were opposed by the public. In the end, it was built into a free waterfront park. The only remaining building from the Expo is the Nepal Pavilion, which was preserved as a unique small attraction in the park because Nepal had no money to dismantle it and move it back to the country.

South Bank Park covers an area of ​​16 hectares and stretches along the south bank of the Brisbane River. The park is not only shaded by trees and blooming flowers, but also has a playground, a swimming pool and an artificial beach. People can have picnics and barbecues here, enjoy the garden scenery on a yacht, or ride a bicycle through the woods.

Or you can watch street performances in the square. It is a great place for entertainment, fitness, gatherings, and leisure. Qin Ren walked around the park and saw a group of college students filming performance art, and saw teenagers lying on the beach to bask in the sun. He saw a baby who took the initiative to greet Qin Ren, and saw an old man walking on the winding path in the forest...

I especially like watching foreign children. Westerners have an open-minded approach to raising children, and they don’t have the widespread phenomenon of pampering and doting on only children in China. Those children are so young that they can’t even walk steadily, but they are held by the hand and tottering in the cold pool water, or sitting alone on the high edge of the pool to play...

Qin Ren played for an hour but still felt that time passed so quickly. The next attraction is "Kangaroo Point". There are no kangaroos here. It is just a river loop of the Brisbane River, named because it looks like a kangaroo's tail. The terrain here is high, and it has become an excellent sightseeing spot to overlook the Brisbane River, the high-rise buildings on the opposite bank, and the city and river scenery.

Since the Brisbane River is in a U-shape when it flows through here, the entire city landscape is presented at an ultra-wide angle, which is quite spectacular. Kangaroo Point is also a natural rock field. Rock walls of different difficulties provide a place for people who like to challenge their physical limits to show their skills. Here Qin Ren met two citizens who were leisurely barbecued, and also met a group of athletes who were doing rock climbing activities.

One is active and the other is quiet, each is fun, and the two are next to each other, which is quite interesting. Then we drove to visit the "Story Bridge". Anyone who has been to Brisbane knows that there are no kangaroos in "Kangaroo Point" and no stories in "Story Bridge". It is named after the story of the bridge designer.

This bridge is the pride of New Zealand: first, it is the largest steel truss bridge designed and built by Australia; second, 96% of its construction materials are sourced from Australia; third, it is one of only two handmade bridges in the world.

Brisbane City Hall is also a car tour. It is a prismatic tower building with Italian neoclassical style. There are many large columns at the gate and a clock tower on the top that reaches high into the sky. It is a very majestic building. The clock tower is 106 meters high and still maintains its position as the tallest clock tower in Australia. Now, it is a free tourist attraction open to the public.

The last place to visit in Brisbane is the University of Queensland. The University of Queensland is the first comprehensive university in Queensland. It has two Nobel Prize winners and its academic level and comprehensive strength have always been ranked among the top four in Australia.

Qin Ren visited the university campus for more than half an hour and was surprised by its quietness. It was not just quiet, but very quiet. Qin Ren drove to the Gold Coast, the second largest city in Queensland. The Gold Coast is located on the Pacific Ocean and is a beautiful and livable city with abundant sunshine all year round and pleasant weather.

It has a total of 75 kilometers of beaches, the longest sandy coast in the world, of which the continuous beach is 42 kilometers long. The continuous sandy coast has golden sand on one side and snow-like waves on the other side, forming a unique landscape.

Seawater is also introduced into the Gold Coast to form an inland sea. Horizontal, vertical, curved and winding rivers are everywhere in the city, making the Gold Coast a water city several times larger than Venice. The housing prices here are not expensive. You can buy a single-family villa with an area of ​​550 square meters and a construction area of ​​more than 300 square meters for 500,000 Australian dollars.

The place to stay in Gold Coast is called Azzura Green Resort Hotel, which is a 5-star, home-style hotel with very good environment and facilities. There are two rooms in a large suite, which can accommodate 4 people, three bathrooms, and a shared living room, dining room, kitchen, and laundry room; all cooking utensils are available, including refrigerators, stoves, cabinets, pots and pans, etc.

The balcony is very large, with a set of square tables, coffee tables and chairs. The hotel is located on Hope Island, a 20-minute drive from the city center, which is also a popular tourist spot on the Gold Coast.

After a short rest, Qin Ren went to Surfers Paradise. According to the introduction, there is a reef at the corner of the cliff where this beach turns. Layers of waves rush over from the reef cliff, surging and surging; if the wind and waves are strong, they will set off huge waves. The spectacular scene is amazing. Some Australians who love surfing regard this place as the most ideal sports field and arena, and call it "Surfers Paradise".

Every morning, as the sun rises from the ocean, you can see young men and women coming here to show off their talents.

The next attraction is the observation deck of the building. It is on the 77th floor. Qin Ren took the world's fastest helicopter and rose to a height of 230 meters above the ground in less than 43 seconds. A circle on the observation deck, with a 360-degree view of the sea and the city, is amazing. "If you want to see a thousand miles away, you have to climb to a higher floor."

Local young people like to come here to hold parties. Parents also like to bring their children here to climb and see the distant view. It is said that when the weather is clear and the visibility is particularly high, you can see all the way to Brisbane and Byron Bay. The visibility today is also good. Looking down and looking into the distance, the buildings, streets, coasts, and harbors are all very clear and beautiful.

The most beautiful scene is the one that is half city and half sea. The waves of white foam on the curved coast that stretches into the distance seem to have inlaid a piece of white lace on the Gold Coast that flutters gently in the breeze. It is wonderful beyond words.

The weather in early spring on the Gold Coast is pretty good. It's sunny, so you can just wear a shirt and a jacket in the morning. The sun here is very strong. The ultraviolet rays are strong, and you may get sunburned if you are exposed to the sun for an hour in the afternoon.

Dreamworld is Australia's wildest amusement park and the most attractive park, and it is also the largest theme park in the Southern Hemisphere. At first, Qin Ren had no interest in it. Theme parks and man-made attractions are suitable for young people and family trips.

There are many exciting rides in the park. You can watch the excitement; there are also some simple rides that you can participate in, such as the sightseeing train, the wine glass turntable, etc. In addition, you will have the opportunity to get close to the kangaroos, take photos with koalas for free, watch snake playing, whipping, and wool shearing performances, and listen to the Aboriginal people telling their stories with dance.

Enjoy the tiger performances, such as climbing trees like cats, jumping like dogs, etc. Dream World is different from ordinary amusement parks. It is a combination of amusement parks and parks. Sitting in a small train, traveling through the tropical rain forest, you can enjoy the flowers, trees, stone caves and waterfalls along the way.

The park is very large and is divided into several tourist areas, including the adventure area, animal area, Tiger Island and tropical rainforest, each with its own characteristics. You can't finish playing there even if you stay there for a whole day.

After dinner, Qin Ren went to the Wave World, which is just one door away from Dream World. This is a water park that cost 60 million Australian dollars to build, and it has entertainment projects suitable for all ages.

When you go abroad, you can't help but compare what you see and hear with things in China. I don't believe the kind of talk that describes foreign countries as a flower and China as tofu dregs, but after a few days, I feel it more deeply.

There is definitely a gap, but it is not that big. Here, Qin Ren sees that no matter how hard, dirty or tiring the work is, there are always people working hard. This shows that this is not a paradise where everyone is the emperor.

The plane landed at Cairns Airport. Cairns is a small city with a population of 150,000, just like a small county or a large town in China, but it is famous. It has become a world-famous tourist city because it has two world natural and cultural heritage sites, the Great Barrier Reef and the tropical rainforest. Cairns has no spring and autumn, only winter and summer.

The weather here is very sunny and the air is very fresh. In addition to the influx of tourists from all over the world, the locals are also as leisurely as tourists. Most shops don’t open until 11 am and close around 5 pm. Apart from cafes and wine, there is no nightlife here.

The first attraction Qin Ren visited was the Cairns Botanic Gardens, which covers an area of ​​38 hectares and is the most comprehensive tropical botanical garden in Australia. The botanical garden has more than 3,000 species of plants, which is unique in Australia and enjoys a high reputation in the world. The founder of the garden is a botanist who opened the botanical garden he carefully cultivated to the public.

Here, you can see dozens of ginger plants with flowers of different colors and shapes, ancient pine trees that existed on the earth 150 million years ago, dozens of tropical orchids and large orchids with flower stems more than one meter long, and countless other exotic flowers and plants. Unfortunately, there is no one to explain, and no one can understand the Latin on the signs.

Qin Ren spent an hour in the botanical garden, taking many photos of rare flowers, plants and trees. After having enough fun, Qin Ren went to the ferry terminal to wait for the yacht to the Emerald Island Resort. "Emerald Island" is another translation of Fitzroy Island, combining sound and meaning. It is similar to the beverage Coca-Cola.

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There are more than 600 coral islands above the water in the Great Barrier Reef of Cairns, and 17 of them have luxurious tourist resort facilities built on them. Emerald Island is one of them. Emerald Island is the island near the Great Barrier Reef that is least damaged by human activities and has the most natural atmosphere. It is a paradise on earth that combines sunshine, beaches, clear water and blue sky.

To protect the natural environment, this noble island only receives a few hundred tourists every day. The sun was so hot that Qin Ren waited at the dock for nearly an hour. Qin Ren was in high spirits. He was very excited about the trip. Thinking that he was about to reach the Emerald Island, the paradise on earth that he had longed for, he was full of anticipation.

The boat docked at the pier, and there were cars and workers to carry Qin Ren's luggage. The Emerald Island Resort where he stayed was the only hotel on the island. It was a three-story corridor-style building with wooden houses. The exterior was very unique, and the interior was well furnished. It also had a swimming pool and a billiard room. The guest room was very spacious. Balcony, desk, small kitchen, meticulous and thoughtful, it felt very comfortable.

The hotel is built on the seaside, and it is only a few steps away from the beach. Some foreigners are lying on the beach and basking in the sun. The beach is unusual, with no sand or pebbles, but only broken coral branches. The broken coral branches are large and small, densely layered. They cover the beach. You cannot walk barefoot here, you must wear slippers to walk.

Try the temperature of the sea water. It was a little cold at first, but it wasn't cold at all. Qin Ren rolled up his trouser legs. Everyone stood in the sea to take pictures. The scenery was so beautiful, especially the sea water. It was crystal clear near and blue in the distance. It was refreshing to be in it. Just walk around, look around, and take pictures.

I slept peacefully in the morning until I woke up naturally. After breakfast at the hotel, I went out to take pictures. I took a lot of pictures of the places that I couldn't take pictures of yesterday afternoon due to the backlight. While strolling on the beach walkway, I saw a big lizard, which was probably one meter long from head to tail.

The scenery on Emerald Island is extremely beautiful, and the resort hotel environment is elegant. Qin Ren left the unforgettable Emerald Island and boarded the luxury catamaran Sunlover. The Sunlover sails from Cairns to the Outer Great Barrier Reef every day, passing through Emerald Island on the way there and picking up tourists staying on Emerald Island.

The Cairns Great Barrier Reef is the largest and longest coral reef in the world. It runs along the coast of Australia, stretching for 2,011 kilometers. It has 2,900 coral reef islands of various sizes. It has become the best underwater wonder that attracts tourists from all over the world to come and watch it. It has been listed as a World Natural Heritage Site.

The offshore platforms are a major innovation of the Great Barrier Reef in successfully receiving tourists in the middle of nowhere. They are actually white docks equipped with thoughtful and complete facilities, and each offshore platform can only receive tourists from one cruise ship per day.

The Moore Barrier Reef is the world's largest and most beautiful living coral barrier reef. The colorful coral reefs are amazing and the magnificent and rare marine life are amazing.

Standing on the offshore platform far away from the land, looking around, the sky is blue, the sea is blue, the sea and the sky are connected, vast and boundless. Faced with such a beautiful, grand, hard and soft scenery, who can remain indifferent? Qin Ren was deeply moved by it, because it not only broadens one's horizons and makes one feel relaxed and happy, but also makes one open-minded and forgetful of honor and disgrace.

The weather is fine and the sea is sparkling. You can clearly see that the blue ocean actually has changing bands of color, which are due to the height, density and color of the reefs under the sea. It is impossible to see this anywhere else.

Here, you can take a glass-bottom boat, a semi-submersible, use snorkeling training and practical snorkeling tools for free, and watch the fish feeding show in the underwater viewing hall. What costs money is taking a helicopter to overlook the sky, deep diving to take photos, and walking on the seabed.

The buffet lunch on the cruise ship was very rich, with beef, prawns, chicken legs, meat jerky, various vegetable salads, various fresh and sweet fruits, and rice. The bright red prawns were the most popular. Although they were popular, Qin Ren only ate three or five.

Qin Ren got on the glass-bottomed boat. The boat went around for 20 minutes. Through the glass bottom, Qin Ren admired the corals of various shapes and the colorful and lovely fish. Qin Ren then entered the semi-submersible. The difference from the glass-bottomed boat is that it is through the portholes on both sides of the hull to see the magical underwater world, which is deeper, farther, with larger reefs and more fish.

The hotel is located in the Palm Bay scenic area. With a tropical rainforest as its background, Palm Bay is surrounded by palm trees and kilometers of white sandy beaches. It has beautiful scenery and is one of the most ideal leisure resorts in Cairns. After breakfast, Qin Ren left the hotel and walked to the silver Palm Bay Beach. Although he has been to many beaches, he still thinks the scenery here is very beautiful.

There are many people fishing on the plank road that stretches out to the sea, including men, women, young and old. The guardrails beside the plank road are very low or even non-existent, and it is strange how they ensure safety.

After a hearty meal, Qin Ren arrived at another world natural heritage site in Cairns, Kuranda Rainforest Park. First, he took an amphibious military vehicle to visit the rainforest. There were several such military vehicles in the park, which were left behind by the US military.

The driver was handsome and masculine, like a Hollywood movie star. He drove the amphibious vehicle steadily through the mysterious and exciting rain forest. He stopped the car from time to time and turned around to introduce the peculiarities of various precious plants to Qin Ren one by one with gestures and body movements...

Qin Ren returned to the hotel after having enough fun. He used the computer in the luxury suite to surf the Internet and looked through the information on Yun Luo Weiwei. He smiled mysteriously and thought that on October 10, he still had to rush to Qiantang County in Jiangnan Province, China, to participate in Yun Luo's wedding. He just didn't know what his sister Nalan Shiqi would do at that time. There shouldn't be any robbery. (To be continued...)


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