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Friday, August 29
coombs country, qualicum beach and parksville 5:14 AMThursday morning, we drove up north to explore the Oceanside area. Basking in sunshine on the east coast of Vancouver Island, Oceanside is one of the finest year-round vacation destinations in Canada, boasting spectacular sandy beaches, coastal mountain vistas, and lush temperate forests. The tourism region of Oceanside incorporates the holiday communities of Coombs Country, Qualicum Beach, and Parksville, among others.
The Coombs Old Country Market was a highlight, famous for its family of goats that resided permanently on its roof. The little market-town was a pretty sight, a rustic complex of galleries, boutiques and trinket emporiums centred around a large food store stuffed with bakery and produce treats.
The famous signboard "Goats on the Roof", and its very colourful interior
The King of Cheese, and a whole lot of bread!
Typical scene of the goats on the roof - somehow they never fall down (or jump down)..
We also visited Judges Row in Qualicum Beach, a street full of exquisite houses (and mostly surrounded by thick hedges). From what we heard from the locals, these houses are owned by very wealthy Canadians who only stay in them for 2-3 weeks in summer every year. This was also where we saw a unique black German Schnauzer and stopped by to have a great conversation with its owners.
Qualicum Beach
The black German Schnauzer
Houses in Judges Row
My personal favourite - Js somehow took this candid shot and I was bunny-hopping in mid-air! Haha.
I thought this looked like Alice in Wonderland.. so Wini tried to climb into Wonderland too..
And I got in - the grass is not as green on the other side though! Hahaha. Okay, this is all fake.. I didn't climb and this picture was taken at a different place, heh.
The North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre, a short drive from Parksville, was also another intriguing place to visit where we saw birds and animals of all kinds (even a black bear!) which are now protected due to Man’s reckless road accidents and irresponsible pollution and hunting habits that endanger many of the existing species. Anyway, a funny thing that Shuwen said today while we were looking at the turkeys – “I’m hungry and thinking of a dinner.. *pause*.. a dinner like him!” Haha.. at that point in time we were really tickled.
Not many pics shown here but we did take quite a few..
So it was a pretty short day today, as compared to the last few days. We are gradually catching the travel fatigue syndrome it seems, or perhaps even so for a sick me. :(
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