We wnjoyed a couple of wondeful days with Andy and Kathy. Did the tourist bit, went to Burrum Heads (lovely spot where the river meets the ocean), and had a nice lunch at a restaraunt on the water at Toogum. We all went on a whale watching cruise, the whales would come right up to the boats and put on an excellent display. A very enjoyable experience, well worth the money. Drove up to Bundaberg and had a look around. Went to Mon Repos which is the beach where the turtles come ashore to breed. The breeding season starts early November [View Full Entry]

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Maree has handed this post over, so. She forgot to mention that we went beach fishing whilst at Woodgate National Park, no fish but Maree did manage to land a seagul. He was an angry little bugger after being dragged backwards thru the surf with a hook in his leg. We had to do a Steve Erwin and throw a towel over his head and sit on him (not really, we did push his head into the sand to stop him biting). He seemed ok when he hobbled off. The professional fishermen patrol the beaches for the mullet schools and net [View Full Entry]

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Hi All, Well we don't have much to report except that Hervey Bay is experiencing an unseasonal wet period (surprise, surprise). We went for a drive on Saturday to some of the local areas along the Caloola coast and then on Monday we headed up to Woodgate which is only about two hours from here and stayed in the National Park for a couple of nights. It was a lovely place and would be great on a nice sunny day but the weather was overcast while we were there and we packed up on Wednesday morning in the rain. Just waiting [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, Well we didn't find the fortune that we had hoped for and didn't even find a stone that was big enough to cut but we had fun trying. We spent a week at Sapphire looking for the elusive stones that we didn't find last time, to no avail. John thinks that we need three strong sons to do the digging for us as it is hard work. We did meet some lovely people and sat around campfires singing and listening to a bush poet and all for free so we can't complain about that. All of the caravan parks [View Full Entry]

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Hi All, We have just returned to River Heads after a week of fishing at Boondooma Dam. Johns uncle from Gympie was there with another couple and we spent a very enjoyable week with them. We had a beautiful campfire every night and attempted to catch fish during the day. I caught my very first Australian Bass which I was very excited about until John threw it back without me even getting a picture. He then went on to catch another couple, both of which we got photos of (although they weren't as big as mine). The camper worked well and [View Full Entry]

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Hi All Well after two long days on the road and one very cold night at Glen Innes we have arrived at River Heads. This will be our base for the next few months. We haven't really made any plans from here except for a couple of days of rest and recuperation which is sorely needed at the moment. We are both still recovering from that nasty flu. We are thinking of going fishing with John's uncle on Monday for a couple of days and then want to get the boat on the water here in the Sandy Straits. Weather is [View Full Entry]

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Hi All, The Formans are finally leaving. After a few delays we are finally ready to depart for the warmer regions of this country. We are leaving tomorrow morning at about 9.00 am and will just drive until we are ready to stop for the night. We have no set agenda so will probably take about three days to get to Hervey Bay. We have not really made any other plans as yet except to do some Barra fishing and to go to the Gympie Muster. As you can imagine John is over the moon about that little excursion. The new [View Full Entry]

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Well after a couple of lovely days at Lake Macquarie we are safely home. Overall it has been a great trip and has given us a taste for more. The weather was disappointing, as was the fishing but we did see a lot of places and have added a lot on our to do list. After spending so much time in the camper in wet conditions we are serioulsy looking at upgrading to a more solid unit before we set off again. [View Full Entry]

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Hi All, Well it looks like we are not meant to fish in the Tweed River. After sitting it out for a few wet days we gave up as the forecast was not good. We headed to Port Macquarie for the night and caught up with Bruce and Gwen Walker. The weather turned quite wild and the winds had caused some considerable damage on the way from Tweed to Port. We had to stop just south of Grafton as there was water on the highway and they were only lettting one lane through at a time.The wind had flatteded the cane [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, Apparently I haven't made it clear that the Fraser Island Photos are under the Fraser Island journal entry and not the entry for Photos at Last. We have been sitting here watching and listening to the rain falling. It has rained quite heavily since yesterday so we will have to sit it out here for a while until the camper dries out. We have not even been able to get the boat out yet so no fish photos. We might go and have a look at some campervans this afternoon just to fill in some time. Nick the National [View Full Entry]

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