Blogs from Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

I found Jill and Gavin on HappyHouyseSitters.com. Hope they like the dogs and vice versa! Driving down to Brisbane thius afternoon and flying out on Tuesday to Paris for a week before moving on to Burgundy and the Camino Francés:)... read more

Also die Erholung hier in Hervey Bay ist mittlerweile vorbei :D Die letzten zwei Tage hielten echt viel fuer mich bereit – und es war nichts Schoenes! Mein Netbook kam nicht rechtzeitig (Freitag) an und ich muesste ueber ein langes Wochenende hinweg bis Dienstag warten, um es zu bekommen. Da ich aber eigentlich heute (Samstag) abreisen wollte, habe ich dann beschlossen es in weiss zu nehmen (Ja, tatsaechlich weiss :D). Auf dem Weg zum Laden wollte ich Bargeld von meiner Kreditkarte abheben, weil ich noch genau 15 australische Dollar besessen habe. Folgendes ist passiert: “Bitte geben Sie Ihre PIN ein Waehlen Sie den gewuenschten Betrag Bitte haben Sie einen Moment Geduld. Ihr Antrag wird bearbeitet Ihre Bearbeitungszeit wurde ueberschritten und Ihre Bankkarte eingezogen. Bitte kontaktieren Sie ihre Bank” Und die Karte war weg!!!! Ich bin sofort ... read more

On the road, near Rockhampton, we stopped at the Capricorn Caves, a set of dry caves that houses a chapel for weddings! On Friday we arrived in Agnes Waters and spent the day on the beach then camped round the horn at the Town of 1770- marking the spot and year where Captain Cook landed. 1770 is a simply stunning bay, small beach, sunset and an open air bar overlooking the yachts. The small bay is flanked on one side by the harbour woods and over the water by a range of gentle hills- just like a certain Scottish bay! We broke rank with camping and had a great meal at the bar and plenty of Cooper’s Pale Ales to see us to bedtime. Back on the Bruce Highway we arrived in Hervey Bay for the ... read more

So after a hectic Christmas and New Year, we headed up to the tropics in the North - starting with Cairns. We were picked up from the airport by a woman from the hostel we had booked who was from Sam's home town of Basildon and headed out to our retro/arty hostel, complete with tropical swimming pool, palm trees and hammocks. After having a little stroll around Cairns that evening, I was shocked that at how small Cairns was - i was expecting a small city...and Sam was chuffed that we were finally up to the 40C mark, although the Thai humidity was back again! Our first full day in Cairns we did was every backpacker does in Cairns and booked our trip to the Great Barrier Reef for the following day! The day started early! ... read more

25/11/11 I leave Emu park at nine in the morning and grab my transfer to Rockhampton which is provided by the Hostel that I am staying at. I have told them 3 times already when the bus is but this doesn't seem to stop them being late and asking me again what time the bus is. I make it to the bus stop in time and of course the bus is late. I Recognise a familiar face in the que. A individual called Neil who stayed in the same room as me and Fred in Airlie Beach on my last day. We get to talking and the bus arrives. Its a OZ experience bus (yes Sam they still have a few but they don't run very regularly and they are no longer Green.) We hop on ... read more

From Byron Bay, we had a night on the Gold Coast at Surfers Paradise and then three nights at Tewantin. We caught up on all the Noosa things, Eumundi markets, the beach, the shops, and some nice time with Kenda and John. Now we are at Hervey Bay and today was magic. We were picked up after lunch and driven by bus to the boat to take us out to search for whales. We were taken about an hour out of the bay when we were told lunch was ready so we joined the queue to the food. I noticed that the lady about three in front of me seemed familiar .. it was schoolfriend and bridesmaid, Betty, doing the whalewatch tour with her Probus Club. What a surprise for us both. We spent the rest ... read more