Blogs from Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 23

Hervey bay is great great great, we have even extended our time here. First day we got bikes out to take a look around......we were on them all day! God knows how far we went, and yes we were very sore again like in NZ but we got to see alot of places and spend time on the lovely beach. See picture of Jetty, the weather here is just fantastic. The next day we did the long awaited whale watching, we tried to do it in NZ but didnt get time, however, we are glad we didnt as Hervey bay is home of the humbacks and a great place to do it. We boarded the boat at 1.00pm had a good lunch aboard the boat and we had to travel 2 hours out to sea, before ... read more

Hervey Bay is famous for migrating Humpback whales at this time of year - about 3000 come and just hang out in the area on their way south, so spent the most amazing day on a whale watching trip. Saw a mother and baby whale - the mother lying on its back, flapping its huge fins up and down, while the baby breached (leaped out of the air) about 20 times in a row - absolutely amazing. We then even got to see a dead whale that had died the day before, and was being feasted upon by about 8 huuuuge 3m tiger sharks - the sharks were coming right out of the water and chomping on the whale flesh - was definitely something you wouldn't ever get to see unless it was on a nature ... read more

After a fantastic time in Airlie beach..we drove a mere 800km drive south to Hervey Bay. We were traveling with a (crazy) couple from London, who also had a camper, so spirits were high. Fraser Isalnd...oggy oggy oggy!! After three long driving days (passing through Mackay, Sarina, Clairview, Malbourough, Rockhampton, Gladstone, Bundaberg & Childers) we arrived. It was slamming down with rain, so yet again we waited 3-4 days for the weather to clear. Many people who went to Fraser at this time told us that the weather was seriously ferocious, some even experienced a tornado!! they couldn't leave the van, which also means they couldn't cook, trek, swim, etc..So it was a good call to wait for better weather. During this time Ally von beavercatcher and I went Whale watching aboard the 'Tasman Venture'. We ... read more

Fraser Island Having being told that it is sunny on Fraser Island 360 days of the year, you might think it was not unreasonable to expect some sunshine...but no, we must've seen the only 3 days of rain for the whole year... and it rained enough in those 3 days to keep the population from drought for the next 3 years. And so our group of 10 - myself, Thomas, Louise & Oonagh from Fermanagh, Stu & Jill (soon to be) from Virginia, Nathan, Beverley, Laura and Tash from England - met up at 6.30am for our "briefing" which consisted of a supervised alcochol purchase from the agents convenient bottleshop around the corner and some food shopping, some warnings about dingos and riding the clutch from our 4WD company, and the rest was up to us! ... read more

Well what can I say to anyone wishing to jump in OZ! To start with if your looking for a tandem jump there are so many up the east coast you'll get lost choosing which one. I would suggest that of all the ones I've spoken to so far on the east coast, go for Harvey Bay as its a pretty small DZ and the guys there are very experienced and you'll get a trip of your life with great fottage at a good prise. As with most you'll have the choise for a beach landing. As for sports skydiving I've jumped in Ramblers and Harvey Bay so far. Ramblers is quite a commerical DZ in it's operation and facilities. Check out thier web page. The staff are great and friendly as with most DZs but ... read more