Blogs from Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 24

Hello! Since the last blog we have basically been in Rockhampton. Rockhampton generally sucked, but there were a couple of ok things to do there. On our first full day we went to the Capricorn Spire which marks where the Tropic of Capricorn crosses Australia, which was fun. Then we went to the zoo, which was pretty cool as we saw a Kangaroo who had a Joey in her pouch (6 legged roo from our last blog), and also Koalas, Crocs, Chimps, Cassowarys and lots of birds. We got a cool picture of a peacock displaying for is, which we'll post up on the next blog. We then spent a bit of time walking around the botanical gardens which is on the same site as the zoo, but decided it wasn't that interesting so we swiftly ... read more

Monday 5. Bye Noosa, hello Fraser Coast (everybody is badged these days). Surf ends, sand starts. Broad sweep of water. Heaps of sand in the distance. Stopped at Maryborough. Quiet. All you can eat pub $6.95. Found newspaper, Chronicle (12,000 circ), approached door - girl exiting. She did story for Subiaco Post. Straight out with recorder and camera. Just mention the website. In Hervey Bay felt strangely bereft. After the excitement and drama of Noosa, this is a flat spread out world. Then I realized I've got a headcold and it's affecting my perceptions.... read more

So after a mamoth journey in from Kroombit, we checked into Koala's, and found out that to get the pizzas that we so desperately craved, it would require a 2 hr round trip walk..or pay 5 dollars extra for delivery...not going to happen! So will and i braved it, made it to eagle boys 5 mins before it shut, and got some awesome pizzas! On the way there, several cars drove past with people lugging cans of beer at us out the window...quickly realised Hervey Bay sucked! The next day we played a bit of cricket, good fun, and then met up with the rest of the group who ould be going to Fraser with us. The briefing lasted ages, with us being put in a group of 11 which included the 3 of us, Shane ... read more

I felt like I was on the Amazing Race. We had a briefing in the morning. 4 groups of 8 to 10 people were going to leave for a 3 day/2 night adventure on Fraser island, each driving their own 4wd car on the sand roads adn beaches...Wow...After an hour briefing, we went to the car central and packed our cars with the tents, the burners, the poles for the tent, the water tank, the coolers....first team ready had the most time left for the grocery. Basically, we had THE best team. We drove to the grocery store, had a total of 15 minutes to do all the shopping. The only thing is that we had to Italians with us who didn't quite understood english...they understood 50 minutes! After 15 mnutes, we were all back at ... read more

Today is the final day of fun and frollicks in a favourite car. Having woken to find a council dude prowling the carpark we decided to make our get away. We took our time coming home, a nice convoluted route past Lake Cootharaba...huge but brown...nice! then the Louis Bazzo Drive (!) lead us north to Kin Kin, which I think must be officially australia's quaintest town. Proper, hicksville country town with a very old traditional Hotel and a general store. The school was built in 1911 and is a stunning building. Locals were genuinely shocked at the sight of tourists and declared loudly that we must be mad to come here on purpose. But we liked it. The nearer to home we got the less keen we were to keep going. Parting with the car would ... read more