The Great Sandy Island
February 23rd 2009 Once we landed in Brisbane we drove four hours north to Hervey Bay. The first mileage sign we saw showed Cairns as 1699kms from Brisbane. Eric felt relief that we were not driving that far. Instead, it was less than 300kms to Hervey Bay. HB is a small seaside community, reminding us a lot of South Florida, particularly with the architecture of the one level brick homes. We did not see much of
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