One of the many suggested 'must dos' in Australia is to visit Hervey Bay and take a day cruise out into the bay to watch the Humpback Whales congregate in the warm waters and have their calves, before swimming back down the coast to Antartic waters later on in the year. So with the opportunity of a two day holiday, mid week, thanks to Brisbanes' Annual Ekka Show Day, similar to the Newbury Show we decided to drive the 4 1/2 hour drive north after work and stay in a B&B reccommended to us. The drive out of the city was painfully slow but improved once we had driven passed the Bribie Island turning. Obviously others were taking up the opprotunity of a short break away too. The main roads in Queensland linking towns along the
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