Blogs from 1770, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 6

It was ironic that as soon as we arrived back in Hervey Bay the weather cleared up. In fact we were woken up by the sun shining through the gaps in our curtains, making the air in the van feel hot and dense even at 7am. It felt good to be able to get the aircon on and go back to sleep, knowing that we didn’t have to be anywhere. We set off just before check out time at 10am, with the intention of driving straight to our next destination, Town of 1770. On the way, however, we got lured into visiting a lovely little stretch of beach called Woodgate Bay. First we visited it via a track through the bush. The road was unsealed (and this time our van wasn’t insured to drive on dirt ... read more

July 29 and we have been on the road for almost 6 months! Australia is a very big place indeed! We set off early from Rainbow Beach so we could get to Tin Can Bay in time for the 8 o’clock dolphin feeding. Sounds touristy doesn’t it - but actually it was very low key. Mystique came in first then her daughter Harmony about half an hour later. It’s a good place to see the dolphins up close, they come in regularly most mornings to the jetty and local volunteers supervise the feeding, which you can do for a gold coin donation. These were humpback dolphins which we had not seen before. Tin Can Bay was also a good place to buy fresh seafood at a reasonable price - we have been surprised how expensive fresh ... read more

Ok, wow. I have spent the past few days here in Newcastle at Rachelle and Dean's place...I know Rachelle from Uni back in Victoria, her mother is also a school teacher, and her husband Dean and her are out here in Australia while Dean finishes uni to become a Physiotherapist. I have spent all afternoon here at his uni on the free computers getting mad at my blog, trying to figure out how to upload heaps of photos, and having the program crash on me a few too many times... So, I've decided to leave it be and stick to updating text...you'll get pics one of these days! Promise! Now, where were we...I believe we just took an overnight bus trip to the town of 1770/Agnes Water...many of the travelers' we met along the coast were ... read more

On the 7/1 we stopped of in a little known place named 1770 (the only place in the world to have numbers for its name - so we're told), and what a find it was! We stopped off to take a trip to the reef but it had so much more to offer. After booking in we were taken on a free trip of the area by a crazy South African guy allowing us to learn a little about the area. We actually stayed in the neighbouring town of Agnes Waters as 1770 doesn't really have much accommodation. We were taken to a cliff area overlooking the bay of 1770, it was an unbelievable sight, a blue river leading onto a pristine white beach and turquoise sea. We parked up by two shacks, and they WERE ... read more

Jetted off to Oz to visit the parents and decided to get married while we were out there. Rod fancied the Town of 1770 just because he wanted to have number instead of a name in the location on the wedding certificate. Stayed in a balinese style house which had absolutely fantastic views and the wedding was very relaxed as it was only us, the celebrant, her husband and friend, who were our witnessess. Needless to say we were running a little behind as when they turned up, I was in my underwear and Rod still in the shower. I told them to help themselves to beer in the fridge but turns out they had already found them! Several beers later and all the paperwork signed (although I nearly married the witness because he was a ... read more