Blogs from Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 10

From Brisbane I headed to Noosa. I had been told this was a nice place to hang out for a while. So had booked a couple of nights here, plus I got one free with my Koala Adventures Fraser Island/Whitsundays package. I wasn't as fond of Noosa as I was of Byron, it didn't have the same atmosphere, and this may've been because we were based a bit further from the beach, up a big hill. Oh and the fact that within three hours of arriving, my wallet (with drivers licence, yha card, credit/debit cards and some cash, English SIM Card - Don't try and use that number ever again!) was stolen. Grrr. It was bad times when my phone credit ran out and my other debit card was stopped due to expected fraud, it was ... read more

On Wednesday we drove from Fraser Island towards Hervey Bay, but we stopped first at the Visitor Information Centre in Maryborough where we discovered that they hold a market here every Thursday morning. Maryborough was the birthplace of P. L. Travers, author of Mary Poppins, although she left when young. We refuelled here and bought lunch from Sauers Pie Shop Bakery, which we'd heard about from a fellow traveller. In Hervey Bay we stayed at the Australiana Top Tourist Park. The next morning we headed back to Maryborough for the markets. Here we picked up jars of 'coolabah' and 'macadamia' honey, some rosella jam and lots of cheap fruit and veges - Alex says she has never paid 50 cents per kilo for tomatoes before! After lunch, we stayed for the 1 pm firing of the ... read more

Another flight, this time with Virgin Blue, to Brisbane, then a 4 hour bus journey in our 12 seater charabanc and we reach Hervey Bay. And guess what? Another 5 star place of luxury, staying at the Allegra Mercure apartments, estimated at being worth $1.2 million! How the hell are we gonna go back to slumming it I do not know! Hervey Bay is very picturesque, the beach was so tranquil and on the day we stopped there, there was no one on it. What a lovely place to live . . . and some of the Bloom clan also obviously thought so too as Gina's Aunty Pat, Uncle Emil and cousin Ann and husband Tim live in this very beautiful part of the world. It was lovely to have a family reunion and experience some ... read more

Vores roadtrip sluttede den 26. februar da vi afleverede vores van i Brisbane, det var lidt et soergeligt oejeblik. Men foer vi afleverede bilen naaede vi at faa set lidt mere af kysten mellem Sydney og Brisbane. Saa vidt jeg husker skrev vi sidst da vi var paa vej mod Newcastle. Fra Newcastle koerte vi til Nelson Bay som bl.a. er kendt for sine sand dunes som vi ogsaa besoegte og fik sandboardet lidt, vi har desvaerre ingen billeder af det, da vejret ik lige saa godt at nogen af os ville hive vores kamera ud. Fra Nelson Bay koerte vi videre til Gloucester, hvor vi ville besoege en nationalpark ved navn Barrington Tops. Det havde regnen imidlertid sat en stopper for(billederne taler vidst for sig selv), saa efter en overnatning indlands koerte vi ud til ... read more

so the last cuple of weeks i spent with janine and her kids riley and hayes. it was nice to have a room to myself. i spent christmas and new years there and then decided to go to fraser island, but the weather wasnt good until the mid january. so i went for a weekend trip to fraser island on a self drive tour with 7 other people. we caught a ferry to fraser island and went to lake mackenzie first, it was the most beautiful lake on fraser island! white sandy beaches and very clear fresh water. we then 4x4ed our way to our hostel where we were booked for 2 nights. that night we went out to the onyl bar in the area which closed at 11 oclock, we played connect 4 and trivial ... read more