Blogs from Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 13

ingevoegd op zondag 20 juli Even een korte invoeging: We hadden weer vrij lang geen internet dus duurde het even voor we weer een update konden geven van ons avontuur. We zijn vandaag, 20 juli, aangekomen in Airlie Beach, bij de Whitsunday Islands. Hierover uiteraard later meer! Wat ontzettend leuk trouwens dat iedereen zo meeleest en wat leuk dat jullie berichtjes achterlaten! Beantwoorden van alle berichtjes heeft niet zoveel zin denk ik, maar we lezen ze allemaal met veel plezier! einde ingevoegd op zondag 20 juli Hallo allemaal, Allereerst van harte gefeliciteerd Gijs en Oma Vos! Speciaal voor Gijs: Happy birthday to you In de wei staat een koe En die koe zegt I love you Happy birthday to you! En dan nu verder tot de orde van de dag. We werden wakker langs de snelweg. ... read more

After finally pulling ourselves away from the home comforts of sydney we headed north in to byron bay in search of warmer climes. after spending our first night back in a hostel we felt a bit out of touch especially as everyone around us just wanted to go on the piss, so we spent the next 3 nights under canvas at clarkes beach campsite. the sun came out for us as well and it was nice to spend a few days just hanging out on the beach rather than being togged upto the eyeballs!!There's also a big surf culture here and it was really cool just to watch guys getting trashed in the waves as you walked along the beach. We went a walk around the headland in search of whales and saw lots of dolphins ... read more

Hi again all Arrived back to the mainland from Fraser Island yesterday. I spent two nights on the island - my second time there, but still as spectacular! I decided to head across to Fraser on Thurs morning, spending Wed night on the mainland to watch New South Wales take out the State of Origin series against Queensland .... well that was the plan anyway. Lets hope the Blues turn up to at least play in the deciding game 3! In any case, the flogging that we copped (30 - 0!) was enough motivation to get away from the locals and gt across to Fraser. I took the drive down through Maryborough and onto Rainbow Beach. The barge ride across to Fraser from Inskip Point is alot shorter than from Hervey Bay or River Heads (and ... read more

Hi all So sorry I have been slack with updating the travel blog; you must be wondering what has happened to us. We're 14 weeks on now from Olivia's birth and life is very busy, as you can imagine :-) So, here is a photo diary from our lovely two week holiday, with my Dad (who stayed with us for 6 weeks recently but has sadly gone home now), on a 42 foot catamaran on the seas next to Fraser Island, 2hrs flight north of Sydney. We had a lovely time sailing (quite a feat with just Mike and my Dad to raise the sails, steer and navigate) and exploring the coastline of the World Heritage Listed Fraser Island. We also went ashore for a day to 4x4 and see the pristine lakes and rainforests, beautiful! ... read more

Alright where did we leave off? I think we were all scrambling to the bus station so that we could catch our bus to Hervey Bay on time. Well, we caught the bus, so it was no big deal. We stopped a couple of hours into the drive in Brisbane to change buses, where I had McDonald's for only the second time in Australia. I still don't like it much. We had to weigh our bags at this terminal for some strange reason. Mine was 14.6kg, well under the 20kg limit. A couple of girls were charged $5 because their bags weighed too much. Sooo we kill some time wandering around the giant bus station until I see ours finally pull up. We all climb aboard and make our way to Hervey Bay. When we arrive, ... read more