Blogs from Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 14

Hi all Well after I last updated on here it was evening time and in Airlie Beach there is only one thing to do and that is go to the bar. So me and Tom headed down there and we had a mini after party from the people of the boat. We also met two girls (Sarah and Lisa) who were on the Oz bus with us. We got some free drink as all the boats did however by claiming there were more people on our boat we got more free drink. About 8 of the 17 people of the boat came and so did a couple of crew members. After the pub shut I headed back although Tom went to a club and kept the party going till the early hours when he stumbled in ... read more

G'day mate, It took us about 3 1/2 hours up the coast to reach Hervey bay. Before we checked in at a camp, we stopped in town and booked up a one day safari of Frazer island the following day. The tour started at 7.20am so got up about 6.30am. A coach picked us up from the camp and continued to pick up everyone else. In total there was about 20 people on the trip. We got dropped to the ferry by our tour guide, Pete, who would come with us on the ferry and he would also drive the 4*4 coach on the island. The ferrytook about an hour. When we arrived we got dropped on the West side of the island. So in the 4*4 bus (which was really weird), we drove across to ... read more

Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world and we went on a selfdrive 4wd jeep safari over there. me stu, caroline and camilla, and stephane who were all on the boat for whitsundays, amongst some french that were abit of a nightmare. We went out there in the jeep and the weather got the better of us, it was a monsoon and we camped on the beach in it. not clever but had no choice as the tide cut us off. was an experience though and we even managed an aussie bbq on the beach (under a tarp mind you). we had been to some amazing lakes that we swam in and had a good day. the next day the french wanted to go home and the swiss (bloody swiss they normally cant ... read more

After Airlee we did a nights stop off at Rockhampton & then made it to Hervey Bay. Happy for a bit of civilisation we booked our trip to Fraser Island for a few days later after, once again, the storm had passed! We chilled out for a few days & then went for our briefing for our trip... We were put in groups of 11 & went shopping for supplies of food & lots of goon!! Next morning we had to be there at 6:45am to pack our 4x4’s with all the necessities & we were off down to the ferry! We were really lucky as we had a fab group of people, Lou Lou & James AKA ‘The Bondi’s’, Adam AKA Bob The Builder (I named him this due to the amount of crack constantly ... read more

10th February 2008 After following John the fish and chip man's instructions we arrived at the Beach Motor Inn in Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast, apparently a surfers paradise. We went to bed very early as we were 3 hours ahead of Australian time after flying in from New Zealand. So we were awake before 6.00 am next morning as were all the surfers. We strolled along the crowded beach and watched the surfers riding the waves and the lifeguards training for rescues. After breakfast at the Sunday market we travelled up the coast from Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast to Maryborough on the Southern Fraser Coast. We stopped briefly at Noosa Head to walk along the coastal path where the tourist information reported that a koala had been spotted a few minutes along the path. ... read more