Blogs from Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 18

We got to Hervey Bay off the night bus about ten am and got picked up by an absolutely crazy man who at first seemed ok but soon got a little irritating and I think racist which wasn't fun! He had the dirtiest laugh ever! But it was free so we couldn't complain! We had a free nights stay in the Koala's hostel there as we had to leave early the next morning to start our Fraser island trip and we had a briefing that afternoon where we got put into two groups, we were in Group A which soon became 'Team A', the four of us and six guys who were all awesome which was really lucky, we all got on brilliantly straight away and it really made the trip that much better. We had ... read more

So here we are about 1400kms up the east coast in Hervey Bay! We've spent the last week meandering up the coast from sydney, stopping at Coffs Harbour, Byron Bay, Brisbane, Noosa and now Hervey Bay! Our first day was spent on the road and it was a dark and wet Coffs Harbour that we arrived to! We have stayed at YHA's all the way up the coast and they have all been great! the one in Coffs was fantastic, cheap, friendly and really well situated! whilst in coffs we went for a walk out onto a headland there called muttonbird island, its here that the muttonbirds nest after flying down from japan! sadly we missed them as they leave in May to fly north!!!!! however we saw pelicans, sea eagles and most impressively Humpback ... read more

On Friday, after another early start, we got into our groups and picked up our new wheels from the garage. Our ride, a toyota truck which had been used down the mines, we were told was "about 4 years old" despite it having 160k on the clock and being a really faded cream colour. Our group of eleven filled it right up, two of them had been on my boat in the Whitsundays and the rest were a mix of english, irish, dutch, german and brazilian. We designated the dutch guy, Michael, as our driver for the trip as he'd been driving a 4x4 around most of his time in Australia, though we weren't so sure it was a good choice when he nearly rolled it at the first roundabout on the way to the ... read more

Efter Noosa drog vi upp for kusten och hamnade i Hervey Bay (en hala, varning, varning, varning finns inget att gora, alls) men vi for inte dit for att njuta av tristessen, utan for FRASER ISLAND! Det ar nog bland det basta jag gjort hitills pa den har resan! Det var helt underbart, sa vackert och sa... sa.. fraser! Vi var dar pa en tredagars-tva natters tur selfdrive 4wheel drive och det var super kul! Man var nio pers i varje bil och vi korde tre bilar i konvoj. Som tur var hade vi fatt ett schema sa att vi hann med att se det basta pa on, var vi skulle campa och sa... campingen var kul men det blev morkt snabbt sa man fick skynda pa med att resa talt och laga mat innan ... read more

Hey everyone now in hervey bay!!! So we have just arrived back from fraser island and what an adventure it was!!! I knew there would be some dingos on the island but didnt realise there would be deadly snakes and spiders living around our camp, so on the first night i cried like a baby and wanted to go home!! kate and jenny seemed fine but i hated every second of the first evening!! Camping isnt my thing at all but kate helped me forget by filling me with lots of gune(wine) so i did sleep like a baby!! Other than that we had a great time, had a really cool group of people and saw some amazing lakes and scenery!! On our second morning we had a lizard walking very casually around camp which ... read more