Blogs from Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 2

After all the excitement of feeding the dolphins, I needed some quiet time. The last couple of weeks I have been with my brother and is wife in a small city called Hervey Bay, about 3 and a half hours north of Brisbane. I have enjoyed wandering around the neighbourhood, snapping pics of a variety of beautiful flowers, so omnipresent as to be taken for granted by the locals, but eliciting endless squeals of delight and unabashed hand-clapping from any Canadian who is fortunate to have escaped The Extreme North-American Deep Freeze, as I have. img=https://photos.travelblog.org/Photos/274532/873461/t/8364751-IMG_5212-0.jpg... read more

Hooroo Emerald it was 0615 and we were looking forward to tonight’s stop as it was to be coastal at our good friend Bobs place in Burrum Heads about 640 km down the track. We’d not been to this area before and we were definitely looking forward to getting a break from the hot Australian interior. Burrum Heads is a small town located at the mouth of the Burrum River and you get to enjoy views of Hervey Bay and the top end of Fraser Island. It is only a tad over a hundred k’s south of Bundaberg. Not much development happening so it has the look and feel of a destination that is relishing its opportunity to live in the past, not rocket in to the future like many other quaint villages have and are ... read more

I was up early today and made porridge for breakfast and some sandwiches for lunch. We then drove to Hervey Bay and went into the Information Centre, where we were shown some scenic drives to take and told about a long pier that was interesting. While we were looking around, I heard someone booking a whale watching cruise with “Whalesong Cruises”. The clerk said that the cruises were on (despite what we’d been told at Noosa) and there were 10 pods in the bay so operators were giving guarantees of sightings, or you get another free trip. The cruise was for 5 ½ hours and included morning tea and a lunch buffet and cost $95 for Seniors. Although we’d seen two whales on the last cruise at Noosa, I still didn’t feel that I’d been up ... read more

Was waren wir inspiriert von Crocodile Dundee, Australien Open, Steve Irwin und vorallem den Erzählungen all derer, die vor uns schon in Down Under waren. Am 15.12. war es endlich soweit und wir durften die lange Reise antreten. Basel - Paris - Shanghai - Sydney - Brisbane. Nach langen aber angenehmen 37 Stunden sind wir am 17.12. in Brisbane angekommen und haben uns mit unseren Freunden, der Latzer Family, getroffen. Am nächsten Tag kam noch Dani Egli dazu und gemeinsam machten wir uns mit unseren Mobilehomes auf, die Ostküste zu erkunden. Der erste Halt führte uns nach Pialba bei Hervey Bay, von wo aus wir Fraser Island erkunden wollten. Dazu haben wir einen eignen 4WD Offroader gemietet, um die grösste Sandinsel der Welt mal so richtig umzupflügen. Da es tagelang nicht mehr geregnet hatte, war die ... read more

Thank god our numerous per-trip lists are slowly but surely reducing. There are still a couple of issues (phone & pool filter) which are causing more grief than necessary ;) we've still got "a cupala days" to sort them though. Not only will we be celebrating the Blues after their win on Wednesday but also Pete's big six oh birthday - double celebration with Jen, Pete, Aby, Dan & Leny :D Thursday is dedicated to packing (love leaving that until the last minute) then fish & chip dinner at the Nursing Home with Os....then up, up and away Friday lunchtime to Sydney for an overnight stay at Rydges @ the airport - meet Lyn & Brian Saturday morning to check in, have breckie then a 10am departure to Johannesburg........ Only 5 sleeps......excited much... read more