Agnes Water
Travel Blogs from Agnes Water, Australia
Catching our breath
... in Hervey Bay and Fraser, Luke and I boarded the buses that took us to a tiny little town off the backpacker track called Agnes Water, which is basically made up of four houses, a little shopping center, and Cool Bananas, our hostel. Right next door, ...
Back in 1770
... the scooter was better!). We drove all the way down to Rules Beach, had a spot of lunch and then drove back up to Agnes Water and Eurimbula National Park. Inside the park we went to the Ganoonga Noonga Lookout for panoramic views of the sand dunes and ...
Agnes water
... - we were to look out for whales and dolphins but there were none there this morning but the view was amazing. Distance Bowen - Agnes water 750km - driving today was almost 12 hours !! Costs Camp spot at Discovery Campsite - £17 ...
Things that go bump in the night
... joined us on our travels up the coast, although I dont think she knew what she was getting herself into. So we went straight to Agnes Water and bumped into Yolanda and Karim. Along the way we took a wrong turn, ended up on a dirt track and almost hit ...
Eungella - Agnes Water
Days 156 - 157 - Eungella - Agnes water Afte a typical lazy Sunday in Eungella (too much food hopefully balanced out by a long walk - this walk was a little different to those at home in that in involved walking through rainforests and even a tree), we ...
Great Barrier Reef
Days 158 - 159 - Agnes Water Two days and four dives on the Great Barrier Reef and I feel justified in having done our PADI. Gos has again been unking with the weather but that is the only thing we can complain about. The first day was to a part of ...
Hell Angels
... up and watched the others. But as the lesson was only $17 I was not too worried. The best thing to do in Agnes water is Scooteroo. Automatic Choppers with big ass handle bars and leather jackets with fire. Just imagine a group of 40 hells angels burning ...
Agnes Water 1770
We arrived in the evening at Agnes Water; a day late - as we forgot to book our bus in all the excitement of Fraser Island! Silly sausages! On arrival we were really disappointed - not because of our hostel, but because we couldn't spend more time there. ...
Fraser Island
... place called Makenzie lake. I'm not even going to describe how beautiful this place is. Google it. I've never seen water so clean, clear, and untouched. Wow. We spend the day there...and just took in the beauty! ...
Airlie to Fraser.....big old blog! Such a tale!!!!
... for you to slice and cook yourself - amazing!!! Another early 6am start to get the bus further south to our orginal plan on Agnes Water and 1770! Very pretty here and checked in to nice hostel where you could chill with dvd's - really small town so ...
Chris Goes Surfing
... , I met Amanda Holden whilst learning to surf. Well, I met her Finnish look alike, but that's still pretty impressive. So visit Agnes Water, it's a quiet, chilled place to hang for a few days and you're pretty much guaranteed to meet some ...
Agnes Water and 1770
... along the beach which was one of the most if not thee most Stunning beach I've seen in Australia. Forget Fraser I've found my paradise and it's Agnes Water. Stopping for lunch at the end of the beach the amazing view before heading inland to find the ...
Surfer Dude - Not!
... absolute miracle if I culd stand up. It's so easy to do when you are on the sand!!!! We were let lose into the water about 45 minutes into our session. There were 30 of us, all complete beginners, so you can imagine it was going to be carnage ...
No fast Moves at Bruce's Place
Well, I broke the drive on the Bruce Highway to discover a very relaxing and beautyfull spot: Agnes Water/Town 1770. The first morning, on the parking of the beach, Bruce (retired bloke) talked to me after having a walk with his staffies ... He invited me ...
Town Of 1770
... will von vorne beginnen und nicht schon jetzt mein gesamtes Cook-Wissen preisgeben. Denn auf unserem Weg von Rainbow Beach nach Agnes Water machten wir halt an den Glashouse Mountains, die übrigens ihren Namen auch vom famosen Captain Cook erhalten ...
Easy Riders
The next day we had a chilled morning catching up on washing,etc. Then in the afternoon we were doing the Scooteroo tour. Apparently one of the top 5 things to do on the east coast. Basically a tour round the sleepy roads of 1770 on Scooters. ...
Agnes Water - Town of 1770
... erg fijn opstaan en voelde ik me rond een uur of 10 even erg goed en mijn plan was om nog te gaan surfen, omdat Agnes Water in verband met de aanwezigheid van de al eerder genoemde box jellyfish en de crocs in het noorden, de meest noordelijke plaats is ...
1770
The next town we arrived in had a strange name... 1770. Originally it was called Agnes water but in honour of Captain Cook, the town was recently renamed after the date he first set foot Australia (I think!!). We were only here in 1770 for the night. It ...
1770!!!
Nothing happened in this town. Had a good nights sober sleep. Drank on the beach all day, went to 1770 backpackers with a few people and made a large mess. And then we ...
Hot Rod!
... us off. Up early in the morning and took full advantage of the free breakfast. Headed in to the town for a free tour of Agnes Water/Town of 1770. It's called 1770 because this is where Captain Cook landed on 24 May 1770. In the last 15 years ...
Flight and then onto Airlie Beach
After a morning hanging around the small town of Agnes water, it was finally 1pm and time to get picked up for the flight. Nicole very kindly let me go first, as I knew I would get a bit nervous if I had to sit and wait for her to go up, especially after ...
1770
... update!! (sniff sniff!) as i'm heading back to the UK (yay!!) on Thursday so there isn;t much point. Please check out a few other entries I've made for you, and also.... the rather exciting thing i got up to in Agnes Water... teee Hee!! Love Ya! Me ...
Capricorn Caves, 1770 and Agnes Water
... it was sad to say goodbye. We then made our way further south, below the Tropic of Capricorn, towards the Town of 1770 and Agnes Water (Queensland's northern most surf beach). There was quite a bit of bushfire activity along the way with two fires in ...
David Attenburgh versus Jaques custeau!!!
... by a large reef shark!!,,, and i mean LARGE! swimming below us, it was ace.{reef sharks are harmless thankfully} we remained in the water for about two hours and saw all manor of things including a large turtle feeding in front of us, it was wonderfull to ...
1770
... totally practical, but they're really easy to ride and so much fun. The evening was meant to be a beach aprty down at Agnes Water beach, but for most people were shattered after the surfing and biking that we all just collapsed infront of the TV at ...
Hanging aroung with the natives
... 'nement extraordinaire, la soirée par exemple, était très bizarre. La journée à débuté exactement comme d'habitude, on a rouler jusqu'à agnes water parce que le lendemain matin, on avait une lecon de surf de 4h dans la ville appelé 1770, oui oui, ...
On set at cocoon 3....
... to chill though and last night we went out and saw a comet colliding with the atmosphere. Today we have driven to the town of Agnes Water and 1770 which is where Captain Cook first landed in ... you guessed it ... 1770!!! The beach is incredible and it ...
Another turn away
We left our lovely street campsite in Sarina and drove to our next destination - Agnes Water and the town of 1770. It was another big drive and nothing note worthy to report - although the price of fuel has left us very excited (the simple things ...
...and "The Town of 1770"
... Scooteroo tour. EVERYONE you meet down the east coast raves about Scooteroo so I was excited. Scooteroo is basically a motorbike/scooter trip around Agnes Water and The Town of 1770. (On a side note...I thought naming a town 'The Town of 1770' was a bit ...


