Bundaberg, Australia Travel Blogs

Australia - Bundaberg
Jan 29, 2006 (12 photos)

... . There is actually very little else to do in Bundaberg, apart from the turtle watching and maybe going to the famous Bundaberg Rum Distillery (not interested!), and the town is quite sprawling and spread out. Having woken up and checked out by 10:00am ...

The home of the Bundaberg Rum Distillery
Jul 6, 2006 (2 photos)

The day after we got back from Fraser Island we headed to Bundaberg. Our main reason for stopping here was Phil and his obsession with Bundaberg rum. We got a tour round the distillery and 2 free drinks at the end.... Even Ciara found a drink she liked - ...

Day 281-287: Airlie Beach to Rainbow Beach
Jun 27, 2005

... In the afternoon we took a walk to the Rum Distillery that Bundaberg is famous for and the main reason for stopping here. Bundaberg itself was a bigger town than I was expecting, guess it was busy coz of all the backpackers in town working. The distillery ...

Sugar and Rum in Bundaberg
Apr 12, 2005 (9 photos)

... , Bundaberg Sugar Company donated the home to the City of Bundaberg as an Australian Bicentennial gift. Relocated to Bundaberg Botanical Gardens, the homestead is now a sugar industry museum, housing photographs and memorabilia exploring the development of ...

Turtle Power
Dec 7, 2005 (2 photos)

Arrh wonderful Bundaberg, home of the Bundy beverage, but also close to Môn repose famous for it Turtle conservation centre and evening turtle watching tours. At this time of year it was egg laying season and each night a few turtles would make there way ...

BUNDABERG
Dec 2, 2004 (3 photos)

... , most of them just growing wild. Have attached photo. Tuesday night we stayed in Rockhampton, the beef capital of Australia and Jeff enjoyed a grain fed rump steak for his dinner! Wednesday morning we visited the Dreamtime Cultural Centre, another ...

Bundaberg
Nov 23, 2005 (5 photos)

... the bus down from Airlie Beach to Bundaberg - our longest trip to date: 12 hours! It was a long day! - We didnt arrive in Bundaberg til after midnight, so got a cab to the hostel - the Cell Block, which was the old police station and cells, converted into ...

Bundaberg Rum Distillary
Oct 23, 2006 (3 photos)

The rum tour was quiet good - but as we have done many tours before - guiness, sugar, whiskey etc in previous times, this tour was nothing special. Although I must say, if your short of cash, then start making rum - thats where the money is .... ...

Rum tour and setting sail (Bundy to Airlie Beach)
May 21, 2006 (5 photos)

The long haul begins... thanks to Hollie's dad (Peter), we had a relaxing and much needed stopover in Bundaberg, home of Australian's rum factory Bundaberg Rum. Peter and his friends were excellent hosts and prepared a huge bbq for us equipped with fresh ...

Bundy
Jul 15, 2006 (3 photos)

... . Charming! They really are behind the times here. But once you sift through all the crap that litters the outskirts of Bundaberg - an A to Z of fast food drive thrus - at its heart is a charming little city with beautiful parkland and a gargantuan ...

melbourne - bundaberg (and the rest)
May 13, 2009 (12 photos)

... a holiday resort than anything else.  Had a days sunbathing in Burleigh heads then headed to Nimbin!!   Awesome place (australia's little amsterdam!!)  Then headed to Byron Bay, next day got on the whole surfing buzz . . . awesome.  ...

Bundy
Jul 14, 2009 (3 photos)

Rum museum, the drink that made this place famous.

oaks beach - ganz speziell xi!
Jan 14, 2009 (5 photos)

bim oaks beach acho, hemer scho daenkt dass sich d frau ide info g irrt het. im verglich zu mon repos isch de strand winzig xi und duene hend eher kliff gliche wills so steil xi sind. doch wos duenklet het sind di erste freiwillige haelfer und ...

Bundy
Nov 19, 2005

... without a single extra dollar in their pocket as when they first came there!!! Besides being one of Australia's largest farming communities, Bundaberg is also the home of Australia's finest rum, aptly named Bundaberg Rum, which although brewed there, is ...

The Bus Crash and the turtles!
Dec 11, 2007 (3 photos)

... from the crash, yet we still drove full speed, swerving everywhere to the hospital....not so good for our nerves!! Bundaberg hospital was amazing!  Just a small place, but everyone was really friendly, and we each recieved really good individual ...

Bundaberg and Mon Repos Beach
Mar 14, 2007 (12 photos)

14th March 2007 Bundaberg, Australia Afetr spending the morning in Hervey Bay we travelled up the coast to Bundaberg.  We stopped off on the way at Childers and paid our respects at the memorial for the backpackers who died there in a fire at the ...

island hoping
Jan 27, 2006 (10 photos)

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Bundy - famous for Sugar and Rum!
Oct 22, 2006

We arrived at 'Bundy' in the afternoon and did our famous 'chill out'...... we are preparing ourselves for tomorrow.... it is going to be a big day for Stuarts liver... and it has nothing to do with sugar tasting!!!

bundaberg
Jan 13, 2009 (2 photos)

bundaberg isch bekannt fuer ihre glichnamig rum. de toubi isch d fabrik fuehrig go mache und aeendli hemer usegfunde, fuer was di kilometerlange zuckerfaelder brucht waerdet. :) viel meh x gseh giz det aunoed, abgseh vode tusige flying ...

Bundaberg dus...
Sep 18, 2005 (17 photos)

... Ja je hoort het goed.... we hebben wat gepland, wat we normaal nooit doen. Dus Dinsdagavond om 11 uur kwamen we aan in bundaberg. ingecheckt in het prachtige hostel (uhum) en slapen maar, om de volgende dag een hostel te zoeken dat niet alleen beter is ...

mmmm rum
Apr 26, 2006 (1 photos)

we visited the famous bundaberd rum distillery and did the tour - such tourist but well worth it

now addicted to ginger beer
Apr 8, 2007 (3 photos)

... it did. We were, however, gutted to find out upon arrival that we had just missed turtle egg laying season by a week. Bundaberg is famous for 3 things. it is home to bert hinkler a famous aviator, bundaberg rum and bundaberg ginger beer. As my interest in ...

Where have i been
Oct 18, 2007

... the map, hoping for some surf, came the soon expected shock that we were out of funds.  Headed back down to Bundaberg, were there is loads of work and met a fruit picker contractor who is probably the best boss one could ask for.  Picking ...

Seasonal work: help me!
May 28, 2008

... for me and so went around the next day searching for somewhere that had a bed and seasonal work available. I finally came across Bundaberg Backpackers who charge an extortionate A$160 a week for a dorm room (keeping in mind I was paying about A$85 a week ...

We've just returned from a 3 night ...
Nov 9, 2002

... agricultural area where the largest crop is sugar cane. In Bundaberg the big industries are sugar processing and the production of Bundaberg Rum, known throughout the country. They also grow a lot of fruits, nuts and vegetables. Because of the very mild ...

Bundaberg
Nov 21, 2007

We have now arrived in Bundaberg. Today is another RSL day. After visiting the shopping centre and updating the internet we are now on our way to a pub and this will be followed by our evening meal in the RSL club. The one thing of importance today ...

Dingo's, turtles and sand
Jan 5, 2005 (5 photos)

... to watch the 3 fireworks some lad set off down the Bay. Very exciting altogether! Then the next day we headed off up to Bundaberg (the home of the manky Bundaberg Rum you get in Oz). theres nothing much in the town itself but just outside the town is ...

Bundaberg
Oct 2, 2007 (15 photos)

So we arrived in Bundaberg at 10:30 and while on the train i took out my Lets Go Australia book and looked up Bundaberg many great tings were said about the place like.... "Bundaberg is not an exciting destination, most visitors get a coffee at the ...

Where the rum comes from
Oct 23, 2007 (7 photos)

Had a brief overnight stay here in Bundaberg (or "Bundy" as it's more commonly known). The most famous thing about this city is the Bundaberg rum distillery which we did a tour of yesterday afternoon. Funnily enough, Steve (the aussie guy I was travelling ...

A few pints in the exercise yard
Apr 23, 2008 (3 photos)

... from Mayo that we were hangin around with in New Zealand for a while and in Sydney too. She's fruit picking near Bundaberg or Bundy. We'd pints and a laugh with her at the Cellblock Backpackers. It's the old Police Station and  ...