Travel Blogs from Hervey Bay, Australia
Humped Back Whale watching
... up and not done something together. Jane was going to leave and meet up with Emma in Airlie Beach but decided to stay at Hervey Bay with me and head there when Emma gets back. During breakfast Jane and I decided that we would go down to the harbour ...
Irgendwas laeuft hier schief.....
Angekommen in Hervey Bay regnets erst mal. Nicht das perfekteste Wetter zum Campen. Also lieber ab ina Backpackers. Mein 1. Mal in Australien. Wurde aber auch Zeit! Ansonsten passiert hier nicht mehr viel. Es steppt nicht gerade der Baer hier und bei ...
Watching Whales
... same day as when I decided to debut it! It was pretty hilarious. Anyways a couple hours of driving later, we arrived in Hervey Bay. We were provided with a very yummy lunch at a marina cafe and then we wandered the Marina to take some ...
JB's
We got to JB's after our visit to Grandma, i was great to see him again. Tomorrow we are off to Fraser island and then fishing the day after. But for now its time for a late night swim, love that he has a pool. ...
The dive logs here!!
For those of you familiar with the saga it is sufficient to say that my dive log has finally caught up with me, its taken aboput 15,000 miles and three countries but we are finally back as ...
Hervey Bay - Fraser Island: Awsoooome!
Fantastico!! Siamo ad Harvey Bay ed il pulmino dell'ostello ci e' venuto a prendere! Arriviamo all'ostello e la receptionist super allegra ci da il benvenuto, per lei qualsiasi cosa e' awsoooome!!! Ahahah! L'ostello e' diviso in appartamentini con la ...
Easter trip - Fraser Island to the Whitsundays
Pat's dad Dick came to visit for a few weeks so we took some time off around Easter and went to Queensland for some sand and sun! The first stop was Fraser Island. It is the world's largest sand island, so we rented a 4x4 and drove around the ...
Fraser Island Day
Better night at Mary River, Tiaro. Mad drive into Hervey Bay. Arrived half an hour early for awesome 4x4 coach tour of Fraser Island. Took a spin in a plane off the beach. Weather held up well. Eaten alive by sand flies waiting for the return, will be ...
WHALE WATCHING
Took a boat this morning and navigated along upper north side of Fraser Island on Freedom III boat. A small 20m catamaran. We saw 2 whales early on our trip and then the skipper spotted a juvenile and we followed him for a full 2 hours. Amazing sight. ...
Hervey Bay Fraser Island Tour
Temp: low 20 high 32 no rain We were all up very early this morning excited for our Fraser Island tour. Our coffee filter had broken so Natasha ran out and got 3 coffees, nice surprise since we were thinking it would be an instant coffee morning. Had a ...
What a Whale of a Day !!!
... caravan park at 8 a.m. taking us to the marina to board the Tasman Venture. Humpback whales visit Hervey Bay from late July and remain until November when they begin their return to the southern ocean. During their ...
Hervey Bay
... lots of fishermen, fish and jellyfish along the way. From the end, there was a good view of some of the islands that shelter Hervey bay (including Fraser island). The evening was spent relaxing before heading off to Fraser island early the next ...
A little detour
... do the same thing and we all got on the 1:30pm bus and finally arrived in Airlie beach at 5am the next morning. Hervey bay I think had quite a bit to offer but unfortunately it was raining and we had the Whitsundays crisis happening. Andy did however ...
Fraser Island
Just got back from Fraser Island, bt will explain more in nxt blog - just sticking up the pics ...
whitsundays & hervey bay
Do we need more biscuits???
... started to have a hissy fit over something and then decided he needed to clean the windows before setting off....finally got to Hervey Bay....went straight to be and woke up just in time for the Fraser Island briefing :) went food shopping, made ...
Sun, Sea, Sand & Cycling. Oh & of course fishing!
... was excited to see lots of people fishing off both the huge peer and at various spots along the massive beaches. Hervey bay seemed like a lovely little place and we decided to fully explore the coastline the following day. On our way ...
Fraser Island
4x4 and camping A great few days with a great bunch of people on Fraser island, which is a massive sand island. We were basically thrown into the back of a jeep with 8 other people and told to look after ourselves for 2 nights. We had to do a ...
Grannie Annie goes to Fraser Island
... air that day meant that we were not long out of bed that night. The next day Anne and Jo went for another long walk around Hervey Bay while Steve found more things to do with his computer - I can see a pattern emerging! We were all grateful to be moving ...
Noosa + Fraser Island
... zum Strand und buchten u.a. auch den Trip nach Fraser Island, unserem naechsten Ziel. Am Mittwoch gings dann weiter nach Hervey Bay, eine Kuestenstadt die der Ausgangspunkt ist zu Fraser Island. Diese Insel ist die groesste Sandinsel der Welt und hat ...
Not much
... in the world). However, with new towns offering cheaper and quicker access, and the whales whoring themselves out to more areas, Hervey Bay is horrible. Enough said! Mind you Matt was pleased enough to stay there as we got a night of free accommodation - ...
To Early for the Whales
... out WE"RE TO EARLY TO SEE THE WHALES. Oh well, it's not to bad, our return trip should see us arrive back in Hervey Bay right in the middle of the prime Whale watching season. 3rd day I get to replacing the Trailer Plug and Socket. Nothings ever easy and ...
We ran into Daniel a guy we played a board game wi
We ran into Daniel a guy we played a board game with in wannaka NZ And ran into our hitch hiker Harry from Nelson in hervey ...
Hervey Bay
Fraser Island trip- fantastic. had our own 4x4 and stayed in a 2 bed apartment. was soo good!! photos show how stunning it ...
We hit sand!
... (green/yellow water?!) we saw huge butterflies, dragonflies, stick insects & the odd lizard in the tree. Finally, we cleaned up in a posh resort swimming pool & jacuzzi. :) Another ferry back to Hervey Bay before taking a Greyhound to Noosa Bay. ...
Sandy Rif and an off-road adventure
... nbsp; I on the other hand will be getting the bus straight to Brisbane and flying down to Sydney just in time for Easter weekend with my lovely boyfriend Andre. From then on our remaining time in Australia is split between Sydney and ...
Countdown to Chrimbo...
Hervey bay, gateway to Frasier island! We stayed in Scarness campsite in town, run by the fastest talkin Belfast man I've ever met! He lived in Dublin for a while but hadn't been to Ireland, north or south for many years. As a result he wanted me to fill ...
Hervey Bay
Wednesday Today we left rainbow beach at 7.30am it took about 2 hours to get to Hervey bay apparently this town is like a retirement place!! But we have found it busier than Rainbow Beach. We arrived at our hostel who organise the trip to fraser ...

