Susan River Homestead Adventure Resort Hervey Bay

... and had a beer in unbelievably windy weather. After, we went for an hour&#8217;s walk to Lake Wabby, where some of the group swam. The lake was picturesque, with sand dunes on one side, and forest on the other, and catfish nibbling at toes in the lake! In the evening, we cooked our steak, had some beers.<br><br> The next day, we rose at 6:30am, had breakfast, took down the tents and went up the beach to the ...

... and continued to swoop at him. I was so angry I grabbed the broom and was ready to swing with intent to kill if it came near him again. The manager was nearby and Greg promptly told him of his psycho black and white resident. He was really apologetic and promised to deal with the bird immediately.<br><br>It was easy to leave after this incident, Hervey Bay is very much like the Mornington Peninsula, particularly Dromana, Rosebud ...

... The Champagne Pools are basically rockpools next to the sea which 'fizz&#8217; when waves crash into them. Due to the jellyfish, sharks and riptides in the sea, the pools are a very popular and safe place to swim so were quite busy. We spent a couple of hours relaxing in the pools and sunbathing as well as experimenting with Danni in our group&#8217;s underwater camera which was great until some of the boys found a huge dead fish with its eyeballs hanging out and insisting it featured ...

... to have been a ray. After lunch we took the short stroll down to Champagne pools, which is a large rock pool, that when the waves hit and bubble up give the effect of sitting in an enormous pool of champagne but it still tastes of Sea Water trust me I tried. We sadly saw the stupidity of some people who were camping on the island decided to have a few beers while in the rock pools but leave there empty cans to float away. I managed to get 1 of them before ...

... out eating humble pie with cut feet, hands, legs, the lot. Memories of champagne rock pools will partly be fun but also savlon and sticky plasters! Now cameras at the ready as we spot our first whale from Indian Head, the best vantage point for the island and tons of dolphins! We then visit rainbow sands, maheno ship wreck and we wade through Eli Creek. Andrea and I grab the opportunity to take the plane up over the island along with a ...

... the correct street corner, only to discover that they had removed her statue whilst re-laying the pavement.<br><br>Eventually we got to our destination, Torquay, in Hervey Bay. We were up bright and early in the morning to go whale watching. Every year approximately 7000 humpback whales pass through Hervey Bay during their migration back to Antartic after breeding in the sub-tropical waters. We sailed out into the bay on a catamaran to look for them fearing that ...

... of nowhere. Then onto the 4WD track. Thought afterwards should of taken some photos as some of the obstacles we went over there's no way we would of attempted it if there was any other way to go and it wasn't part of the track. Tree roots sticking up everywhere and the sand eroded away so much that parts just looked ridiculous but my skillful husband made it look easy... with the occasional direction by myself ...

Morning to sleep in, taken advantage of! Spent the morning just sitting on the deck listening to Nature. The area reminded me of my cottage, with the forestry and hearing the birds. Loved it. <br><br>Walked down heart attack hill (walking up would give you a hear attack) and went to the store to buy some lunch. I bought a can of spaghetti thinking we have a kitchen, well in the lodge there are no pots and the stove doesnt' even work. Yay for cold spaghetti ...

... He woke with a penis drawn on his face and the humiliation of screaming DINGO DANGER to 30 unaware strangers. Later, in our tent we spoke exclusively en francais with our Parisian tent mate who was referred to exclusively as &#8217;Frenchie&#8217; for the entirety of the trip.<br> This night was followed by a 4:30 am wake-up and a viewing of the sunrise above a shipwreck. This ship was destroyed by Asian sailors en route to Japan; further proof that Asians cannot drive. <br><br>

... between 7am and 1pm so we drove up to the north of the islands as far as Indian Heads. It was still quite gloomy though and although it wasn't raining we were all eager to get back and set up camp again before it started raining. So we drove from Indian Heads to Mehena Camp Grounds stopping along the way to look at a sandstone rock formation called the Pinnacles and a really impressive looking shipwreck called the Mahena. It was probably the only thing on the island that ...