Peppers Hervey Bay

Out early to catch our flight to Hervey Bay on Virgin Blue. A short flight and we're there, where we'll set base for Fraser Island. We checked into Peppers Pier Resort and when I walked into the room I almost just droped to the floor. My jaw did, it was a ...

... honest as most people would just skip the country without paying.  Fantastic!!  Why didn't we try that? The town of Hervey Bay is a sleepy one, it seems to be built for the sole purpose of servicing tourists and workers for Fraser Island.  ...

... to live promising to return tomorrow night. We find the best caravan park in the whole of Oz - Palms, Turo Street, Torquay, Hervey Bay. We check into a lovely cabin equipped with FREE wireless internet for the same price as what we would have paid to ...

... a 2 day 2 night Whitsunday Island sailing trip plus 2 nights in a hostel. I cashed in on the 2 hostel nights when I arrived in Hervey Bay. I met Sabrina, a Swiss girl, and Leon, a Canadian guy as I was loading into the pink 4X4 that picked me up from the ...

... night in the hostel, finishing off our goon with the frenchies and a few beers in the bar,,,,, another early night..... Whale watching, hervey bay In the morning, Mariana left to go south.... I went to check out the beach at Hervey bay (directly opposite ...

... Watching in the world. We heard this in Vancouver where we saw jack s#@t so we were a little dubious!! However, the Spirit of Hervey Bay offered a package where you would get a full refund if you didn't see a whale! We had nothing to lose and we ...

... , and fish and chips on a picnic table, and later we found a sea turtle washed up on the shore, very cool. Left Hervey Bay and headed a bit inland, an area called the Hinterland, parallel to the Sunshine coast. We found some really neat back ...

After a long and tiring bus journey where we encountered our first Australian 'chav', we finally arrived at Hervey Bay, the departure point for all trips to Fraser Island. Seizing our chance for a free ride to the hostel, we hopped onto the 'Fraser ...

... still mostly unresolved. Right up at the top of our things to do and see in Australia was whale watching and from all we've read Hervey Bay would seem to be the ideal location. The humpback whales are seen here between the last week of July and the end of ...

... just couldn't say no. So we went to said bar but it was closed. Seems Sunday in Mexico is quite similar to Sunday in Hervey Bay - Fuck all is open. After some walking around we headed to another hostel/restaurant and had some shots of rum, tequila and ...

... so far.  I left Rainbow at 3pm, and arrived at Airlie Beach at 10am the next day.  I had to change buses at Hervey Bay, but another delay was a girl getting sick at one of the roadhouses stop breaks, fully having a panic attack so we ...

... !).  I think I also wrote about Vic Hislop's Shark Expo.....not sure as it weems like so long ago!  After Hervey Bay we drove up to a little beachtown called Seventeen Seventy (something to do with Captain Cook arriving in 1770 I ...