Judy & Brian Tour Oz

Whale of a time in Hervey Bay Qld August 18-24 2016 There really is only two reasons for going to Hervey Bay: whale watching and Fraser Island Having been to Fraser half a dozen times or more and knowing that for the day tripper the options of places to go and see are limited basically to Kingfisher Bay, Lake McKenzie and Central Station, we chose to not go there this year. We did however take a handful of whale watching brochures from the info store on the jetty and study them diligently over a coffee and rather nice muffin. Our conclusion was that the Whalesong 1/2 day tour including morning tea and lunch was the best value-for-money and so we subsequently made the booking. Hervey Bay's most prominent feature is the Esplanade culminating in the 868m long wharf, which is mandatory to walk at least once a day. We found ourselves there on sunset and as the tide was just about fully out leaving exposed sand banks,  it presented a photo opportunity not to be missed. Pier, ...

A Few days in Bargara Qld aka Bundaberg - August 14-17 2016 Bargara is a beach suburb, about 10km from Bundaberg proper, well at least the CBD and main bits. The caravan park is not fabulous - adequate but not the fabulous haven as some would have had us believe. But we didn't care particularly as we wanted to explore the area a bit. The first thing one finds is that there is an extensive network of paths and tracks you can easily walk, to the southern end of Mon Repos beach where the Loggerhead turtles come in to lay their eggs, or all the way down past the cafe strip of Bargara proper to Kellys Beach. When we say 'beach', it may well have been quite a large expanse of sand once, but today its small creches of probably trucked in sand, protected by lots and lots of rock walls. I walked up and down few times for some exercise. I came across this sign denoting some of the fabulous things that one just needed to view if ones appreciation of the area was to be compl...

Agnes Water Qld August 8 -14 2016 You all know that Agnes Water was named after the local dairy farmer's daughter (or so one story goes) and that it's just down the road from a place called 1770, named after a bloke called Cook who thought it'd be a good place to plug up the large hole in the bottom of his boat before he sailed back to England, so I'll not bore you with the history lesson. So, what to do in Agnes Water, when you sitting in a caravan spot right in front of the main beach? Our prized and coveted spot at Agnes Water Caravan Park You could catch up on the latest goss, well, as late as the latest magazine available from the caravan park's laundry, that is Judy catching up on all the goss that's fit to print, and maybe some that they shouldn't have.  Agnes Water Qld or watch the local retired surfie teaching 30 at a time how to surf (thats him in the red cap out in the water). It costs just $17 and takes 3 hours and every single pe...