Mar. 17th and it's time to get caught up. I'm really into holiday mode now so it's not like we''ve been too busy it's just that I'm getting lazier. But we've been busy too. We're already into our third day in Bali. But first things first. Here's what we've been up to. After Tweed's Head we pushed north again past Brisbane to Hervey (pronounced H...

Sleeping on any kind of transport no matter the country never makes for a great night sleep!! We arrived in Hervey Bay at 6.30am having had only a few hours sleep but the sun was shinning and the humidity had almost gone. Having travelled 2047 km south since we arrived in tropical Cairns the weather was now getting to a very comfortable level. C...

5th December Left Bundaberg on the (late again) Grayhound bus and arrived at Hervey Bay, when we arrived at the hostel we could hardly believe it, the best hostel ever! Maybe a bit far away from any pubs, shops etc but it had its own bar, swimming pool, jacuzi and our room was self contained with toilet, cooker etc. Anyway, since Eve was coming ...

Ach well...  Following a slight miscalculation in time required to get from Noosa to Hervey Bay, we didn't quite make the planned 12pm ferry across to Fraser Island, but that gave us a chance to relax and enjoy a wee drive around Hervey and on to Urangan Harbour and beach. It's another stunning we area with holiday homes, appartments and motels ...

On the way to Hervery Bay we stopped for a walk around the Glass House Mountains, this is the area that we packed Strawberries last July and we took Anne for a quick tour of the Strawberry felids and shed, we drove past very quickly as the employment did not end on the best of terms last year. We then went for lunch on the front at Marochydor wh...

Hi All We have spent the last 3 days and 2 nights traveling around the largest sand island in the world, Fraser Island, which is 40km east to west and 120km north to south. We spent Saturday night traveling down from Airlie Beach to Hervey Bay, a trip of 13 hours on a greyhound bus (another episode of swollen feet and ankles!) and we got into He...

After 12 hours of driving Mark and I finally made it to Hervey Bay. We left Magnetic Island at 1 in the afternoon yesterday and arrived at Hervey Bay at 12:10 this afternoon. We of course stopped on the way to get petrol 4 times! and a big Mac, only once! :) I have to say that I drove for at least 7 hours which was far more than Mark! He only sa...

Next day we drove on to Hervey Bay to complete the second half of our tour package, the Fraiser Island tour. It was another touristy spot basically making its money on the Fraser tours. The weather was awful and we were confined to the car and tent for a lot of the day, but we had a very early start next day so we didn't bother checking out the ...

We arrived in Hervey Bay at around 8pm after a four hour bus journey. We were picked up by our hostel and deposited into a four bed dorm that was connected to several other dorms by a large communal area. We stayed up chatting with an English couple before hitting the sack fairly early due to having to meet outside the hostel at 6:30am ready for...

Croft's Take: Well after the hustle and bustle of Airlie Beach we were looking to settle down a bit so our next stop, Rockhampton, fit the bill completely. Rocky, as the locals call it, is the beef capital of Australia and they really wear it on their sleeve so to speak. There were tons of giant fake cow statues on the streets and over stores wi...