Thursday 15th May 2008 Whilst we were moored up yesterday evening the lights on the side of the boat attracted lots of little fish, then bigger fish and finally a dolphin. We motored off this morning around to a bay on Whitsunday Island to join the myriad of other tour boats. After spotting a few…
Wednesday 14th May 2008 After my nap yesterday afternoon, falling asleep between nine and ten and going to bed soon after I still didn’t get up until about eight – this travelling must be harder work than it seems! I had breakfast, checked out and put my bag in store at the hostel. I wandered…
Tuesday 13th May 2008 The train was about ten minutes late arriving in Bundaberg and lost a bit more time overnight. It was definitely worth the upgrade to the business class seat as the journey was really comfortable and I slept pretty well. There are even power points and the at seat entertainment includes a…
Monday 12th May 2008 Paul from the hostel was really nice. Not only did he let me borrow his bike, but he also made an effort to come and say goodbye since I was leaving early in the morning. He did give me some small brochures to drop off in airlie beach and also asked…
Sunday 11th May 2008 I woke up just before seven and decided I might as well get up. After breakfast I went and did a load of washing. I then went for the sixteen dollar fifty surf lesson down on the main beach. It was great fun and I even managed to stand up a…
Saturday 10th May 2008 I was picked up from the hostel at seven by the minibus and we were dropped of at the Town of 1770 harbour. It didn’t take long to be ferried out to the catamaran and we were on our way out to the island and lagoon. The conditions were pretty rough…
Friday 9th May 2008 I forgot to mention that we saw a python beside the road whilst we were driving around on the tour yesteday. The tour bus in front of us stopped and so did we so that we could get out and have a look. The snake didn’t move at all and neither…
Wednesday 7th May 2008 I was up early to get the bus for the Cool Dingo two day tour to Fraser Island. I had a lift down to Urangan harbour and then we got the catamaran across to the island. On arrival we were met by our tour guide Chris who did his best to…
Thursday 8th May 2008 Day two on Fraser Island gave no respite. We were up in time to grab some cooked breakfast before getting back on the tour bus at eight. The first stop was at Eli Creek to walk through the rainforests. We then drove along seventy-five mile beach. Part way up we were…
The lie-in this morning definitely helped and whatever the bug was seems to be shifting. I spent the morning at the hostel though, still figuring out plans. None of which was helped by the owner, Phil, who has very fixed ideas about what to do and where to go. According to him none of the…