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Airlie beach On the next leg of our journey we returned to the Whitsundays. Having previously been there before we were eager to return and see some more of the area. We had been planning to book a sailing trip to one of the reefs however a weather warning for strong winds had been forecast so the skipper decided not to venture out. Instead we opted for a short trip across to Daydream island, the nearest island to the mainland. We stayed there for the day, m...

We spent a couple of nights in hervey bay. On the first day we booked on a tour to Fraser Island. We had been contemplating driving across ourselves in the Outlander but as we arrived we realised we had made the right decision. Fraser is a sand island so all the roads are deep sand tracks, the 4 WD coach had 27 gears and huge tyres! First stop was Lake Mckenzie which is a huge freshwater lake, formed solely by rainwater. We had a swim here and then made our way t...

Having been told that Hervey Bay is one of the best places to see humpback whales in the world we headed out to see them the next day. There were only about 8 people on the trip and because we were on a fast boat we saw our first pod of whales, a mother and calf, within the first 15 minutes. We moved on to see lots of mothers and calves, some with escorts. The role of the escort is to accompany the mother and calf to ensure they have safe passage as killer whales...