There isn't much to do in Agnes Water/Town of 1770 so I decided I may as well spend my last day here doing something adventurous. I saw an advert for the opportunity to fly your own plane and thought why not! Mid afternoon I was picked up from the hostel and driven to a field in the middle of no where with a large shed and run way stretching across the field. I sat there waiting for the guy and his plane to arrive back from the previous trip. 10 minutes later I h...

7th Feb I arrived in Agnes Water yesterday evening, about 3 hours north of Hervey Bay. The town is teeny with pretty much just one road and a few houses and shops scattered about. Agnes Water is home to the town of 1770, named after Caption Cook landed on the corner of the land at that very time. Town of 1770 itself is even smaller. A small marina and about 2 houses in total, and a bar, of course. The hostel itself is lovely, very chilled out and probably the cl...