So the thought of coming all the way to Australia and not seeing or experiencing part of the Great Barrier Reef made no sense to me....I didn't have the time to get all the way up to be able to take a boat tour.....I found a tour that flies out of Hervey Bay to a place called Lady Elliot Island which is the southern part of the reef.....it looked amazing so I splurged and booked it! The day started with a flight in a small 12 seat two engine whoopa whoopa plane a...

So I had another great sleep last night! Slept in and had a slow lazy start to my day, I had nothing planned for the day other than to get to Hervey Bay. The drive was pretty uneventful, the country side nothing really exciting.....there was lots of evidence of past forrest fires....you could see new growth so obviously not too recent of fires.... I found a great little caravan park about a 5 min walk from the beach, I am staying here for three nights as I have a...