Continuing on from yesterday's blog. Charlie has a dream of becoming a pilot. To support this dream and expose him to flight, we thought we would surprise him and the girls with a joy flight over Fraser Island. Initially our plan was to take the 4x4 over to Fraser Island and do a drive around, however this seemed more exciting and a better chance to see more of the 23km x 127km island. We had the kids up early at 5:30am to get oranised and to the Hervey Bay airp...

We organised a surprise for the kids today, but we wouldn't tell them what it was. It was driving them nuts! We spent the morning at the caravan park swimming and catching up on washing and cleaning. After lunch we were picked up by a bus and taken to the marina. The kids soon worked out we were going whale watching. We boarded a pretty flash vessel with only 25 others on board. Before long we were underway and choofing past Fraser Island. The weather was ...

Bundaberg is a great area. The country side is pretty, the weather is great and it's located on a river you can water ski on. It is also close to the beach and fresh seafood is abundant. A lot of fresh fruit is also grown in the area. Before leaving Bundaberg we stopped at a really cool strawberry farm where you pick your own strawberries. We have never had strawberries so rich, red and delicious. From Bundaberg we headed south to Hervey Bay. We found a reasona...