Day 77: Fraser Island Yesterday he steered a boat and today he co-piloted a plane. That is the adventurous life of my 7 year old. Today we took a tour of Fraser Island. We had initially planned to drive ourselves and spend the day but decided to do a tour and let someone else drive for us. We chose the premium tour so there were fewer numbers. Highlights included central station which also included a rainforest walk where our tour guide greeted us at the ot...

Day 76: Whale Watching We saw whales today! Micaela and Ethan thought it was fantastic, Brandon got a little bored after the first couple. The whales were plentiful and we were fortunate to see a few of them frolicking together, however they weren't curious and therefore did not come alongside the boat as I had hoped. Never mind, they did come close and we were fortunate to encounter a curious dolphin that followed the boat. On the return trip the captain pe...

Day 75: Bundaberg to Hervey Bay I am so excited! We have reached a part of the trip that I have been really looking forward to, it is the reason we chose to take the route we took, heading south so we would be at Hervey Bay at the right time to see the whales. Tomorrow we are doing just that. The bus is picking us up at 7.25am to ferry us to the boat for breakfast and a morning of whale watching. I can't wait, have I mentioned that I am really excited. T...

Days 73 & 74: Cania Gorge to Bundaberg We departed Cania Gorge yesterday but not before doing one more walk. We did a nice quick one to Two Storey cave in the cool of the morning before commencing the 3 hour drive to Bundaberg. We are staying at Big4 Cane Village Holiday Park and were greeted by the owners John and Jenny on arrival. We chatted to them for a little while before John showed us to our site and helped us back in. I love it when they do the g...

Days 71 & 72: Yeppoon to Cania Gorge We are back into winter pyjamas and we even had to use the heater last night and early this morning. Tonight doesn't feel as cold but still cold enough for winter pj's. The temp during the days have still been in the mid 20's, we are hoping when we head back to the coast tomorrow the night time temperature increases again. After having weeks of water activities, we returned to bush walking today. We did walks to Sham...