Hervey Bay to Tannum Sands

While at Tannum Sands Hannah had great fun in writing notes in the sky using only the Moon :) my attempts were rubbish!


Our camp fire outside Whitsun - kept the flies away for a little while.


Finally got a chance to photograph a Kookaburra. They are one loud bird when they want to be!!


Camp at Tannum Sands - a lot of flies (especially sand flies which you never see but they bite you all the same, just ask Hannah)


Passed through Miriam Vale on our way back from Agnes Water/1770. Please ignore the pizza and pie reference, we in no way meant anything by it....Dan and Nat!?




Mangrove in the town of 1770. Captain Cook (who wasn't a captain) ate the oysters and other shellfish around the base of the mangrove forests in Bustard Bay - when he landed here in 1770.


Bustard Bay - named by Cook, as the first good meal they had once ashore since England was a Bustard (big turkey like bird)


Hannah walking towards a boat.


Buatard Bay/1770 - above and below.



Workmans Beach - Agnes Water. The sea was lovely and warm once you had warmed to it. The reading was good as well.


Workmans beach looking north to Agnes Water.


Our camp at Workmans beach - $5.50 a night with cold showers and composting toilets.


Some gulls at Bargara - the retirement capital of the Bundaberg region. Met a really nice bloke in the book shop who was originally from the Isle of Man. I think he kept us talking for about an hour.... i was desperate for an ice cream by then.

Bagara Beach

From Hervey Bay we headed north with our destination being Agnes Water/town of 1770. We stopped off at Bargara to give the van a rest. From Bargara to Agnes Water the radiator decided to spill fluid over the engine so I had to stop, refill and tighten the caps.

A week gone by...

We walked along Hervey Bay beach which is about 14km long, it also over looks Fraser Island, and our camp site is on the beach front. John and Jenny own the campsite. He is from Belfast and has lived here for 35 years but hasn't lost a bit of his accent. Jenny is from London originally, and has lived here for 40 years. We are staying tonight (tuesday 4th) and off towards Bunderberg tomorrow. Plus we will be stopping off at Woodgate Nature Reserve and hopefully share the beach with the odd wild Kangaroo :)

Hervey Bay



Came across a starfish which had made a sand angel of itself on Hervey Bay beach



Fraser Island. Met a couple of Dingo's






Inskip Point, up from Rainbow Beach. We camped here for 3 nights in the Nature Reserve. Really enjoyed it!!!


View from Mount Coothara looking east.



Lake Cootharaba


Camp at Boreen Point next to Lake Cootharaba


Didn't realise but the letters in our number plate is short for KerNoW :)


Many of the controlled fires in the bush.

Main beach at Noosa Heads

On the beach at Noosa Heads

This is our first camp in 'Whitsun' (yes we have named it) this was a bit of a drive north of the Glasshouse Mountains. Saw a massive, i mean massive, spider! Luckily Hannah didn't.



After exchanging money and documents on our van we went to the 'lookout' over the Glasshouse Mountains.


There were five Pelicans roosting north of Manly where we rested after our bike ride.



Hannah and I hired bikes (cruisers) and cycled along from Manly up to Wellington Point, however we didn't quite make it.

Manly and Morton Island

The suburb of Manly is on Morton Bay, to the south of the Brisbane River estuary. We are currently staying at Morton Bay Backpackers Lodge (above Celtic Corner Pub). The Above photo is of Manly beach which is very very small.

Looking out into Morton Bay

Adam trying to look Manly

Us Happy As Ever!

Morton Island - Extreme Package

The cruise across was very nice, however as we approached the island it started to rain. Our guide told us to change to our swim wear just as the rain came. I didn't want to go in but knew it would be good once we were in the water.

The Tagalooma wrecks (sunken barges) are used as a breakwater as well as creating a habitat for coral and tropical fish.

Just after our snorkelling WHICH WAS AMAZING!!!! I just wish we had an underwater camara!

The Wrecks

Adam and our guide Jeff

Guess Who

Adam and his sand board (plank of wood)

The Desert

Going down the dune, head first - closed mouth and sunglasses needed!

We have a funny video of Hannah going down tamdum with Jeff which we will upload soon.

Adam near the bottom of the dune

Hannah flying down. She got the furthest at the bottom so she has to take Jeff our for a Thai meal :)

Us and the Mullen family, who were also on the tour.

The Pacific Coast! East coast of Morton Island - can't swim due to the amount of bull sharks and the odd great white

Our tour van - there is so much off roading in the centre of the island. It was a very bumpy ride

Looking south to the Tangalooma Resort. The fishing on the west coast is really good hence all the boats dotted around the wrecks

First Ladies Sailing Club - Thats what the guide said :)