Day 190 - Here whale, there whale....Hervey Bay

Hi all, what a glorious day. I hope your day was good too. Oh, and just a little thank you note to start off the day. Danni and Belinda, thanks for the early morning "drunken" phone call. Reminder, these things can be recipricated. :-)

So for me, the day was great. I left Bundaberg, and headed down to Hervey Bay. Oh, most people know of Hervey Bay because of Mimi McPherson, but it's more than that. It's a gorgeous town, is right near Fraser Island, oh, and of course is the centre of whale activity for tourism in Australia.

After walking around town, including looking at the local beach, I joined a 1/2 day cruise up to Platypus Bay to see if we could find a whale or two. And it wasn't too long before we found one, although it dived deep and we lost if before we could take any photos.

A short move up the coast, and we came across a group of 4 humpback whales, doing all sorts of different things, including slamming their tail down in the water, and jumping out of the water. It was lovely, watching these animals from about 100 metres away. For about 30 minutes we stood watching these 4 whales moving around, until they broke off into 2 groups of 2. We lost one group but were happy to watch the other group, until lo and behold, the two came right up to, and under our boat. The 70 odd people of the boat, including myself, went absolutely crazy.

All in all, we found about 12 whales, some passive, some a little creative, and on 3 occasions we had them come right up to the boat. Absolutely fantastico.

So now I'm back in my caravan park, looking forward to tomorrow, when I head to Fraser Island for the day. Catch you soon.