A wonderful trip is coming to an end and we are heading home. Overnight the weather turned cooler and we are leaving Noosa with 18 degrees and rain. Navigating through Brisbane is difficult and so we were really glad when we reached our hotel in downtown. A pleasant surprise was waiting for us at reception…
Category: Australia
Noosa Everglades
Noosa means ‘shady place’ in the original owners language. The town is spread along many bays and many splendid houses can be spotted along the water. As our last adventure on our Australia tour we had booked a canoe trip on the Noosa Everglades. We boarded a boat of the ‘Noosa Everglades Discovery’ tour company…
Hervey Bay to Noosa Heads
Going to Noosa Heads from Hervey Bay we again decided to go on Bruce Highway. It is the fastest route. In many places there are so called “tourist routes” deviating from the main road. These are more scenic but make for longer travel times. As we did not want to stretch the patience of our…
Whale watching at Hervey Bay
When we got up a northerly wind was blowing. Not a good day for going out to sea at Hervey Bay, especially if you have a weak stomach when it comes to boats. But we had our whale watching tour already booked.As our schedule would not allow a change in date anyway, whale watching it…
Fraser Island
Fraser Island is the largest island made of sand on earth. It is 123km long and 15 km wide on average (22km at its widest point). With about 200 lakes and a stunning rainforest, with creeks and a beach you can drive a car on it is truly a world heritage site worth preserving. [Fraser…
Rockhampton to Hervey Bay
When your navigation system tells you “Continue straight for 300 km” you know you are in for a long drive. It took us 4,5 hours to get from Rockhampton to Hervey Bay on Bruce Highway (A 1). Luckily this was the last long drive on this trip. Along the way we listened to ‘???’ and…
Driving to Rockhampton
Getting up this morning we were really glad we had stoked the fire the night before as it was foggy and cold. So we dressed quickly and went to the restaurant for breakfast. Turned out we were the last ones- at half nine! Everyone else must have already gone for a hike. Halfway through our…
Eungella
The contrast could not have been bigger between yesterday’s sailing and today’s visit at Eungella National Park in the misty mountains. We started off at Arlie Beach and drove through sugar cane country for a long time. As we had picked the shortest route to our next stop we left the main road and drove…
Whitsundays
This days adventure took us aboard the “Southern Cross”. This boat truly is a racing legend, being built for the America’s Cup as Australia’s 4th Challenger. We started from Arlie Beach and sailed along the shore passing between Hook and Whitsunday Island. We were lucky with respect to the number of passengers on board as only four…
On our way to Arlie Beach
We had a long drive ahead of us. Getting to Arlie Beach took us about six hours. Therefore we could not spend much time at Mission Beach. Could have done with a bit more time here though. Along the way we stopped at beautiful lookouts… [Hinchinbrook National Park] … and drove on roads that our…