Hervey Bay Travel and Tourism Guide

4 week trip to Australia 15 dec tm 11 jan 08.

We, my travelmate Wilma and I, made plans together to see a lot of Australia. The country is so big that we decided to see only a few parts of it. We started in Hong Kong (stop-over), Saw Darwin, Uluru, Cape york to Cairns, Great barrier reef and drove along the coast to Brisbane.

We arrived into Hervey Bay on the greyhound, which was not too painful a journey and we managed to spot some wild kangaroos! Hervey bay was our stopping off point for Fraser Island the largest sand island in the world. The beaches hostel which came with our packages was not good, but we weren't there very long. It was a 6.30 am assembly to get put into groups, get provisions and get packed into our 4by4 vehicles. We were in a group of 11 with 3 irish, and eight english including us, not exac...

We continued southwards to Hervey Bay where we were to take part in a 3 day self drive 4X4 safari on Fraser island, the worlds biggest sand-dune! of the group of 9 people, only 2 of us could drive so both had plenty of time behind the wheel bumping up and down the sandy tracks connecting the islands' villages and beaches. The whole island is made up entirely of sand so the only way to get around is by four wheel drive. We spent 3 days exploring the various parts of the island which included t...