Flew into Hervey Bay and booked in quickly to the Fraser Lodge Park - we've been lucky - another great park, ensuite and looking onto cabins and a grassed area with Pukakas running around. But I digress, we lathered up the sun cream and headed for the wharf. A whale watch tour with Whalesong. Great day - sunny and a breeze, they gave us lunch but both Ross and I ate sparingly. Numerous cups of tea to help with the travacalm tablet dryness and we were fine. Some looked a bit pale after a big lunch but no one was sick. The Whales were brilliant, as soon as we stopped to idle they would swim over for a look, going all around the boat and lifting their heads to get a look, rolling over and gently lifting tails and pectoral fins up. We saw probably 10 all up over 3 stops and they came within 3 metres of the boat. Great day and good for the soul.
Wandered Harvey Bay, not a lot to see, headed to the Art Gallery, they have a great whale sculpture, did the grocery shopping and called into an ordinary coffee shop that had good write ups - they lied. Home for a very late lunch and a read.
Up early to head out and found another little cafe on the way out - Bean Beat - stand up only, great atmosphere, great coffee. Made our morning. Walking back to the van and we came across Mr Whippi stocking up his Icecream Van - great vintage van and brought back memories of our childhood.
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