Each week Alan and I are trying to find time to take a day and go somewhere away from where we live and do something a bit different. Last week we took the boat and went fishing at Noosa and today we went to Hervey Bay for the day. This is where the Whale Watching Tours take place in the season which ends about September. It takes us about 90 minutes drive from here to get there. Hervey Bay is an umbrella name for a number of little towns which cluster along the edge of the Bay. Years ago they were sleepy little villages full of holiday houses and flats but not any more! Now the whole area is booming. It is located about 30 minutes drive east of Maryborough. When Queensland was first being settled all the Immigrant ships used to disembark passengers at Maryborough as it was a large port - this was where Alan's Great Grandparents arrived in the late 1800s. Hervey Bay Council has done an excellent job with the foreshore - a wonderful bike path which runs the full length of the Bay, interesting sculptures and lots of facilities. We took a walk down a restored jetty which is 868 metres long and was originally 1124 metres. It used to be used for transporting sugar and coal and now its just for fishing.
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It looks lovely Helen...I even had a look on Google Earth to see where it was located!
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