We again woke early to catch a shuttle bus to go whale watching on Hervey Bay. We boarded the Whalesong catamaran and, once out of the harbour, it wasn't long before we found a pod of Humpback Whales. These whales were only young with our captain telling us he estimated they were 3-4 years old but would already weigh 20-30 tonnes. Thankfully they put on a great display for us, breaching several times and giving us plenty of photo opportunities. Linda managed to get these brilliant photos of the whales. After several hours of following them, and also managing to come into contact with a few bottlenose
dolphins, we headed over near Big Woody Island for some calmer waters where we enjoyed a buffet lunch. While in these waters the captain invited the children on the boat to go up and have a steer. Declan took up this opportunity to sit in the captains chair. He very proudly steered the vessel while I took some photos.
After lunch we attempted to find some more dolphins and some turtles. The turtles unfortunately did not come to the surface much because of the cooler weather Hervey Bay had been experiencing. We were told they surface much more often in the warmer weather. |
| Steering the boat |
On returning to our caravan park we booked the tennis court for an hour. The plexipave court was in very good condition and Declan, Thomas and I had a good hit.
Linda and I decided to leave the boys at the campsite to make their own dinner and enjoy ours at Wild Lotus, a restaurant we had seen while looking through the shops when we arrived in Hervey Bay. The main course was delicious and we topped it off with some magnificent deserts - what a way to finish a great day!
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