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- Day 1
- Thursday, August 22, 2019
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
AustraliaSunshine Coast Airport26°36’19” S 153°5’18” E
Fly Drive to Hervey Bay
August 22, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Met Faye and Barbara for flight out of Melbourne to Maroochydore. Found lovely spot just outside airport to have lunch. Picked up rental car. Guy at counter called us sisters. Two and a half hourRead more
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- Day 2
- Friday, August 23, 2019 at 8:32 PM
- 🌙 17 °C
- Altitude: 19 m
- AustraliaHervey Bay Airport25°18’16” S 152°52’50” E
Day 1 Whales
August 23, 2019 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Up early for 7am departure. 20 people aboard our boat. Well feed and heaps of whales coming up close. At one stage has 8 circling the boat. When they were close by it was either too choppy or theyRead more
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- Day 3
- Saturday, August 24, 2019
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
Coral Sea25°3’47” S 153°0’42” E
Day 2 Whales
August 24, 2019, Coral Sea ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Much calmer and warmer today but not as many whales. Did see lots of breaching and tail slapping and dolphins. Just before we were about to head back in had amazing close encounters including a coupleRead more
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- Day 4
- Sunday, August 25, 2019
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Coral Sea24°54’3” S 153°3’4” E
More Whale pics
August 25, 2019, Coral Sea ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
More whale pics.
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- Day 4
- Sunday, August 25, 2019 at 8:20 AM
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- AustraliaHervey Bay Beachfront Caravan Parks25°16’58” S 152°52’19” E
Toogoom
August 25, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Early morning walk on beach before finishing our retreat, packing up and saying good byes to 6 of the group. Four of us headed off for the 30 minute trip to our Air BnB at Toogoom. Getting our luggageRead more
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- Day 5
- Monday, August 26, 2019
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- AustraliaBeelbi Creek25°14’46” S 152°40’5” E
Whale story hits news
August 26, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
After early morning walk got message to go back into Hervey Bay for channel 7 news interview. Our story got on the 6pm news and footage on the channel 7 Facebook site. Found a lovely tea house on wayRead more
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- Day 6
- Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 10:51 AM
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- AustraliaMaheno Beach25°16’0” S 153°14’18” E
Fraser Island / K'gari
August 27, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Full day on the Island. Bus was over booked so 4 of us in our own vehicle with driver. So much variety.
K’gari local indigenous word for paradise. Just in process of officially change the name.
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- Day 7
- Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 9:00 AM
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 19 m
- AustraliaChampagne Ponds25°16’35” S 152°45’37” E
Last full day in paradise
August 28, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Up for another early morning walk on the beach. Off to a place that makes Celtic harps with light weight material. Glenda has a wooden one but heard about these. Got a lovely demo then lunch atRead more
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- Day 8
- Thursday, August 29, 2019
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitude: 101 m
- AustraliaMont Albert37°49’10” S 145°6’11” E
Back in Melbourne
August 29, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Delayed flight got us in about 35 minutes late. Thanks Andrew and Linda for pick up. Battling peak hour traffic and a shop for some basic groceries meant dark by the time I got home.
Very thankfulRead more
