HERVEY BAY

This morning we got away quite early at 8.30am as we were going to take a detour into look around Hervey Bay, so travelling via Maryborough which is an old QLD country town we went into Hervey Bay and after taking a look we found a park near Pialba Beach with views of Fraser Island in the distance (Photo) and went for a walk along the beach with Daisy. Hervey Bay is a good mixture of older and newer residences and it was pleasing to actually be able to get access to the beach after Noosa etc. Heading north via Torbanlea stopping at Childers, which has a lot of agriculture (and backpackers) going on in the area, to refuel (Diesel $1.479). Taking the ISIS highway we found our camp for the night at "Wallum Reserve" which is about 25kms south of Bundaberg, only to find a couple of caravans here that were at Tiaro last night as well. They are heading up to Bowen for 3 months, so we'll no doubt bump into them again too. Digital TV and Telstra Mobile here is bad indeed, but Analogue TV and Vodafone Mobile & Internet is very good.