HERVEY BAY (Cont.)
Thursday 28th September:
Awoke to a lovely misty morning. We decided to go whale watching today. We chose the cruiser “Mikat” for our trip. The weather was magic as we headed out of Urangan Harbour. It wasn’t long before we spotted our first whales, a mother and baby sleeping on the surface. A bit further along we spotted a large pod of males and one female with baby. The baby was playing, breaching the surface and tail slapping. They are magnificent creatures. We had a lovely lunch then slowly headed home spotting more whales. Unfortunately we came across a whale carcass that the sharks had been feeding on. We spotted a 12’ tiger shark nearby. We got back to Urangan at 2.30pm. What a great day.
Friday 29th September:
Domestics day today, swept and mopped the van. Well that took 5 minutes!! We drove up to Bundaberg with Henry and Vicki to pick up their new car, a Rav 4. After we took a drive out to the Bundy port and had a late lunch of fish & chips. On the way home we stopped off at a quaint country pub in Cordalba. It was rather nice sitting out on the back veranda of the pub overlooking jacaranda trees and cane fields.
Saturday 30th September:
Ferg helped Henry put the main beams up on the carport he is building. I spent the morning on the internet. We drove into Hervey Bay to do some grocery shopping then watched the AFL Grand Final in the afternoon.
Sunday 1st October:
Got up early this morning to go diving with the local dive club. We met them at the Urangun boat ramp at 7.30am. Bugger the wind had blown up and the dive was cancelled. Typical there had been glassy seas for the last 4 days. We called into the weekend markets and picked up some fresh fruit and vege. We joined Henry for a dring at Toogoom where he was selling raffle tickets for his local fishing club. Ferg and Twistie had a quiet arvo snooze. Then we enjoyed home made pizzas and pies while watching the NRL Grand Final. Woohoo, the Broncs beat the Storm!
Monday 2nd October:
We drove into Hervey Bay early to take a walk along the beach with Twistie. Ferg did a 7km walk from Scarness to Urangun Harbour. The weather is perfect for diving today, bugger again! Ferg and Henry have baited up the crab pots again and put them in the creek. Henry took Ferg and I fishing again this afternoon. It was lovely watching the sun set over the creek. We only caught a bream and a whiting but had a great time.
Tuesday 3rd October:
Ferg spent the morning bowling at the Pialba Bowls Club and I had a couple of hours of retail therapy.
Henry and Ferg cooked up a load of mud crabs and prawns for our dinner.
We spent an enjoyable afternoon playing bocce.
Ferg and I were the champions (this time!).
When the light faded and we couldn’t see the bocce balls we all came in and devoured a magnificent seafood feast.
It was a lovely end to a wonderful stay at Higgen’s Hideaway.
Thanks Henry and Vicki, and a special mention to Pete for the use of your computer, thank you.
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