First stop, Hervey Bay. This is a great little place with beautiful beach and easy access to Frasier Island which has this massive Dingo colony on it. Unfortuately as they were asking over $160 each for a day trip there, it was a little out of our budget and we had to settle for a view of it from the bay.
We really struggled to find somewhere to stay that was affordable. No luck, so we enjoyed some cheese and crackers with leftover wine on our bed. The next day we took a drive down the bay to the Urangan pier which is by far the longest I have ever been on standing at close to 1km? This is a great spot for fishing as the locals were pulling in buckets of Breem while the Pelicans used their natural nets to pull some out themselves.Now leaving Hervey Bay we saw an outdoor store (my favourite) so we stopped in to take a look and walked out after 20 min with a 3 man tent, 2 sleeping bags and some ground sheets. Job completed.
We camped our first night in Tin Can Bay which was like lying in a sauna. We first had a braai and a few VB's which went down a treat in that weather. When we were done there it was time for dominos and I gave Celia a right whipping which left her sweating and begging for mercy. I swear it was about 60deg in there.
We were awoken by the blinding sunshine which was perfectly timed to get us up to go and feed the dolphins. Oh yes, I forgot to mention that is why were were staying here. They have these estuarine dolphins which come most mornings for an easy feed. It was really fantastic standing there in the water with this dolphin handing him a snack. It was a great experience although this particular dolphin that we fed had been attacked by a bull shark a few weeks earlier and had a huge chunk out of its tail and dorsal fin as well as teeth marks all over its body.
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