Sunday, August 29, 2010

Hervey Bay - the whale Capital of the world!

Hervey Bay... indeed the whale Capital of the world! We had a public holiday on the Gold Coast so we decided to make the most of it! We got up very early for our 5 hour drive and arrived just after 11:30 in Hervey Bay. The plan was just to go whale watching and then return on Sunday but since we have the habit of making the most of every moment we decided to hop onto the very next available tour. We had a hour to dash into a drug store to buy something to prevent me for feeling queasy!

Every precaution we took did the job very well because I felt great and ready to face the ocean's rock 'n roll! I had the video camera rolling and JJ had the camera ready to capture every movement! It didn't take too long for our friends to approach the boat... it was just awesome. They were just as curious to see us as we were to lay our eyes on them! Great was the reward for both sides because we took over 300 photos - most of them in sports mode because you got to be quick! They played all around the boat, swam under to the left side and back to the right side - they had us running like crazy human beings! We saw many of them sometimes in a pod as we moved along and sometimes only three or four together. As the boat drifted they amused us and when the engines started it was as if they didn't want us to leave! Please click here to view more of these awesome graceful creatures. That is one tick off our 'bucket list' for sure! One has to do it in a life time!
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  1. printing hervey bay absolutely, there it is the capital whale in the world. Very beautiful place to look. I invite everyone to see it for themselves.

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