Rick and Rae's Travels: Wed, 2nd to Thurs, 3rd Nov

On Wednesday we drove roughly 130kms to Hervey Bay, calling into Burrum Heads for a look along the way. We were tempted to stay at Burrum Heads but it is 33kms from Hervey Bay and we wanted to be a bit closer. We continued on and once again we were glad to get out of the car, get off the bad roads and away from the terrible drivers. We checked into a caravan park right on the water, with shops and restaurants just across the road. The parks are getting expensive now ... this one was $39 a night.

We drove around the headland in the afternoon and had a look at the marina area. In the evening we walked across the road and had a really nice Thai meal with great service. By the time we walked back to the van the wind had come up and was quite unpleasant.

Thursday morning we woke to a sunny but still very windy morning. Rick had to get up at about 2am to put our awning away as it was making so much noise in the wind that it was keeping us awake. We had a quiet morning and after lunch drove a bit further down the beach front. We came to a pier that was 850metres long. We decided even though it was really windy we would walk to the end. As we came close to the end we realised a young fellow was pulling in what appeared to be a decent sized fish. By the time we got there another fellow used a gaff to help pull the fish in ... what a beauty! The young fellow then pointed to a giant trevally caught earlier that he had attached by 'D' shackle to a piece of rope and dropped over the side to keep fresh. We took our time walking back to the shore where we had an ice cream and looked in the real estate windows. We are finding real estate is quite inexpensive up here.