Whale watching in Hervey Bay

Once again we filled the car to the roof with stuff and headed up north to Hervey Bay. We left Friday afternoon and it took 4hours for us to get there, bit like travelling from Kent to Glossop just alot nicer hehehe. We arrived in Hervey Bay and were staying in Scarness so we pitched the tent. Got up bright and early had a bit of look around Hervey bay, as usual we ended up fishing. We found this pier the water was so clear you could see the fish, so fairly easy to decide where to fish. We fished for a few hours and then decided to go for lunch at the harbour, which was lovely. When we finished lunch we headed back down the pier to catch more fish, I caught a few fish and so did Garry. When we were on the end of the pier I though I had caught the bottom as my rod was bending in half and really heavy so I tried for a while to free it up and then it started moving? I was a little puzzled so I started to wind it in, it was really heavy. It turned out that I had caught a massive sand crab. It had attracted a sharks attention and it was following it up to the surface, so that was cool.

On sunday we went whale watching, it was awesome. We went on a small sailboat with only 20 people on it and really good viewing from all sides of the boat. The skipper had spent 14 years working at seaworld and had a lot of knowledge of whale. He was very enthusiatic about it. We made our way out into the bay and found whales. The first pod circled the boat checking us it they are very interested in the boats which I was surprised at. We came across a pod of two whales who were very interested in showing off for the boat. As can be seen in the pictures, my camara wouldnt take pictures quick enough so missed alot of cool shot but we did take loads of video of our experience. The two whales were poking their heads out, tail slapping sticking fins out and all sorts. After a while another pod of whales came along and took one of the whales away. The one that was left was putting on a real show for us, we then had lunch, which the one whale was very frustrated about. So out the back of the boat splashing and popping up he got board and swam away. It then started breaching so we went over to it unfortunatly didnt get photos but it was amazing to see. It was a brilliant day but we where shattered when we got home.