Hervey Bay – Bundaburg 30 May – 3 June

 

Hibiscus - Hervey Bay

 

Great stay at Hervey Bay. Completed some important house-keeping tasks (new mattress!). Were kindly driven to shops by Brian Riseley (a born & bred Taswegian), & treated to a splendid home cooked meal from Diana in the midst of an impressive thunderstorm early evening. Met Max the wonderdog, & enjoyed his charming antics.

Max Wonder-Dog Riseley - in his favourite posi (waiting for tummy rub)

Also enjoyed the “Boat Club”  (think very large swish RSL Club and insert the word “Boat” instead of RSL, add water-front marina & now you’re getting the picture).  Noted the marvellous foreshore area at Hervey Bay, at least 7km long, all bike tracks, trees, gardens, parks, beaches & so on. Someone thought ahead.

All things Patchwork & Quilting very big here at Hervey Bay, 2 shops full of inspiration, competing to have the most bolts of fabric, one boasts 5,000, the other 7,000, even Peter was impressed (I think). 

Urangan Jetty - Hervey Bay (1km long - handy local fishing spot)

Needing to push north, we headed next to Bundaburg.  Managed to navigate the river down past the canefields & Bundy Rum distillery & made it to the city to find it was mostly shut – due to the Show Day Holiday.  Yours truly was feeling a bit poorly, & Peter knew she wasn’t faking it, when unable to make it out to the poultry exhibition at the local show.  Public Transport appeared to be non-existant, as were taxi’s sadly.  We started to trek to the Botanic Gardens, but had to turn back as it was too far from the city unfortunately.

Bundaburg Central - The Grand Hotel

Riverfront - Bundaburg City

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Had a welcome shower at the Mid-City Marina at Bundaburg. The proprietors there recently lost almost everything in the recent floods.

80 plus berth Marina washed away, & the flood water reached to the top of the 2nd story of the chandlery building.  Nevertheless they are steadily rebuilding, but cleary still traumatised by the whole thing.

 

Mid City Marina – Bundaburg (Sugar Mill in background)

Next stop . . . Pancake Creek (??)