We saw our first Koala Bear yesterday....another animal ticked off of Samantha's list. We set out on a whale watch this afternoon. We are staying in Hervey Bay for two nights in a very comfortable self contained apartment across the street from the Ocean (wish we could stay longer as it is very comfortable and large). Elaine cooked the kids some eggs this morning, and we headed to the beautiful sandy beach after breakfast. A couple of days ago we began playing "Rock Boche Ball." Jeff was getting a little bored of the beach and I thought we could come up with a competitive game to keep him occupied. The rules are fairly straightforward----everyone finds 3 rocks of their choice, we pick a rock to be "shot rock," someone tosses the shot rock and we try to get closest to it. Today Elaine was the "Boche Rock" King!! The beaches are deserted, so we haven't killed anyone with the game yet. Sometimes the game gets a little competitive....but we are all speaking to one another again.
After a nice buffet lunch and fairly calm boat ride into the open ocean this afternoon......we finally saw them.
We took about 400 pictures and after some editing we have some pretty spectacular photos. These humpback whales have finished mating in the warm waters of the Great Barrier Reef. They are now on their way back to Antartica to feed on Krill. We had a great day out on the water with perfect weather (Sunny and 21C). Tomorrow morning we will head up North on our way to the Great Barrier Reef. If you like the pictures, be sure to check out our online photo albulm. If you don't have the link.....send us a quick email and we will send it to you.
1 comment:
Great job on the blog. It's nice to see and read about what's going on as it happens.
Summer finally arrives in Toronto on the long weekend (sunny, warm and dry).
Take care!
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