Wednesday, December 31, 2008
December 29, 2008.
Have not written since we arrived in Mackay. Finally meet my cousins that I have been emailing for several years. We arrived in the 23 of December and spent Christmas at Peter and Val’s home and on the 27th we went over to Marnie and Stuart’s. It is from here that we went out to the Great Barrier Reef. We boarded the tour boat at 8:00am and then went 95 miles out to Knuckle reef to tie up at a stationary pontoon and spent 4 hours snorkeling, diving and just having fun in the water. Donna did two dives while I took a 20 minute helicopter ride out over the reef, which I followed with snorkeling, a ride in the glass bottomed boat and then a ride in a semisubmersible vessel. Fabulous day Today the 29 of December we went out fishing in the Whitsunday Islands. Caught my first fish, had several others on but lost them. Donna also caught a fish and so did the others. Another great day. This evening we all went out for dinner at a pub. Great seafood.
December 30, 2008.
We have gone back to Peter and Val’s after spending the last three day at Marine’s in Proserpine. We had some of the fish that we caught for lunch and then when we go home we had it for supper also. Sure is good fish. Cannot remember the names of the fish but they are very good eating. Tomorrow we go to the rain forest and will do some zip line flying.
Will add some photos of the reef, Christmas, the gang, and fishing.
Have not written since we arrived in Mackay. Finally meet my cousins that I have been emailing for several years. We arrived in the 23 of December and spent Christmas at Peter and Val’s home and on the 27th we went over to Marnie and Stuart’s. It is from here that we went out to the Great Barrier Reef. We boarded the tour boat at 8:00am and then went 95 miles out to Knuckle reef to tie up at a stationary pontoon and spent 4 hours snorkeling, diving and just having fun in the water. Donna did two dives while I took a 20 minute helicopter ride out over the reef, which I followed with snorkeling, a ride in the glass bottomed boat and then a ride in a semisubmersible vessel. Fabulous day Today the 29 of December we went out fishing in the Whitsunday Islands. Caught my first fish, had several others on but lost them. Donna also caught a fish and so did the others. Another great day. This evening we all went out for dinner at a pub. Great seafood.
December 30, 2008.
We have gone back to Peter and Val’s after spending the last three day at Marine’s in Proserpine. We had some of the fish that we caught for lunch and then when we go home we had it for supper also. Sure is good fish. Cannot remember the names of the fish but they are very good eating. Tomorrow we go to the rain forest and will do some zip line flying.
Will add some photos of the reef, Christmas, the gang, and fishing.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
December 20, 21, 2008
December 20, 2008
Got up early this morning , after a restful day in Hervey Bay. Went last evening for a wonderful dinner at the Harbour Boat Club. On our way to Biloela to visit a cousin. Travelled from Hervey Bay to Gympie, Murgon, Gayndah,Eidsvold, Monto and then to Biloela. This area grown mainly citrus fruit although the season on over and the only fruit we saw on the trees was limes.
The weather turned nasty just after we left Monto and we ran into a storm with torrential rain, lightning and thunder. We finally arrived in Biloela and meet up with Bruce who took us out to dinner at the Anzac Club. Had a great dinner and then spent the rest of the evening talking.
December 21, 2008.
Had breakfast with Bruce and he suggested that we go to Mount Morgan. Mount Morgan is an old gold mining town. The mine has been closed for a few years but as the price of gold in now up they plan to reopen an area of the tailing again. Went on a wonderful tour, very informative.
While there the tour operator suggested that we go to Mount Hay to dig for geodes. On the way there we passed by a mango farm and dropped by to get 4 mangoes , cost $3.00. Will be spoiled, and will not want to buy the tasteless one they sell at home. Spent two hours at Mount Hay digging in the ground and found a few good geodes that we had cut. All in all a very good day. Warm and breezy +30 Tonite we are staying in Rockhampton. Tomorrow we are going to go caving and abseiling.
Got up early this morning , after a restful day in Hervey Bay. Went last evening for a wonderful dinner at the Harbour Boat Club. On our way to Biloela to visit a cousin. Travelled from Hervey Bay to Gympie, Murgon, Gayndah,Eidsvold, Monto and then to Biloela. This area grown mainly citrus fruit although the season on over and the only fruit we saw on the trees was limes.
The weather turned nasty just after we left Monto and we ran into a storm with torrential rain, lightning and thunder. We finally arrived in Biloela and meet up with Bruce who took us out to dinner at the Anzac Club. Had a great dinner and then spent the rest of the evening talking.
December 21, 2008.
Had breakfast with Bruce and he suggested that we go to Mount Morgan. Mount Morgan is an old gold mining town. The mine has been closed for a few years but as the price of gold in now up they plan to reopen an area of the tailing again. Went on a wonderful tour, very informative.
While there the tour operator suggested that we go to Mount Hay to dig for geodes. On the way there we passed by a mango farm and dropped by to get 4 mangoes , cost $3.00. Will be spoiled, and will not want to buy the tasteless one they sell at home. Spent two hours at Mount Hay digging in the ground and found a few good geodes that we had cut. All in all a very good day. Warm and breezy +30 Tonite we are staying in Rockhampton. Tomorrow we are going to go caving and abseiling.
Friday, December 19, 2008
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