Hervey Bay Travel Guide

Hervey Bay is a small city in south eastern Queensland and is located approximately 3.5 hours drive north of Brisbane
It is a short distance from Fraser Island, which is the world's largest sand island, and Lady Elliot Island, a pristine resort island on the Great Barrier Reef.
The local economy relies mainly on tourism, which includes whale watching from mid July until early November.
Read more: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/827ac/22aafd/#ixzz1IPs3k7mk Humpback whales frequent Hervey Bay from from mid July until early November each year and -A-http://www.herveybaywhalewatch.com.au/" rel=nofollow target=_blank> Hervey Bay Whale Watch run daily tours from 8am to 12 noon and again at 1pm to 5pm.
On the day that I went out, the sea was so rough that even the fishing fleet didn't bother going out. Needless to say there were a few sick landlubbers but I managed to hold my breakfast down.
So I ended up spending a bit of time staying down wind of some sick sailors which was a bit tricky everytime the boat changed direction chasing whales... and it was worth every cent just to see these magnificent mammals!

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Hervey bay is the city on australia's mainland where you embark for frasier island, the biggest sanddune in the world, from here you can rent a 4x4 with a bunch of other backpackers max.10 to go offroading on the island. You can book these trips all around australia, many time in packages togheter with a trip to withsundays island on a sailboat and a daintree experience. a good company is koala's it also has a backpackers in hervey with a nightclub right next to it. also hervey bay is good for it's whale watching in the season  in june-october. you can see humpback whales from really close. Also hervey bay has a 1 km pier who runs in the sea, which is good for the sports fishermen, good to catch a shark.

Vic Hislop's Great White Shark Expo is full of memoribila collected by this self styled shark expert.
His exhibition includes the world's largest known shark jaw on display!
Some people might find Vic's views on hunting sharks a bit controversial.

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