Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Left the "Bates Motel" as quickly as we could, and headed to Hervey Bay for a half day whale watching trip, which we scheduled just the night before on Bill's laptop.  Reportedly the humpbacks stop over in the bay to take a rest from their migration along the coast, and we were lucky enough to see multiple whales, some with calves.  The captain turned off the engines and for 20 or 30 minutes we got to watch 3 jueveniles "spy hopping" around our boat.  They were almost close enough to touch, and when they swam underneath the boat, it rocked like crazy, and it was a very big boat.   Great way to end our trip, flew back to Perth from Brisbane that night.