Le lundi 7 juillet, nous avons exploité les atouts d’Hervey Bay. Nous avons fait une heure de kayak dans la baie. Tout allait super bien jusqu’à ce que le vent se lève durant environ 10 minutes! Quel défi! Mais voilà, de voir la baie vue du kayak et d’être entouré d’eau, ça donne un nouvel aspect aux vacances.
En après-midi, nous avons fait notre dernière brassée de lavage avant le retour au Canada.
Le mardi 8 juillet, nous avons quitté Hervey Bay tout pour se rendre au Parc National Great Sandy. Nous avons fait une randonnée de 2h45. Nouvelle végétation, beaucoup d’oiseaux, une grosse grenouille blessée. Nous n’avons pas vu de lézard monitor (plutôt gros). Notre randonnée nous à amené au Lac Poona. Beau lac sur lequel je nous voyais faire du kayak. Je ne sais pas si c’est possible, mais l’idée me semble bonne.
Nous avons ensuite repris la route pour se rendre à notre point de départ, Brisbane. Nous y resterons jusqu’à notre départ ce vendredi.
John a préparé le souper, de la pizza maison. Délicieuse comme toujours. Excellente soirée à converser avec nos hôtes.
Bonne journée et à bientôt!
~ Chantal
Hi all, we are finally back in Brisbane after our journey! Yesterday we relaxed again in Hervey Bay, starting out with a one hour kayak rental to explore the bay a little bit. We found out today that in the summer whales often come out and bump the kayakers, but being winter we didn’t see any wildlife. The afternoon was spent doing laundry and generally relaxing around the hotel.
This morning we woke up early(ish) and drove down to the Cooloola Recreational Area, part of Great Sandy National Park. We didn’t have a whole lot of time, so we did a 4km (return) hike to Poona lake, with a few extra kilometers past the lake added on for good measure. It was a very different lanscape from what we have seen. The area is a rainforest with a sandy base. There were a lot of birds around (the forest was a bit noisy actually), but we could only spot small slimpses of them. On our way out we did see a frog (or toad, not sure which) that appeared to be injured. He was having some difficulty hopping around, and appeared to have some blood on one side. I’m not really sure what happened there. All in all it was a nice hike, and I enjoyed the change of scenery.
For the afternoon we drove back to Brisbane. After some showers we picked up pizza stuff and made a few pizzas for Paul, Claire, and ourselves. We still need to figure out what we are doing for our last few days, besides celebrate Paul’s birthday, which is tomorrow.
-John
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