Day 17 - Hervey bay

We woke up at 10am and left at 12pm for Hervey Bay. On the way we stopped in a shopping centre to eat and get water (after having been sick with the river smelling water of Taree I decided to buy water). On the way we checked the prices of the 4WD hire to go to Fraser Island: $400/day, which was too expensive. We checked many backpackers and caravan parks for cheaper options like self-drives with a group during 3 nights for $210. The business principle of the latter was that the organisation gives a commission to the backpackers to gather enough people in a 9-people 4WD car. After speaking with an old local woman we realised that the self-drives could be riskier than we had foreseen: irresponsible people creating accidents or wanting to act as leaders over the trip and ruining it by doing nothing. Finally we chose a guided tour (for the first time in my life :)!) with food and accommodation for $50 more than the self-drive. Then we booked a backpacker (deserted), went fishing 2hrs (very good bites and plenty of fishes down the peer), we spoke a bit with the couple sharing our room and we went to bed at 1am.

Flood

Cow lost in the bush