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24.45 152.23 Bundaberg Harbour 85km 12hrs I saw 3 fat turtles with yellow head.  Lots of rain all day, strong following winds. Seas from 1 m in Fraser Island shelter to 2-3m later. The sea became very ugly off Elliott Heads. But the harbour entrance was easy, I’m on the north side, on Barubbra Island. […]

The final dinner desert – Pavlowa!!!   This was a wayyyyyy too long break! Five days in a row!!!! I didn’t like that…but couldn’t complain about my hosts…this night was David cooking a delicious Chili con Carne. Topped with a traditional Pavlowa! Yummy… 🙂 Thanks a lot, David and Janita!   I had a bit […]

Channel 7 TV shots for probably tomorrow night’s news   I went food shopping today for the next about 12-14-days stage to Mackay. Hope to get going again tomorrow! 5 days off in a row – horrible!!! Though a very pleasant place to stay with Janita nad David…thanks again! Then I did what I wanted […]

Today was King Tide day – the water in Hervey Bay came up wayyyyyyyy over the normal limit – walls were damaged, beaches were simply gone, the harbour was flooded. But it could have been worse here, no flooding in the streets. Some houses were already sandbagged, but even a heavy rain didn’t really occur. Luckily, […]

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ11270.html here you can check about the Hervey Bay forecast…but I would rather want to gooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fresh veggies pizza – the best one I ever had in my life! But, on the other hand, I couldn’t have found a better place to stay… Janita is serving great fresh food, and she and her husband David […]

Another day off for my skin…it’s getting better! I can peel already the drying scab of…tea tree oil feels so far beeing the best treatment for drying the sores. We’ll see soon if the cyclone better gives me Monday or Tuesday off as well…they are already evacuating nearby Fraser Island…but I could go tomorrow! I’m like a race […]

Is there anybody out there who knows if there is any chance about getting a fully black camera display of an Olypus Stylus 1030 SW shining again? It just stopped working – apparently the rest of the camera works, but not much use without display. I bought it online in the US – I don’t […]

Janita Knowles, my lovely host for the next days A relaxing day at Janita and David’s house, slept a lot, ate a lot, worked on my gear and online, checked maps and planned the next stage to Mackay, about 12-14 days before the next pit stop. Yes, there may be a cyclone coming on Monday…due to […]

Safe and sound in Janita and David’s house in Hervey Bay. Will have to take at least one day off to heal my sores… a break in the middle of a shallow   I got to start my paddling day at 6.30 am, 3,5 hrs before low tide…just the worst time to get into the Great […]

25.48 153.04 Inskip Point 70 km 11 hrs lovely winds again   This is what I should consider next day already???   “Armpaddling” was almost enough today, to prevent my backside to rub too much on the backrest…worked more or less… You can’t pass any “remote” beach without sseing a car driving along the beach […]