Our next stop was Hervey Bay, gateway to Fraser Island. We tried to get a boat trip for the next day, but the weather was very stormy (they closed the airport in Sydney), so we had to wait a day.
Our caravan park was right next to the botanical gardens
In the Japanese Garden
so we checked that out in the morning before breakfast to beat the heat. But first we stopped at McDonalds to check out these fairy Martin's collecting mud for their nests (lifers!).
In the gardens we saw Flying Foxes hanging in the trees.
After breakfast back at the campsite, we headed out to Arkarra Gardens, a series of lagoons created by salt mining. Two thumbs up for this place since we were able to combine our two favourite pastimes, birding and eating baked goods in the shady Arkarra teahouse. Also a popular place with the locals.
Here we saw four more new species including the bird of the day,
The very tall and flashy magpie goose.
At one point we heard a very loud whap, whap, whap overhead; it turned out to be a flying fox overhead. Honestly, it was like seeing a pteridactyl fly by!
Very humid here and we haven't even reached the real tropics yet. A dip in the campsite pool refreshed us some.
For dinner we fried up sausages and veggies on the electric barbie provided by the caravan park.
Chef Leo
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