17th, Reluctantly leaving Julie and Mike we make our way towards Tin Can Bay.
On our way we stop off and have a good look around Maryborough, there are some lovely old buildings, it is an older town and it is nice to see some of the old buildings still being used.
The town of Tin Can Bay is much larger than either of us expected and is situated on great waterways, the amount of boats here and right through Queensland is almost overwhelming, there are fancy house boats that can be hired I did ask the price but can't remember the price I think I went into shock when she said, though apparently the longer you hire the cheaper it is.
We explored the area and of course checked out the boat ramp, they do dolphin feeding each morning down near the ramp, we never went we did get a glimpse of the dolphins while we were in the boat, they are rare Pacific Humpback dolphins. They have a good golf course here we thought about a game but it was a bit warm, really come in to the build up.
18th, The boat gets a run today although we are not expecting anything great all anyone talks of is whiting or flathead but I would be more than happy with a good feed on either.
While we were out fishing the sandbars I thought it was great to be fishing without being thrown around.
Merv caught some small whiting, small blue lined emperor and other small fish as well as hooked onto a good shark on the big gear, never got to see it, I caught several fish that looked like leather jacket but weren't, the spine on their back was extremely long and they had a funny trumpet type mouth.
We were enjoying ourselves when a big storm moved in when the lightning started close we decided to go in, I didn't feel like being a target.
We waited for the storm to pass then went back out this time we went out further just off the beach of Fraser Island, as we fished we watched the barge that runs from Rainbow Beach to Fraser Island it only takes 10 minutes.
Fishing hadn't improved any but we did enjoy the day the water was lovely and clear and was a mass of sky blue jellyfish the size of large dinner plates, they were pretty and we were guaranteed they were harmless, a bit like the brown jellyfish that live in the swan river. As we made our way back the weather was building again.
19th, The weather looks nasty today so we decide to go out to Rainbow Beach, this town is even larger than Tin Can Bay and caters more for the holiday makers, the beach is beautiful great place for a swim, we didn't go in thunderstorm threatening, there was a young man killed just recently just walking down the path I didn't want to push my luck.
We drove done the road behind the beach in the national park, the park is full of areas that people can get a permit and camp there was one area in particular that we would love to camp and have a holiday there it was near the ocean beach a lot of them was around on the beach in the river.
We were going to walk up to a sand blow and a lake as well as along the beach to see the colours of the sand cliffs but the rain started so we headed back.
When we got back the storm really hit, the rain was so heavy and it just went on and on, I went out at one time and there was 6 inches of water lying everywhere, it kept up well after we went to bed, with the sounds of the rain and of course soon as the rain started out came the toads, even though it was stormy it was peaceful to put one to sleep.
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