Hervey Bay, also known as 'The Bay' to the locals, is a place of peace and prosperity and pure tranquillity. It provides a relaxing holiday for the family eager to get away for a holiday, and wonderful accommodation for the keen backpacker or tourist. As well as the numerous whale watching cruises available on the bay there are also a wide range of other enjoyable activities to experience, including;

Although these activity's are enjoyable enough, after a full day of them, you'll surley be exhausted. Therefore we have included a link for you to go to; Hervey Bay Accomodation, with the page providing details of trust- worthy motels, and booking infomation. The site is fully equipt with all the infomation about making your stay... a comfortable one! Another link is the Hervey Bay Caravans one, it provides a link to caravan parks around Hervey Bay. And also Hervey Bay Backpackers proves to be a useful site. With all this infomation, you should be right when looking for a place to stay... In the Bay!

FISHING

On 'The Bay' there are numerous fishing spots including six main reefs which are great 'hot- spots' for catching fish. The reefs can be easily found provided you have a good map, if not you should be able to obtain one from the various Tackle Stores around the bay. Once you have a boat, and decent equipment, you should be right to go out on the water to fish. Hiring a boat while your in the bay is a breeze, because not only is the heaps of places to hire, most of them require very few paperwork and can have you on the water that very day! Good boat hire sites are Boab Boat Hire, Fraser Island Escape Bareboat , and fishntales.

For More Infomation visit:

http://www.fishingherveybay.com/

FRASER ISLAND

Fraser Island is opposite to Hervey Bay and is 120km long and between 5 to 25 Km wide. Fraser Island has many different activities, sightseeing, Whale watching, Fishing and four wheel driving. If you were planning to stay a night at this wonderful place you can either set up your tent in permitted areas or rent a beach house or stay in a apartments.

There are dozens of lakes situated on Fraser Island and also there are rainforests all through the Island and sand blows.  Also there are 230 different species of birds and one of Australia’s purest animal the Dingo and other animals help contribute to the rest of the wildlife.

   An aboriginal tribe called the Butchalla Tribe has lived on Fraser Island for the past 5000 years. Their food and forest supplies were very high and about 160 years ago there were about 2000 Butchalla people living on Fraser Island. 40 years after most of the aboriginal people got sent away. There were only 150 Butchalla people left on Fraser Island. They were taking off the island to keep the main land preserved 

WATER SPORTS

Water Sports include, Surfing, Water Skiing,Canoeing, Snorkeling etc, Water Sports on the Bay are plentiful as Hervey Bay is right on the beach. Equipment for these various sports can be obtained, or borrowed from numerous places situated on the beach.

SKYDIVING

Skydiving on the Fraser Coast is a big tourism attraction, and is enjoyed by many. There are many spots to skydive from on the coast, and each one of these spots is a new thrill in it's own. If you are interested in doing any skydiving, you can either book online at Skydiving Bookings, or you can book on the bay at any venue that offers skydiving tour.

BEACH SPORTS

On the bay there is a great range of beach sports you can play, including sports like Beach Volleyball, Swimming, and Beach Cricket.

BOATING

Boating in Hervey Bay can be going fishing, Whale watching or going on a cruise. One of Hervey bays greatest attractions is fishing. There are many different types of fishing such as deep sea, rock fishing or just fishing off the beach. Through the bays of Hervey bay there are many different spots for either fishing or sightseeing such as Rooney’s, big woody and many more. Another type of boating is a ferry or barge. They are both the same thing but they can take you from Hervey bay to Fraser Island in about an hour.

WHALE WATCHING

Another one of Hervey Bay's highlights is Whale Watching. There are a few Whale Watching boats such as Quick Cat, Quick Cat 2, Thats Awesome and Whalesong. these tours usually cost around about $100. and go for an hour and so on. on these fun filled adventures you can spot Whales, Dolphins and Turltes.