Hervey Bay and Underwater World

We're back! We went to Hervey Bay last week. But before I do a post about that, let me share with you the trip we had there before; while my youngest sis, Sheila was still here . . .

We went on an out-of-town trip for about a week at Hervey Bay, during the first week of December last year. It's a looong way, at about 4 hours drive from Brisbane. I've been there before, during my first trip here in Australia. B loves it there and he wanted to show it to Sheila.

We did not book for any accommodation so we drove along the Esplanade looking for a place to stay for the duration of our trip. We found a Bali-inspired resort which we liked so much. Got to talk to the owners who have stayed in Manila for years. The guy even worked at the building that B used to managed. Small world, hey!

My little one just adored the sun, the sand and the beach! He would have stayed out there all day all night! It was the middle of summer and he doesn't give a care how hot it was! All he cared about was playing in the sand!

While my son is having a time of his life, my sister was being a camera whore! Click here, click there! No point in showing the pics here, it's all her! LOL!

Anyways, Hervey Bay takes pride in being the Whale Watch Capital of the World. Tourism there prospers during summer, obviously because of the beach; but thrives during winter because that's when the humpback whales arrives. Tours and accommodation gets booked out even a year ahead, because of whale watching. We got there late for the season so we did not get to go on those whale watching tours. But we all enjoyed the beach so much! It's just so far to go to all the time.



As we were driving home from Hervey Bay, I saw Underwater World signs and asked B to go there so Sheila can compare it to Manila's Ocean Park. Like Australia Zoo, Underwater World is also in the Sunshine Coast, particularly in Mooloolaba. Entrance fee is AU$28.50 for Adult and AU$18.00 for Child.






This is a nice and very educational place for kids to start learning about different sea creatures.



Underwater World have this program where you can go inside that humongous water tank and be just inches away from those scary looking sharks, stingrays and other fishes! We watched as a group of people slowly got in. There was this one gigantic shark who kept on circling at a particular guy. People from the outside, where we were can't help but laugh seeing the poor guy just froze standing there! Someone was saying that he could be peeing there for all we know! The shark just kept on moving close to him! I wouldn't wanna be on his shoes or anybody inside there, because just one wrong or misinterpreted move might trigger those sharks to do what they do! Although they say that those beings are always well fed, you still can never tell.



Kaiden loved being on the conveyor looking up at those amazing sharks, stingrays and other kinds of fish. He went on it several times, running, tapping the glass.




We were all tired after a very long week, but being in the Underwater World was a nice way to end our out-of-town trip!

Gorgeously . . .