Whales, what beautiful creatures of the deep! I am now totally in love with whales! This trip has allowed us to learn and experience first hand God’s beautiful creation and marine life is one of our new loves. From the whale sharks of the Ningaloo Reef, to the Humpbacks of Hervey Bay and every marine animal in between. Of course Ava’s and Maya’s favourite is the dolphin with seahorse coming in at a close second.

Today we got to go out on a boat in the sunshine and experienced the beauty of ‘whale watching’ (or ‘people watching’ as the tour staff called it as the whales are very inquisitive and love watching what’s going on on-board). It was truly breath taking watching these massive animals swim and play around in the ocean. They came so close to the boat, Steve and Ava even got sprayed by the spray from the whale! Our particular boat had an underwater viewing area so we saw the whales up close under water which was very cool.

We were out all morning so it was a bit too long for Maya but thankfully we met this really lovely family with 3 kids (2 girls a bit older than our kids and 1 boy a bit younger than Noah) so they kept the kids occupied on the journey home (and even got to have a play at the beach this afternoon!) which was very nice!