Stop 10 - Bundaberg
Well we've been here a couple of nights now and about to head off for our next stop. Although Bundaberg was a relatively small place, it was not quite as small as the previous couple of stops and somewhat more scenic!
Yesterday we took the mandatory tour of the Bundaberg Rum distillery, which is never a good idea with a hangover! You've probably never heard of Bundaberg rum since it's only sold out here at the moment but it tastes good anyway as we found out having a couple of mid-afternoon drinks!
We read before we arrived that there was a turtle rookery (place where wild turtles come from the sea to the beach to lay their eggs) nearby Bundaberg. However they only do it between dusk and dawn. We thought we'd best pay it a visit so we arrived at about 6pm. Only at about 11pm did the turtles arrive on the beach!! It was worth the wait though, watching a huge 1metre long turtle come and dig a nest on the beach and lay it's eggs before returning to the sea! It was like being David Attenborough for a night!!
The baby turtles that we saw were just an hour or so old. There must have been a few dozen of them which they released into the sea for the very first time since they'd hatched!! All in all quite a mad experience!
Yesterday we took the mandatory tour of the Bundaberg Rum distillery, which is never a good idea with a hangover! You've probably never heard of Bundaberg rum since it's only sold out here at the moment but it tastes good anyway as we found out having a couple of mid-afternoon drinks!
We read before we arrived that there was a turtle rookery (place where wild turtles come from the sea to the beach to lay their eggs) nearby Bundaberg. However they only do it between dusk and dawn. We thought we'd best pay it a visit so we arrived at about 6pm. Only at about 11pm did the turtles arrive on the beach!! It was worth the wait though, watching a huge 1metre long turtle come and dig a nest on the beach and lay it's eggs before returning to the sea! It was like being David Attenborough for a night!!
The baby turtles that we saw were just an hour or so old. There must have been a few dozen of them which they released into the sea for the very first time since they'd hatched!! All in all quite a mad experience!
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