Hervey Bay

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="1ccd05a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>DRUMBEAT</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DRUMBEAT"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> back to  <A HREF="id94.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Voyages"><B>Voyages</B></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="1cdd2123.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="id153.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Launch">Launch</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id165.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="First Trip Out">First Trip Out</A></div> <div> <B>Hervey Bay</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id202.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lady Musgrave Isl">Lady Musgrave Isl</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id220.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gladstone to Whitsundays">Gladstone to Whitsundays</A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <div> Hervey Bay Fishermans Wharf Marina was home for about a month as things were finalised and tested.  We got to know the Fraser Dawn rather intimately as she manouvred out beside us each day.  Damon giving the passengers a acrobatic display in the bosuns chair. The kids practised rowing and we caught up on some school work amongst all the interruptions and distractions.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5064df10.jpg" border=0 width="333" height="241" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">     <IMG SRC="50acbf10.jpg" border=0 width="203" height="241" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">     <IMG SRC="50cb6f20.jpg" border=0 width="182" height="242" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Fraser Dawn</div> <bR> <div> [Haley] Recently we went prawning (you use a casting net) , and we caught buckets of them, after about 30 throws and 99% of them being in the shape of a half moon and not opening, I finally got it right!</div> <div> It was heaps of fun.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="50da93f0.jpg" border=0 width="425" height="319" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Bridgit cooking up a storm of chilli prawns.  Haley catch'n more!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="54ba93f0.jpg" border=0 width="425" height="319" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Wayne, Haley, Damon & Linda catch'n squid</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>