After a short night's sleep in Brisbane, I packed up and hit the road on another Greyhound Australia bus. Unlike in America, these buses are well-appointed. They're clean, include a toilet and tap water, usually filled with backpackers, efficient, and rather comfortable. In terms of the buses I will be utilizing on my journey, these are as good as it gets. In Byron Bay, I purchased a 45-day pass allowing me on/off travel on northbound routes from Byron Bay to Cairns.
Along the 5-hour drive, I found ample time to appreciate the low-hanging, fluffy white clouds. I also firmly believe the various shades of blue in the sky are rather unique. If you look in the photo above, the sky is a lighter blue nearer the horizon. As you move further away, it gets darker. It could be I'm making something out of nothing, however I found it rather fascinating all the same.
The buses are required to stop every 4 hours for 30 minutes. On this trip, I devoured a meat pie for lunch. The pies are common throughout New Zealand and Australia. Basically, it's a dough pie crust with a savory filling. So far, I've enjoyed beef, chicken, and mutton pies, though vegetarian versions are often available as well. They are very filling and quite cheap (about $3-4 USD).
I caught the sunset in Hervey Bay, the popular jumping off point for 4x4 tours of nearby Fraser Island.
Toby says
Hi! Just stumbled across this, and coincidentally I am from Hervey Bay!
Hope you are having a great time, be sure to check out Fraser Island, have a camp there, its rather nice :)
It is the largest sand island in the world :smile:
Dave says
That is a coincidence - it seemed like a very small community. Yep, I enjoyed the world's largest sand island despite the rain!
Toby says
Hi! Just stumbled across this, and coincidentally I am from Hervey Bay!
Hope you are having a great time, be sure to check out Fraser Island, have a camp there, its rather nice :)
It is the largest sand island in the world :smile:
Toby says
Hi! Just stumbled across this, and coincidentally I am from Hervey Bay!
Hope you are having a great time, be sure to check out Fraser Island, have a camp there, its rather nice :)
It is the largest sand island in the world :smile:
Dave says
That is a coincidence - it seemed like a very small community. Yep, I enjoyed the world's largest sand island despite the rain!
Overland Travel says
>Unlike in America, these buses are well-appointed.
Yes - the one I took to Adelaide came appointed with a VHS recorder playing Crocodile Dundee 2! Doesn't get much better than that :lol: Another bonus the Australian Greyhound's have over the American buses is that they are not full of crazy people and recently-released prisoners...
Dave says
On my recent long trip, they played "End of Days" which was filled with violence, bad language and nudity. A big departure from the romantic comedies I see on the DC to NYC bus at home!
Overland Travel says
>Unlike in America, these buses are well-appointed.
Yes - the one I took to Adelaide came appointed with a VHS recorder playing Crocodile Dundee 2! Doesn't get much better than that :lol: Another bonus the Australian Greyhound's have over the American buses is that they are not full of crazy people and recently-released prisoners...
Dave says
On my recent long trip, they played "End of Days" which was filled with violence, bad language and nudity. A big departure from the romantic comedies I see on the DC to NYC bus at home!
Kango Suz says
God, that meat pasty makes me hungy, it looks amazing! Couldn't you just freeze-pack some to ship back home to me? No? Ok, perhaps I'll just have to figure out how to get to a former British colony sometime soon...
Kango Suz says
God, that meat pasty makes me hungy, it looks amazing! Couldn't you just freeze-pack some to ship back home to me? No? Ok, perhaps I'll just have to figure out how to get to a former British colony sometime soon...