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Home » Destinations » Oceania » Australia

Bus from Brisbane to Hervey Bay

Modified: Sep 17, 2009 · Published: Jan 19, 2008 by Dave Lee |

Greyhound Australia bus

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.

Clouds

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.

Meat pie

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).

Beach cricket at sunset

I caught the sunset in Hervey Bay, the popular jumping off point for 4x4 tours of nearby Fraser Island.

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  1. Toby says

    January 19, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    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

      January 20, 2008 at 11:50 pm

      That is a coincidence - it seemed like a very small community. Yep, I enjoyed the world's largest sand island despite the rain!

  2. Toby says

    January 19, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    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:

  3. Toby says

    January 19, 2008 at 10:37 am

    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

      January 20, 2008 at 6:50 pm

      That is a coincidence - it seemed like a very small community. Yep, I enjoyed the world's largest sand island despite the rain!

  4. Overland Travel says

    January 20, 2008 at 3:30 am

    >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

      January 20, 2008 at 6:51 pm

      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!

  5. Overland Travel says

    January 20, 2008 at 8:30 am

    >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

      January 20, 2008 at 11:51 pm

      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!

  6. Kango Suz says

    January 22, 2008 at 12:27 am

    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...

  7. Kango Suz says

    January 22, 2008 at 5:27 am

    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...

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