Fifth day: Whale watching and the start of a 12 hour drive

G-Man left this morning to go on a whale watch tour. Whales as in humpback whales, not fat tourists on the beach. They migrate north along the east and west coasts of Australia to breeding areas off Queensland (where we are). As long as there are no Japanese tourists on the tour he should see a lot of whales.

G-man should be back around 1 pm and then we have to start the drive to Airlie Beach. We expect the 900 km. will take at least 12 hours so we drive until it's dark, sleep on a parking and continue first thing in the morning. We will spend 2 days at Airlie Beach to explore the Great Barrier Reef, if we go for a scuba dive we will post pictures to get some sponsor money from Michelin.

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We arrived in Rockhampton and have a few pictures of this morning's whale tour.