Clouds and Calm in Hervey Bay

Today has been quite slow. We had planned on going to the beach, so got up at ten and got ready; sun cream, bikinis, towels, only to discover there was no sun. It was still pretty hot but it was very cloudy. We went to the beach anyway and sunbathed until around 2, before coming home and showering.

We hung around the hostel for a while. I tried to hang our wet stuff on the washing line but it started spitting so I took them off again. At around 7pm we went to an Irish pub down the road for dinner. They had beef and gravy filled bread rolls with chips for $10 so we both had that. We got there just in time as it was the last two portions. They weren't bad for ten dollars. The Irish pub had live music so we stayed and listened to the band for a while before heading back to the hostel. The hostel we are staying in is a very relaxed place, somewhere to just chill, away from all the other hostels.

Hervey Bay, or at least the area we are staying in, is a strange little place. It was so quiet the whole day, despite it being a weekend, and all the cafes and shops seemed to close early, if they opened at all. Tomorrow we are thinking we might venture to a different part of the town to see what we can find, see if it's any more lively. We have the whole day to kill before the bus at 9:35pm.