A Whale of a Festival

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Hervey Bay turned on a Whale of a Festival for us on Saturday 8th August 2009.

There really was quite an impressive turnout for the Hervey Bay Whale Festival, with more people than I thought possible, crammed onto the street to watch the parade and later indulge in all the delights of the fair.

Of course, we started with the traditional Bag Pipe Band, just to make sure everyone was awake, after sitting in the gutter for hours waiting for the parade to begin.

Local businesses stuck a range of blow up toys, some Christmas lights and other oddities to their vehicles and called them a float.

Others packed their parader's into cages like sardines and screamed like Halloween creatures at us as they drove past.

You could just see the excitement on their faces ... hardly being able to contain themselves with the jubilation of being a part of this magical event ... sort of.

Lots of costumes ... and bellies ... and ... err ...

I think Miss Piggy had her eye on me ... but I really don't know what Miss Piggy is doing in a Whale Festival, other than being "Weight Challenged" like me.

And just to make sure we hadn't nodded off ... they finished off with a marching band.

The fair grounds were a sea of people, so appropriate for a Whale Festival I suppose, but I seriously didn't think they would pack this many people into a Hervey Bay oval. Mr Whippy told me there was about 16,000 people packing into the fair this year. Imressive really.

There were all sorts of ways to help throw up the Dagwood Dogs, Ice Creams, Fairy Floss and German Sausages, like Rock Climging Walls, Rides and even a Bungee Bouncer. (See Photo Album)

Of course, we had to finish off with a fireworks display that was ... err ... nice.

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Darren & Kathy Gardiner