Aquavue Hervey Bay

Hervey Bay is well-known for it’s abundant wildlife and, because we’re right on the beachfront here in Hervey Bay, guests at our cafe here at Aquavue can often enjoy their coffee or meals and watch dolphins, dugongs, manta rays and even the occasional turtle out in the bay.

There’s plenty of birds around to entertain our guests to and it’s not uncommon to see several Osprey soaring over the bay or diving for fish. Some of the birds can come quite close to you too but usually the Osprey tend to keep their distance … but not this one.

This Osprey decided that he’d like to spend some time enjoying the view from our cafe too and when I snapped this picture he was sitting on the railing just soaking up the scenery

So why not come down and enjoy the best coffee  from the best Hervey Bay cafe … and the best view too … we can’t promise that the Osprey will ever come this close again but you never know.

It’s hard to believe that June is about to start … where have the last six months gone?

But the calendar tells me that I’m not mistaken and looking back over the last few months I can see that it’s gone in a blur of steady work. In some ways the terrible weather here in Hervey Bay over the last few days have been a bit of a blessing in disguise because we’ve all been able to take a bit of a break.

That’s been good because I can see the weeks ahead being quite busy for both the cafe and the beach crew. Even though we are plunging right into winter the temptation of having a coffee or even lunch out in the sun on the deck here at Aquavue is just just too hard to resist.

So if you’re here in Hervey Bay and just need to escape from the hustle and bustle of the town then come on down to the cafe here at Aquavue and enjoy some time sitting in the sun, enjoying a great coffee or meal and soaking up the beauty that’s out there in the bay.

While other tourist operators here in Hervey Bay have been reporting a very quiet period it seems to have been a bit different for us here at Aquavue. We’ve still been seeing great numbers in the cafe and people are still interested in taking one of our jet ski tours over to Fraser Island.

We even had the opportunity to take a travel writer and photographer from the Brisbane Times over to Fraser Island for a look at parts of the island that other tours can’t reach. You can find the article on line right here - and the author, Sam de Brito, certainly seems to have had a great time on Fraser Island … although his photographer didn’t fare so well

It’s hard to believe that we’re already at the end of April … it seems like only yesterday that we were celebrating the new year. It’s certainly been a great month here with plenty of activity in the cafe and on the water and I doubt that things are going to slow down all that much for us between now and when whale watching season starts in July.

In autumn and early winter the weather here in Hervey Bay is usually glorious and the long-range weather forecast is certainly looking good so now is definitely the time to come up to Hervey Bay and escape those cold winter days in the southern states.

Just the other day the maximum in one of the country towns in New South Wales where I once worked only reached 10 degrees Celsius while up here it was a balmy 27 degrees. Now you know why so many people want come to spend winter in Hervey Bay.  

One final thing I have to do here on the blog before April slips away is to introduce our employee of the month. We’d like you to meet Kathy.

Kathy has been part of the cafe team here at Aquavue for quite some time now and when big groups arrive unexpectedly she’s the one who can take it all in her stride.

Wow what a fantastic weekend! If you weren’t on the beach in Hervey Bay then you were definitely missing out because the weather here was just wonderful.

Here in Australia it was a long weekend that started on Friday and on every day we had tours to Fraser Island, plenty of jet ski hires, bike hires and even the catamaran went out for a sail.

If you’re not big on crowds then right through into May is the best time to come up and spend some time relaxing at Aquavue and enjoying the beach because the weather will be wonderful and the crowds won’t be back till whale watching season starts in July.

And just to give you a peak of what you’re missing out on:

It’s hard to believe that it’s almost three weeks since I last had a chance to sit down and add a few lines here but it is.

Since Easter Hervey Bay has slipped into that quiet time that always comes at this time of year. It’s the time that we can all collectively catch our breath before whale watching season starts in July and there’s no doubt that the town in general has been quiet.

Here at Aquavue though it’s just been crazy with plenty of jet ski tours to Fraser Island, fishing boat hires and lots of people enjoying coffee and the view from the cafe. One view that not many people get to see is this one - sunrise over Fraser Island.

This really is a great time of year to visit Hervey Bay. Off-peak rates, plenty of great accommodation and stunning mornings like this one are just standard fare right now

Last time I had a chance to pop in here Easter was just about to arrive and the Easter weekend certainly turned out to be a great weekend. Despite some rain there were plenty of people who wanted to have fun here at Aquavue and our jet ski tours to Fraser Island were very popular.

A lot of people seemed to stay on after the Easter weekend and we had plenty of jet ski hire through the week and this weekend too. And it’s no wonder, the weather has been wonderful in Hervey Bay.This morning was one of the best I’ve seen and this shot was taken from the cafe deck not long after we opened.

It’s almost the end of the month too so it’s time to introduce you to the employee of the month here at Aquavue.

We’d like you to meet Hannah. Here at Aquavue we rely on our staff to provide the fast and friendly service that we have a reputation for and we’re fortunate to have some of the best staff in the Bay.

Hannah is one of those great staff members and whether she’s working in the kitchen or out the front serving the tables this young lady is always smilly and ready to help.

The seasons come and go and now we’re slipping into autumn and that has to be one of the nicest times of year in Hervey Bay. The early mornings are a little cooler and walking on the beach or up here in our cafe is a very pleansant place to be.

You can sit here on the deck and have breakfast with a view that you can never grow tired of. Here’s what it looked like at 7am yesterday

Unfortunately what I can’t show you is the big dugong that was out in the bay in front of Aquavue at the same time as this photo was taken. It kept our guests entertained for quite some time but was always below the surface when the camera was pointed in its direction.

If you like views like this one then come on down and have breakfast with the best view and the best coffee in Hervey Bay. We’re open every day from 7am.

Things have been a bit quiet out in the bay for the last few months but now the sealife is beginning to put in an appearance once again. In the last week we’ve had several pods of dolphins close in to shore and clearly visible to the people dining in the cafe and there are a pair of manta rays further out too.

While both the dolphins and the manta rays are visible from the deck here at Aquavue if you want the best view of all you should hire one of our kayaks and paddle a little way offshore. Then you can sit there and look straight down into the still waters and see them swimming right below you.

It’s certainly a magical experience.

Well we’re back safe and sound from New Zealand and I’m pleased to say that everything functioned perfectly while we were away. I also have to say that it’s good to be back because there really is no place quite like Hervey Bay.

It’s that time of the month again to salute our top employee and this month it’s Carly.

Like so many small businesses Aquavue Cafewatersports is a family-run concern and even though we employ quite a few local people various members of the family also like to come down and lend a hand when things get really busy.

My daughter Carly is one of those family members who likes to pitch in and you’ll often see her smiling face around the cafe on weekends. Over the Christmas period she really pitched in and did a great job when things got really busy.

And now the holidays are over things will settle down … just a little. Hervey Bay is a great place to be at this time of the year so it will be a while before things really quieten down.