My fiance and I went on the remote fraser island tour in early January. The day started at 7.30am when we were picked up by the Tasman Venture courtesy bus. We arrived to find a beautiful, clean and well equipped boat. As we cruised up the side of Fraser Island to go to the light house, we listened to the... More

Our vacation coincided with whale watching season, so we arranged a stopover in Hervey Bay. After researching about a dozen different tour operators, we narrowed it down to two, both of which had high marks from previous passengers: Tasman Venture (www.tasmanventure.com.au) and Whalesong (www.whalesong.com.au). It was difficult to decide which boat to choose since both had similar pricing, tour times... More

We went quite late in the season, but still managed to see loads of whales splashing around. Tour was brilliant, small tour group - had loads of room on boat to view the whales. Staff where really good and had lots of info about the whales. More

A must do.! Great experience that I will never forget! Staff were really friendly and very educational, food was good, lots of room to move around the boat but small enough so you don't miss out on any of the whales. would love to go again :) More

This was my third time whale watching at HB - each time a different boat, but I would go back to this one. Crew were genuinely pleasant. I was sea sick on the way out to see the whales and it was handled so matter of factly yet professionally. I was deeply grateful! I soon recovered (it was an unusual... More

We went out in late July, during the first week of whale season. I asked several people selling tickets if it would be worth it that early in the season and they all said how great the cruises were during the past week. In California, we pay $80 for all four of us to go on a whale watch but... More

I came out with Tasman sept 2010 and have been out several times sept 2011.I have tried a couple of others but didnt compare to Tasman - I find the Tasman boat far superior and prefer the commentary and effort gone in to seeking out the most active whales, etc. If the whales are resting they dont waste their time... More

It’s confirmed. I am a whale whisperer and these huge creatures really did respond to my tuck-shop lady arms waving around like a wildly wired conductor matched only by my whoops of laughter. Did I have some kind of psychic link going with these mammals or was it the luck of the day? Whatever, Whale Watching offers the great Australian... More

While waiting to board the boat I thought that I wouldn't see any whales. After a while I decided to walk around to the front to the boat which is awesome because it is so windy. Our first spotting of whales was a mother and it's child. They were a fair distance away form each other the were diving and... More