Searching for the best whale watch experience in 2025? It’s official! The unforgettable Freedom Premium Whale Watch Cruise is listed in Queensland’s Best Experiences of 2025! With a 5 star rating on Google and Tripadvisor, the Freedom Premium Whale Watch Cruise is a famous for giving guests a wonderful day in Hervey Bay, Queensland with…
Talented writer Liz Bond from This Magnificent Life has written a wonderful account of their experience aboard Freedom on one of our three quarter day whale watching tours in September 2020. You can read all about Liz’s whale watching experience and browse the beautiful photos taken by Tim via the link below. It was an…
Wondering what it’s like to see the great giants of the sea, humpback whales in Hervey Bay, Australia, one of 2 whale heritage sites worldwide? Jens Assmann Photography describes it very well in a blog post when they travelled to Australia to see the humpback whales in action. Jens also happened to see the whales…
We are currently having a bumper whale watching season in 2017 and love having the opportunity to show first-time whale watchers just how amazing it is to experience these gentle giants of the sea. Recently Irene had the opportunity to come out whale watching with Freedom and she has written about her experience in a…
We were surprised to encounter a lone humpback whale inside Hervey Bay on Saturday 15th June while on an afternoon/evening fishing charter. This is a whole month before we officially start whale watching season on the 20th July. Our fishing passengers sighted the whale as we were travelling north towards Southern Arch cliff on Fraser…
The whale watching in August has been exceptional. Perfect weather conditions, friendly humpback whales and many passengers from all over the world has made for fantastic August whale watching. Today we encountered the following behaviours: At one time we could count five pods within 500 metres of the boat. Close encounters of whales circling the…