Sails On Horseshoe Magnetic Island

... threw a tantrum when I saw the size of the hill I'd got to get up! We pushed the bikes up the hill, which hard work in the blazing sun, but luckly the downhill bit cheered me up and cooled me down. The ride brought us round to Horseshoe BAy, which was lovely. After an ice cream to refuel we set off on a walk to the much quiter Baldings Bay (No bald jokes please!). This bay was ...

... out to a wreck for some snorkeling. Lots of fish and coral, but poor vis. Headed over to Alma bay just a short walk away. Pretty much looked like a postcard. Got a cool photo of a Kukubarra Hiked back to Nelly bay to set up camp. Tons of stingrays along the beach just offshore. Layed on the sand and stargazed with fruit bats flying overhead before bed!

... 40 up to $90 over the 3 races. It was a good laugh and the 6 of us all chipped in to bid for a toad in the second race and luckily we got him for the cheapest price of all the toads at $40 with a potential prize fund of nearly $200 we thought it was easy money. However there was a little toad with a red ribbon on that dashed our hopes of victory, were still awaiting the verdict of the doping test but think we can kiss goodbye to the winnings. I'll try ...

... he's from Sydney. Had a good laugh with them and arranged to meet them the next day in Magnetic Island. So the next morning we drove to Townsville and took the ferry across to Magnetic Island. The scenery from the ferry port to our campsite at Bungalow Bay was really nice. We met Dan and Ema as soon as we got there and we hopped straight into the pool as it was roasting. Me and Dan drove to the shops and got steaks, beer and wine and ...

... getting up before me, but Nicole was up on the first wave and continued to rock all day yesterday. Today the waves were much stronger. It just makes it harder to stay out for longer being it takes so much out of you every time you have to fight to stay in the same spot when the waves come. This also made it deeper and I found myself not being able to touch in certain spots. Many people decided not to surf then for the rest of the morning after being out for 5 ...

... the ball in the hole but hit a sign, the ding of the sign got a bit of a cheer, tho Brian managed to hit 2 signs haha! (You can tell we are real pros) We went night fishing here I think the reason why people don't fish as much during the day is that it is too bright and too hot! We were using chicken cuts this time as bate, real messy!! This time we managed to catch 5 ...

Nouvelle Entrée! Des nouvelles fraîches du jour (du mois) : ) Nous avions désormais comme première priorité d'acheter une voiture. Soit, une Vanne(Comme celle des Hypies) ou une Station wagon (comme chacune de nos mères avaient déjà possédé. Apès PLUSIEURS Recherches nous avons décidé dopté pour une Station Wagon. Nous avions un plus grand pouvoir d'achat !... A travers ces recherche nous avons eu Un souper en famille pour la fête a Sue dans un Mini-Resto Très reconnu Thaï C ...

... happy. We walked to the beach and was sat there when we saw this commotion by the water and this guy was walking back holding something in his hand which turned out to be a Brown Snake which is one of the most deadliest snakes in Oz, it was just next to the Ice Cream Van...eek. That evening we had.....yes you guessed it Thai for Tea, Loz ordered the Pad thai but he thought it looked too small so I ended up swapping my Green Curry for it...little oinker.

... thing and a big banana awaits us further up the coast. Just before reaching our destination for the day we spotted our first kangaroos in a field by the side of the road. The locals must have thought we were crazy as we leapt from the car to take pictures. According to an Australian farmer we had met in Vietnam, the country is overrun with the creatures and they are a real pest.