Peppers Blue On Blue Resort Magnetic Island

... on tight reins when she went shooting off! All i could see was Sonja hurtling off into the distance and Steve shouting 'Pull him up pull him up' ... needles to say we had to walk back off the beach as all the horses were raring to go again and we weren't in the Grand National were we!
We helped turn the horses out in the field and then we all went for a cold beer on the farm.. What a terrific freebie and what lovely kind people! Truly memorable!
Well ...

... actually carried tights around in my bag for the last six weeks. Marion, being a design aficionado, was able to fashion an excellent cat costume out of items from her bag. Our buddy Craig, being a bit less subtle, dressed as a tent, by which I mean he cut a hole in the top of his tent and wore it around all night. This costume was actually quite a hit, both figuratively in that people enjoyed it and literally in that the tent was about seven feet in diameter and so he kept running ...

... try to avoid, as the only other two options were a Base, which are normally just as soulless as YHA’s, and a third option which was so cheap that it raised suspicions.

The island itself is small; all the roads total 35kms! It was early evening when I arrived, and went for a walk along Horseshoe beach, which was five minutes away, and then a jog around the backstreets, which got surprisingly remote for such a small ...

... fire. All is going well when suddenly this person in a black mask is right in front of me. I did not see him coming because of the big rocks and windy trail. I immediately step aside and let him go by. I look back at my hiking partner with wide eyes and we both laugh nervously at the same time. At this point I am not sure what to think and try to figure out why anyone would be wearing a mask. And a really weird mask at that. It looked like it was made of ...

... to get our full moon party ticket!

The next day was quite a long one, decided that we had to see the whole island as would be too hungover the day after! Went for a nice bush walk up a big hill which used to have forts on for a fab view of the whole island...very sweaty though! Then went to horshoe bay which is the biggest one on the island for an afternoon of fun! First we hired a kayak and paddled out for a bit, managed not to fall in and got some nice pics ...

Early start this morning as Jeremy had the car booked in for a general service. To get somewhere we had to catch the bus which the boys thought was great adventure. Jeremy took Ethan and Elijah to Reef HQ which is a big aquarium and underwater setup. They seemed to enjoy it - especially the icecream afterwards! While they went ...

... it justice.

But I guess in the Lord of the Rings they didn't have to worry about snakes. Now, I know that Australia has hundreds of poisonous snakes, and that if you find a snake you are likely to have found a dangerous one. However, the people on this island decided to put up signs warning about the death adder which inhabits Magnetic Island. During the day it hides under logs and leaves, so keep to the path to avoid ...

... ich mir einen erfrischenden Sprung ins kuehle Nass des Pools und so kam ich langsam im Backpackerleben an. Am folgenden Abend besuchte die komplette Truppe die FullMoon Party, von der jder Depp von Brisbane bis Cairns schwaermte. Doch so toll war sie gar nicht und somit mussten wir sie uns gezwungenermasen schoen machn. Auch der Besuch des Tierparks durfte natuerlich nicht fehlen, wobei ich meine GROSSE LIEBE entdeckte.

... explain my ordeal... and they are just adorable. They do not hesitate one minute to stay with me to go to the police and help me out. They take their bags off the bus. We can always take the next bus which gives us 2 hours to report things to the police, cancel my credit cards etc... they even give me money to buy food!

And my luck continues... turns out the two people sitting on the bus next to me (we were only less than 10 people on the bus which makes it easy to screen ...

... In the garage they fortunately were able to fix it, at least temporarily, otherwise we would have had to invest quite a few bucks to a proper repair. Most of the day we spent in the car trying to reach Cairns at a reasonable hour. I was given a present from the guys in the evening, a hat which fitted perfectly. Later on after a celebration start up in the camp, we transferred to a disco club, where my new hat came in handy.