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Magnetic Island.. il posto piu bello fin'ora!
... li vicino c'e sia una bella camminata da fare che un buon punto per fare snorkeling. Fantastico! Decidiamo di prendere il prossimo autobus e Marion e Daniel sarebbero andati a fare la camminata mentre io avrei usufruito del mio free snokeling e andare a vedere un po di pesci! :) la visibilita' pero' non era molto buona quindi il massimo che ho visto erano 2 stingrays leopardate; ma la spiaggia a Geoffrey Bay era talmente isolata che mi sono divertita talmente tanto ascoltando il mio ...
Magnetic Island here we come...
... 8km's off the coast of Townsville the island has natural beauty and peacefulness mixed with a touch of paradise. We went swimming at Horseshoe Bay in the "stinger free" enclosure. The water was perfect...warm, blue, crystal clear!! We also took in the amazing views of Alma Bay & Picnic Bay by making use of the public bus as we tripped around the island. We were fortunate enough to see the ...
TOWNSVILLE and PALUMA NATIONAL PARK
... which was very time consuming and was not easy- we spoke to 10 Telstra operators before finally getting the person who could actually deal with our problem!
This was our chance to get the bicycles out of storage and pedal along the Strand to enjoy the waterfront of Townsville.
The pathway north of the caravan park was ideal for our daily 6kms power ...
Terriffic Townsville, magical Magnetic Is.
... as well. Prue drives us all up to see where her house is being built. We marvel at the way the house will embrace the huge granite boulders and allow for two large gums to be retained almost within the confines of the building. It's a house in the treetops with a view of sapphire water, nearby islands and Townsville city across the way. Bird life and plant life have been given primary consideration here as well.
Later we see former Foster local Peter ...
Bushy Parker Park
... more mud crab pots so we went back into town to the local tackle shop picking up a couple of the trap style pots which David was hoping would increase his chances! Along side the tackle shop was a local street stall selling Bananas at 99c a kilo, so we grabbed a couple of kilos of these as well.
As we were about to take off from the tackle shop we noticed an elderly lady had fallen so David went to help her and her husband. Turns ...