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Magnetic Island
... the island. Yes, the Barbie car is tacky (as you will see from the photos) but it was really fun and it meant we were able to see the island...plus there were endless photo opportunities with the pink car.
We started at the top of the island in Horseshoe bay and gradually worked our way back to the hostel in Picnic Bay in the south of the island. We tried to find wild koalas but unfortunately couldn't see any. We did however feed the rock wallabies at Geoffrey Bay ...
Where are the Koalas on Magnetic Island?!?
... of excitement on the sleepy island. We had a couple of drinks but the bar was so quiet, we had an early night.
Tuesday 6th November;
We got up early and got the bus up to Horseshoe Bay, a beautiful and quiet beach where swimming in the sea is prohibited due to stinging jellyfish. We spent the morning sunbathing on the beach then in the afternoon we unsuccessfully ...
On a Mission to Maggie Island
... policy). Nevertheless we enjoyed quaffing down the grapey goodness out of coffee mugs with rest of the backpackers. As I mentioned before, the town of Mission Beach was very small with not much going on. We later discovered that it is a prime destination for raving lunatics who like the idea of jumping out of planes. As Justine and I are both still in full command of our senses we decided to remain on the ground and enjoy the pool instead.
The ...
A Touch of Paradise
... toilets and a dump point also. It is next to a park which flows on to the beach on one side and an inlet at which there were a few people fishing. There was also a little cafe there serving meals and fish and chips, etc as well as litle bar serving beer, etc. This is all free camping supplied by councils with a forty-eight hour camping limit, however it appeared at all these locations that quite a few people had stayed well over the forty-eight hours, judging by the washing hanging ...
Nearly won Aussie Wildlife Bingo
... them but it doesn't matter so much here, cos its not too noisy and not so cold. Having booked in and paid my required deposits in place in hope of boosting the Australian economy further, I went out exploring.
I started off by going don to Horseshoe Bay, which is quite a nice beach, and again reminded me a lot of Fiji. But it was quite overcast, and not really the nicest of days to be out on the beach, so I headed back up the hill towards the Forts, a load ...
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