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MM Links November 2011 Week 3
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This is part 3 of Regal Roslyn's Australian journal.
The next part of our adventure saw us back on a Greyhound bus for the journey north to Townsville where we caught the ferry to Magnetic Island - another idyllic location.This small island is only 8km offshore and covers 52 square km. Over half the island is a World Heritage National Park and Bird Sanctuary with lots of interesting walking tracks to out of the way places. As the ferry docked at Nelly Bay we were relieved to see the "Hurricane sign" displaying SAFE! Only a few weeks before it would have been on DANGER. A short bus journey (it was actually the school bus and the driver knew all the locals by name) took us to Bungalow Bay where we would spend the next few days. Our accommodation was a tiny "A" shaped log cabin but the location more than made up for it. We had our own wallabies, possums and bush stone-curlews everywhere. A short walk and we were on the quiet beach at Horseshoe Bay complete with its own stinger net, so were were able to swim safely. Another day saw us taking a short walk to the World War II Forts where a series of concrete gun emplacements and observation posts were built during World War II to protect Townsville in the event of a Japanese invasion. From here we could see panoramic views of the bays below. Another highlight of this walk in the late afternoon was seeing wild koalas in the eucalyptus trees. At Geoffrey Bay we were able to feed the Rock Wallabies. All too soon it was time to return to Townsville for our flight back to Sydney for the wedding.
The next part of our adventure saw us back on a Greyhound bus for the journey north to Townsville where we caught the ferry to Magnetic Island - another idyllic location.This small island is only 8km offshore and covers 52 square km. Over half the island is a World Heritage National Park and Bird Sanctuary with lots of interesting walking tracks to out of the way places. As the ferry docked at Nelly Bay we were relieved to see the "Hurricane sign" displaying SAFE! Only a few weeks before it would have been on DANGER. A short bus journey (it was actually the school bus and the driver knew all the locals by name) took us to Bungalow Bay where we would spend the next few days. Our accommodation was a tiny "A" shaped log cabin but the location more than made up for it. We had our own wallabies, possums and bush stone-curlews everywhere. A short walk and we were on the quiet beach at Horseshoe Bay complete with its own stinger net, so were were able to swim safely. Another day saw us taking a short walk to the World War II Forts where a series of concrete gun emplacements and observation posts were built during World War II to protect Townsville in the event of a Japanese invasion. From here we could see panoramic views of the bays below. Another highlight of this walk in the late afternoon was seeing wild koalas in the eucalyptus trees. At Geoffrey Bay we were able to feed the Rock Wallabies. All too soon it was time to return to Townsville for our flight back to Sydney for the wedding.
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