Magnetic Island in the distance from the Ferry
On Wednesday we took a trip to Magnetic Island and made the most of the day by heading out on the 7.45am ferry - it takes 20 mins to get there, so we were there by just after 8am and we picked up two Mini Mokes that we hired for the day to get around. They were great fun and took me back 20 years to my driving days on the farm when we had a moke that we drove up and down to the bus stop - sloppy gears and brakes you stand on to stop - nothing changes with the Mini Moke!!!
There are only about 13km of roads on the Island and we covered it all a few times. We had breakfast at Picnic Bay and then went for a drive to the other side of the Island to Horseshoe Bay. It was a lovely sunny, warm day, and after a walk we found a spot at Alma Bay for a swim and a snorkel and lunch. After that we were going to swim again, but the large tidal change made many of the bays unswimmable, we had a brief snorkel and then had our BBQ at Picnic Bay and raced to catch the 5.55pm Ferry home. It was a great day and we marvel again at how beautiful our country is with its many wide and varied facets.
On Thursday afternoon we visited Riverway's a free swimming lagoon/pool which had a 75m swimming pool, that certainly tested the fitness! We'd love to see more of these in WA, free pool/lagoon play areas, wouldn't that be great in the long hot summer months.
We caught up with another family from WA on Friday before we headed out of Townsville, as well as having to get a faulty van indicator fixed. We spend a few hours at the Strand and the kids enjoyed the water park while we waited and had lunch and then all well, we left and got to Airlie Beach on the Whitsunday Coast in the evening.
The beaches are not that great around here, the sand is brown muddy stuff and it is nothing on our lovely white WA beaches - the islands, though, are lovely, picturesque, aqua blue water, nice snorkelling and lovely sunny warm days. We didn't do any Islands from here but have enjoyed a few days at a free water lagoon park on the Airlie Beach foreshore. The weather certainly has been nice - beautiful one day and perfect the next!
It is onwards south now to Hervey Bay/Fraser Island area.
Photos of Lovely Airlie Beach lagoon - we bought some skimmer balls had a heap of fun shooting them across the pool to each other!
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