Magnetic Island

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• October 29 - Oz Experience Bus to Townsville and over to Magnetic Island
  
• October 29 - November 1 - X Base at Magnetic Island
  

I arrived in the early evening on Magnetic Island and stayed at this backpacker resort called Xbase. Actually, it was quite a good deal by Australian standards. I decided not to do any diving here - although I heard that the Yongala wreck was absolutely amazing. I met a few friends - Jay from Sydney and Maria from Germany and we ended up renting a Moke to cruise around the island. I was worried at first because officially, I was the only one with a valid license - but I am so back at driving stick shift and not so comfortable with driving on the wrong side of the road or the wrong side of the car yet. Anyway, it was still a lot of fun to try, and I'm getting a lot better. We did a little hike up to the lookout on the mountain, saw a koala chilling in a tree along the way. I was also here over Halloween. I didn't bring a costume this year. I usually go all out for Halloween, so this year was the most half-assed last minute costume. It didn't really matter. It was still a lot of fun.

I then got the Oz Experience bus down to Airlie beach...

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Photos

Beach
Up the beach from our place

Koala
We saw this little guy hanging out on our hike up the mountain

Halloween
I think this is the most half-assed Halloween costume I've ever had - a cape made from a plastic bag. Little effort, but still a lot of fun.

Xbase1
Pool at the backpackers place