Magnetic (or Maggie as Bev would say!) Island

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It seems like a lifetime ago now that i was on Magnetic Island as i'm writing this from Fiji! So i'll keep this one brief! I think it took about 6 hours to get to Townsville from Airlie Beach but there wasn't much to see or do in Townsville or many places to stay so i headed straight on the ferry to Magnetic Island. The hostel i stayed at was right on the beach and had a decent bar and a stream running past the huts where we slept and there were palm trees everywhere. So it's a beautiflu little island but unfortunately the weather wasn't great once again. Nevertheless i did a couple of walks to see the nature on the island and up to the top of a big rock to get a good view and then i caught the bus to the other side of the island to visit a wildlife sanctuary. They had crocodiles and other reptiles, koalas, birds and all sorts and we could hold most of them. It was really good and think i got some good pictures so i'll let them tell the rest of the story and just say that I had a great couple of days on Magnetic Island but i'll go into more detail about Fiji very soon!

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