Blogs from Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 3

Well we've all made it to Oz safe and sound (although Rachel has sprained her ankle! We're hoping this is the last of her injuries as she has had quite a few whilst we've been away!) As I'm writing this I'm currently on Magnetic Island which is a little Island about 20 minutes ferry ride away from Townsville. It's a lovely little Island but there are massive flies everywhere! If they were just normal flies it wouldn't be so bad but these flies bite you and they are so bloody annoying! They are only here for like 2 weeks of the year apparently as well so it's typical that we've picked this time to come! When we arrived in Oz we landed in Cairns and were originally planning on staying there for 5 days but we ... read more

Som tidligere nævnt var planen, at jeg skulle have mit dykkercertifikat over 6 dage på The Great Barrier Reef. Dette blev dog ændret end smule pga. flere omstændigheder, men først var der dagene inden vi kom på båden. Vi bookede hele turen om søndagen, men skulle først afsted om onsdagen og havde derfor et par dage hvor vi kunne slappe af og få vasket tøj. Mandagens lyse timer gik med at få vasket tøj, få købt ind og så læse min bog ind til det blev aften. Om aftenen deltog vi i det traditionelle barbeque party, som fandt sted hver mandag ovre på Tropic Days hostel. Tropic Days var et søster hostel til Travellers Oasis og var det første af sin slags i Cairns. Der skulle kun betales indgang og derefter var der fri buffet. Maden ... read more

Blog Day 1014 (This is correct) Today was Thursday, we have been married for 21 Fun packed years. The Caroline I live with in Australia, is different to the one we left behind in the UK and that is the truth. I always liked the UK model, she was great fun, very hard working, great company and loyal, the list is not exhaustive, but the Australian model is all of the above, but somehow better, more fun, likes a beer, and is even funnier than the last one. I do love you Caroline. 21 years ago today, just kids standing in Romsey Abbey, getting married a life time ago, and lifetime I would not change for the world. We woke to another beautiful morning on Magnetic Island, our adventures for the day planned, we had breakfast ... read more

Blog Day 1014 “I told you to stop calling me that” I said to Andy as he referred again to “Little fat bums”. “I’m not” he says, “it’s just that you promised me koala’s and we have only seen one resident koala who doesn’t seem at all interested!” Good point, but I did promise a wilderness of Koala’s, so I am going to have to do something about that today. It was great, life on a tropical island, a nice leisurely start to the day, cup of tea in bed, read a few pages of my book and a slow meander through the tropical gardens, listening to the sprinklers sprinkling, up to the restaurant for breakfast. I could get used to this, again, alas it is only for a week, but it is great to be ... read more

Blog Day 1010 Finally, a well deserved lie in! It was a long day yesterday and as such we both had a good nights sleep and awaking this morning to the daylight and the sound of the beautiful tropical birds that grace this paradise of Magnetic Island. Magnetic Island, so called I believe because of the magnetic effects that it had on the ships compass of Captain Cook when he sailed up the East Coast of Australia. We wandered up to the restaurant for our breakfast, it was not very busy, but some hotel guests were already sat out on the veranda eating breakfast and trying very hard to stop the lorikeets making off with their breakfast, assessing the situation we both opted to eat breakfast indoors. We are expecting some visitors today, but first ... read more