Townsville

Love Townsville it is a lovely town with a beautiful strand walk and 2 swimming enclosures and a lido. We went up Castle Hill which is this giant rock in the middle of the town. Amazing views over Magnetic Island.

Magnetic Island

Went on a day trip to ‘Maggie’ as the locals call it. It was a very fast 20 min boat ride and once you get there a bus meets the ferry and you can do hop on and hop off. We went to Horseshoe Bay and had a swim, then onto the bus to Arcadia. My favourite was Alma Bay but there was no swimming enclosure here but there were heaps of people in the water. So I figured there is safety in numbers and joined them. Next was Geoffrey Bay and there was nobody swimming which was odd but then a local told us there are Banjo sharks and little reef sharks in this bay. You could see them clearly just darting about so no wonder there was nobody swimming. Last stop was Nelly Bay which is next to where the ferry comes in. A great day out.