Tropical Island stay

After arriving in Townsville and with the generosity of our son inlaw’s sister we parked up our van at her home and headed over to Magnetic Island with the car for a full week. Are you allowed to say you are having a “holiday ” when you are retired.?

Wow, there was so much to see, glad we had the car.......

We stayed in a resort at Nellie Bay called Amaroo, with lush tropical grounds, pool, tennis (yes we even played twice), wallabies, kookaburras and lorikeets.

Magnetic Island has so many beautiful beaches/bays bordered by granite outcrops, coastal reefs, walks/hikes, military history, wildlife, and several marinas. If has a small population, shops, restaurants, school, car ferry and one small campground.

So cute....

Alma Bay

Arthur Bay

Arthur Bay from Search Lights






Bright Point


Derek enjoying the view over Picnic Bay from Hawkins Point lookout........ late afternoon


Whilst Michelle scrambles over rocks and through scrub to find the elusive cache

Picnic Bay

The Fort Walk, spotted a koala

From the Fort across Florence Bay


Great use of the large granite boulders, search lights were built on top of this one

Drive to West Point, closest point on the Island to the main land

Thong Crocodile

Cute Island get-abouts

A reminder we are getting close to Cairns 


The blue winged kookaburra is a close contender for the bird of the week as they were in such abundance, but I only saw one Sunbird and that was my reward for hiking out to the search lights

The beautiful frangipani was in bloom all over the island