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| Magnetic Island |
From Townsville, we took a ferry out to Magnetic Island, which is about 8km offshore. It was named by Cook, when he explored the area, but to me it sound like something out of a Marvel comic strip.
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| Magnetic Island |
The island has around 2500 people living on it, but the visitors who go are probably more interested in the populations of koalas and rock wallabies. Having just been to see the koalas in Kuranda, we didn't bother with the koala sanctuary, and we didn't spot any of the wild ones, despite it being the largest colony.
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| Magnetic Island |
We got the bus around to Horseshoe Bay, and took a look around the market. It wasn't as large as we had expected, but it was quite pleasant. There were some nice little cafes nearby too.
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| Magnetic Island |
Two thirds of the island is national park, and it is home to 166 species of animal. I think you would have to spend more time than we did to see many of them though. We did make our way around to see the rock wallabies.
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| Rock wallabies, Magnetic Island |
People here used to feed them, so they still tend to congregate in that area at the same time. They didn't do too much, but were quite nice to watch for a while.
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| Rock wallabies, Magnetic Island |
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| Rock wallabies, Magnetic Island |
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| Rock wallabies, Magnetic Island |
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| Rock wallabies, Magnetic Island |
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| Magnetic Island |
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| Rock wallabies, Magnetic Island |
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| Magnetic Island |
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