Here we are on Magnetic Island. It’s a sort of Australian version of the Seychelles. No Coco de Mer but lots of coconuts and Mini Mokes. Its very laid back too, so we are going to extend our stay by at least 2 days.
Gitta wrote the last blog from Airlee Beach. The next day me H and R went sailing to Hayman Island, in fact the wind was so light we had the engine on all the time and didn’t tack once. The coral and fish were great though. I had a little scuba dive as well which was fun. H and R had more fun though playing with some English children they met on the site called Luke, Mathew and Kirstie. They joined us for supper and it was a shame we were leaving the site the next day. But maybe we will bump into them again on the way North, as they are going to Cairns as well.
The next day we drove 4 hours in the baking heat to Townsville to catch a ferry here to Magnetic, which was thankfully a short and calm crossing. Here we are staying in a Koala Sanctuary ( www.bungalowbay.com.au ) which is also a YHA, and is 10 mins walk to Horseshoe Bay (the local village).
Today we walked through the bush over the headland to the next bay called Balding Bay. Of course it was baking hot (again) and now we also have to deal with mosquitoes and sandflies! These don’t come near me or Hannah but they like to feast on Gitta and Robert. So a walk to the beach now involves sun cream, DEET spray, hats, and medical supplies (the snakes here are rather unfriendly). But guess what? the beach at Balding Bay is optional nudist, so I took the opportunity to go “au naturelle”…very refreshing.
This evening it’s an Italian bush tucker supper; pasta cheese and broccoli, and tomorrow is another day on the island.
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Wauw, wat doen jullie allemaal leuke dingen. Hebben jullie ook een koala vastgehouden in de Koala Sanctuary?
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Aangezien ik de komende weken niet kan internetten alvast een berichtje voor Robert. Alvast van harte gefeliciteerd en een extra fijne dag donderdag de 20ste!!!! Lfs, Reineke
ReplyDeleteHello, lovely family far away of me. Opa gave me a glance over Magnatical Island and the Horseshoe Bay Lagoon Conservation Park. Woef, what nice woods there. When you had take me with you (snif, snif) I could have catched some koala's perhaps. Did Opa already tell you about our stay in Egmond? It was really very funny there. I was allowed to lay on the bench and of course I liked to lay on Hannah's bed. Every morning and evening I went with Opa for an hour to the beach, so there was a chance to run and run till I was dog-tired. And in the afternoon we walked around the Prins Hendrikstichting and the trampoline-area. Sometimes - it was in Egmond and also in Broek - I hear voices of children playing and talking with each other. And than I prick up my ears and look somewhat questioning to Opa. Then he is reassuring me that all becomes ok. Fortunately we can buy in Broek very nice bones, so my holidays in Holland are really phantastic. See you later, love from your Olliebollie
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