Monday, July 18, 2022

Week 16 - Magnetic (Maggie) Island -Tuesday 5th - Sunday 10th July

Day One

Star Rating:★★★

★=Full Star☆=Half a Star

Schedule:

ᐧ Wake up.

ᐧ Pack for Maggie Island and have breakfast.

ᐧ Go to a café and and get a mouthwatering salted caramel macaroon! Yum!

ᐧ Get on the ferry.

ᐧ Have lunch at Scallywags (a café on Maggie Island) and have a burger.

ᐧ Get a small cabin instead of  using the tent because it is raining so much.

ᐧ Go for a drive around the island because it is warm inside the car!

ᐧ Have dinner, a shower, watch a movie and go to bed.

We went across Magnetic Island an a car ferry, it was freezing and wet!

I found a really cool leaf, it looked like it had different coloured stripes on it!

Day Two 

Star Rating:★★★

★=Full Star☆=Half a Star

Schedule:

ᐧWake up. 

Have breakfast.

Move everything from the cabin to the camp site.

Set up the tent.

Have lunch.

Snorkel at Nelly Bay.

Climb on the rocks at Horseshoe Bay.

Have a hot shower.

Go down to Geoffrey Bay and feed the rock wallabies.

Walk on Horseshoe Bay. 

Have dinner.

Go to bed.


Jackson and I went paddle boarding on Mum's blow up paddleboard.
We went snorkeling at Nelly Bay and saw three giant clams.

We got to feed the rock wallabies!

There was even a couple of rock wallabies with joeys!

The rock wallabies were super cute!
                                                                 

Day Three

Star Rating:★★★

★=Full Star☆=Half a Star

Schedule:

ᐧDo yoga in the morning with Mum.

ᐧHave a late breakfast.

ᐧHave an early lunch.

ᐧSee a koala on the walk to Florence Bay.

ᐧ 45 minute snorkel at Florence Bay.

ᐧLay on the warm rocks at Florence Bay.

ᐧSnorkel and see a turtle at Arthur Bay.

ᐧGet warm/hot and sweaty by walking up the hill to the car.

ᐧHave a hot shower back at camp.

ᐧHave sausages at Horseshoe Bay.

ᐧPlay a game.

ᐧGo to bed.


There was so much coral!

Florence Bay👆

Arthur Bay👆

Day Four 

Star Rating:★★★

★=Full Star☆=Half a Star

Schedule:

ᐧWake up.

ᐧBrekkie on the beach at Horseshoe bay.

ᐧPaddleboard over coral and stingrays to White Lady Bay.

ᐧRelax on the beach at Horseshoe Bay.

ᐧHave lunch.

Get some ice cream-a scoop of chocolate and a scoop of salted caramel.

ᐧSee some giant clams on a snorkel at Nelly Bay.

ᐧHot shower back at camp

ᐧHave a sunset fish.

ᐧHave dinner.

Play a game.

·Go to bed.

I went fishing but I didn't catch anything. 

Day Five

Star Rating:★★★

★=Full Star☆=Half a Star

Schedule:

Wake up.

Early walk to Balding Bay.

Breakfast on the beach.

A freezing cold snorkel at Geoffrey Bay.

Check out the low tide at Cockle Bay.

Have sausages for lunch and relax on the beach at Picnic Bay.

Go back to camp and have warm showers. 

Walk up to old WW2 forts and watch a bit of the sunset.

Walk down to the forts car park.

Have a yum dinner of fish and chips.

ᐧListen to live music down at the bar in the caravan park.

Go to bed.

There was a rock called Pride Rock because it looked like the Pride Rock in Lion King.

Balding Bay was awesome!👇



We went snorkeling of the jetty at Geoffrey Bay....it was cold!
 

We saw some super cute baby bats!

The forts looked awesome.👇


This is were the army stored and shot the massive guns.

There were slits in the walls of the fort that you could look 
through(one on the ground floor and one on the second story/higher platform).👇


The views from the top of the mountain (in and out of the fort) were breathtaking!👇 



Dad spotted heaps of super cute koalas!

We had a mouthwatering dinner of fish (Spanish mackerel), chips and potato cakes.


Day Six

Star Rating:★★★

★=Full Star☆=Half a Star

Schedule:

Wake up, pack up a bit and have breakfast.

Walk to Radical Bay and have a look around.

Snorkel at Florence Bay.

Go back to camp, have a shower and pack up the tent.

Make sure it is low tide and walk out to a shipwreck.

Have lunch at Alma Bay and relax on the sand.

Walk up the rocks and jump of the rocks to go snorkeling at Alma Bay.

Park the car near the ferry and walk along the wharf whilst waiting for the ferry.

Board the ferry and head back to Townsville.

Unpack, have a shower and go to bed

   Radical Bay was stunning!👇👆


My rock shoes got super muddy when we walked out to the shipwreck!

Then shipwreck looked amazing!

We saw many majestic sunsets and sunrises on Maggie Island.👇






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