I got up at 06:00am to get the ferry at 07:00am. I grabed my cerial and milk and went to the kitchen, unfortunately the kitchen was not opened at 06:00am as it should be. So i taught i could grab a quick slice of bread in my room. BUT NO!!! my junkie roomie had stolen my bread, cheese and worst of all MY peanutbutter :(. I went to the ferry without having any breakfast, what a start.
I bordered the ferry at 07:00am. When i arrived at the island there was a local coffee stand around the corner, it was pretty cool all the locals had a cup of coffee before they had to take the ferry and go to work. As i was about to take the bus all the school kids came out of the bus and went onto the ferry.
We had a good but wild busdriver, it dosent matter the lane is only wide enough for the bus to go straight so in the corners we just took half of the other lane :O, Luckely nothing happened and i was really happy that i did not rent a bycycle. They had a sign in the side of the road that showed forrest fire danger level, and it was in the middle, so all okay. I arrived at the forts walk at 7:50 and started my walk towards the forts. I really hoped to spot a koala, but i did to my disappointment not spot any koalas. But i saw a rockwallaby, a small snake and a quick glimt of a larger lizard before it went under the rocks. The forts ruins were pretty impressive with a wide view over all of the island from 2 main towers, which is still standing today, a control tower and a guard tower to look out for the enemys.
I was back at the road at 09:20am, i waited for the bus and went to a smal city with a few resturants.
I got breakfast at the bekini tree, where i got 2 eggs with a slice of bread and a lot of beacon. Just what i needed. Then i was ready to go, i went to the rockwallabys arear down by the bay, but it was way too hot there was no wallabys, however i did spot a hawk and a single rock wallaby up in the shade on the way back. I walked along the beach and spoke to the guy in the local dive shop to see if there were any snorkeling tours available. He said that everything was closed due to the bad weather, that was too bad :(. Then i walked 2 km along the road on a nice sidewalk to the bigger part of town where i went to get lunch at a cafe. I got a big fish burger with fries and a Coke :). It was lovely to enjoy a meal with a good view of the forrest and the bay. At 12:30 i went to do some survenir shopping, there was a local handmade store/secondhand. So it was half secondhand store and the other half was handmade jewellery, signs, masks and more. It was a lovely store, i bought a few things and carried on. I took the but up to the north shore with the biggest bay/strand on the island and there was almost nobody. There were a few having a beer at the bar else not really and i figured out why! the strand was closed due to Jelly fish coming in :O. I walked at the sidewalk for 500 meters down to a hotel with aircondition while i waited for the bus. I took the bus back to the same spot i started in the morning, except i walked the other path on the other side of the road. there were two ways to go, a long way 3.5km to the ferry and a short way 1.6 to the city. It was only 14:30 so i decided to take the long walk up hill. I spotted another rock wallaby along the way, but unfortunately no koalas. When i was half way in i met another sign saying 3 km ohhh... it was a bit tiring because of the sun 35 degrees in the shade Puhh.. it was how i ended up walking just in shorts :). A good but looooooong walk. i got back to the city with the ferryport at 16:45, i knew the ferry left at 17:05 and there wasen't really much left to do besides another walking trail but my feet were sour after about 15 km of walking and still 5 to go, so i decided to go for the ferry, I MADE IT! When i got back to townsville i went out to get something to eat, the first place i went said on the map it should be a fish' n chips place, but it was only icecream and wafels. I carryed on, i found a nice place close to the arcade called "The Country Garden" it was a really cool place, with some nice bartenders and i got a nice big bowl of Pulledpork fries, Hmm.. Delicious, my best meal so far :). then i went to the super market to get some bread since my roommate took my other bread, unfortunately the store was out of bread :( i guess i will just buy it later.
I unlucked the door to my room at 19:00 with 20+km in my legs and feet i was really tired.
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| Magnetic Island |
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| Arthur Bay Lookout |
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| An Old Bunker |
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| Guard Tower |
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| Guard Tower View |
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| Control Tower |
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| Control Tower View |
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| Selfie |
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| Hawk On A Pole |
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| Fishburger At A Cafe |
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| Jelly Fish |
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| Selfie |
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| Wild Rock Wallaby |
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| Wild Rock Wallaby |
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| Pulled Pork Fries <3 |
