Full moon party
2009-03-13, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: sayer

Magnetic island is beautiful, we got the ferry over there and then a bus to the kuala bungalow resort . The bungalows were cosy but had one essential item-a fridge! Once again we baked ourselves on th...

Magnetic Island
2008-08-19, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: GBrownlie

After an adventurous 3 days sailing we took a 4 hour bus and a ferry to Magnetic Island. We spent 1 full day and didn't waste a minute of it. Up at 8am 5 of us - Tracey, Frenchie (France), Ciao (Brazi...

Random Pics
2008-06-28, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: smurfy22

Hey I have put this journal together just so I can attach some random pics that have been taken along the way. E.g. Work etc... xxx

1st - 9th Apr 08
2008-04-01, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: smurfy22

Hey All, Magnetic Island was awesome....beautiful scenery for such a small place! We hired a car for a day (well saying that it you could hardly call it a car! but it did the job!) and drove round...

Visitors to Oz-Pt 2
2007-10-12, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: gemandyoz

by Andy TOP of our list of things to show any visitor to Townsville is the place which helped us to decide to live there: Magnetic Island. So the second part of the schedule for Adrian and Gill ...

Wasting weeks beneath the sun
2007-09-30, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: mikegagnon

Once again it was time to move on. Time to hit the road and piss on more trees to mark my territory. Since I last wrote it was more of the same in Cairns. Going out every night and shaking everythi...

Magnetic Island - Koalas!
2007-05-31, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: Ketch

Just arrived on Magnetic Island today after spending the day in Townsville yesterday. Went to the cinema and watched a couple of films, Bobby about Robert F. Kennedy was a fairly good picture and Pira...

Back to the island
2007-05-20, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: gemandyoz

We have been back in Townsville for about two months and there was one place that we were dying to revisit- Magnetic Island. On Saturday we jumped on this familiar ferry and headed off for a two night...

Whitsundies and magnetic!!!!!! Amazin!!!
2007-05-08, magnetic island, Australia. By: jem

Here's some more of our Oz adventures.... Tuesday 1st May Arrived at Airlie Beach after a night of attempting to sleep on a coach... sooo tired this morning! It’s so hot here for this time of the ...

Koalas, crocodiles and snakes.
2007-05-06, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: cmciver

Once in Townsville we caught a ferry to Magnetic Island. Our hostel was a series of wooden A-frame huts, with plenty of nooks and crannies to hide creepy crawlies. We wandered to the nearby Horseshoe ...

Maggie
2007-03-11, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: sej

In Magnetic Island right now. Been here for the last 2 nights. Such a lovely place and the hostel is in the best location ever. Its right on the beach with a beautiful view of the sea and Australia. T...

Another gorgeous island paradise
2006-12-22, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: wilsol01

From Airlie Beach we had a 6 hour bus journey to Townsville. We have certainly got to know the greyhound bus since we came to Oz! Once in Townsville it was a 25min ferry journey across to Magnetic Isl...

Tropical Christmas
2006-11-26, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: gemandyoz

I can’t believe it’s the first of December on Friday, mainly because it is so bloody hot!!! It is quite bizarre to see an oversized Christmas tree and carolers’ backlit by a golden sun and azure blue...

Nearly time to hit the road
2006-11-06, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: gemandyoz

The last few weeks have seen us make some tough decisions about our future and some slightly easier decisions about our travel plans. I (Gemma) have nearly finished a stint as teacher at Magnetic i...

Whale of a time
2006-09-04, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: gemandyoz

A month seems like a lifetime when you are travelling; but when you are working it goes a lot quicker - which is why we haven't been blogging much (or, indeed, at all) for the last four weeks. Howe...

Birthdays and anniversaries
2006-08-07, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: gemandyoz

We have been very busy working and playing hard, we are very settled into our island home and are starting to feel like part of the community. This weekend was a time for much celebration (ie, boo...

Six months in
2006-07-16, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: gemandyoz

It's now six months to the day since we left England, on a blustery, rainy winter day. As we are in Australia, it is now winter. And it is blustery and rainy today (by Australian standards). So tec...

Bashings and Whipper Snippers
2006-07-09, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: gemandyoz

Since our last e-mail we have been inundated with guests which has meant Gemma has been taking the chance to improve her tour-guiding skills on the island (perhaps an alternative career). Last week...

DAY 8 - Magnetic Island: Jet Ski Tours
2004-11-07, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: dalasnlily

Today we went on a jet ski tour around Magnetic Island – the “must do” of Maggie Island. We hitched a ferry to the island - www.magnetic-island.com.au. This island was visible from where we were st...

Magnetic Island
2005-05-15, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: craisen

Magnetic Island was a tropical paradise with white sands and palm trees. Here I did a dive on the Yongala ship wreak, rated as one of the best in the world. The size of the fish was amazing, a queen...

Paradise rediscovered!
2005-05-13, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: jenandmark

Queensland cont. Paradise rediscovered! The last time we updated the journal was when we'd arrived in Airlie Beach before the Whitsundays. We actually sat in the travela agents office who had booke...

Magnetic Island trip
2001-01-18, Magnetic Island, Australia. By: andreas

Got to the ferry in Townsville at 10.00. Departured 30 minutes later and got to the Magnetic Island at 10.15. The Island has 2500 year-around residents and a lots of different birds. More than a 100 ...