Saturday 27th – 28th
Spent time with Dons family so no photos to put on web except one wee frog.
Category Archives: Inland Queensland Trip Samurai Reunion
Day 46
Friday 26th
All cleaned up and ready to take the key back, our last day on Magnetic, it has been such a wonderful time. Love everything about the place. The people are all so friendly and have the time to say hello or chat.
Port of Townsville on our return from Magnetic Island.
Nelly Bay where the barge leaves from. Looking back at.
Scooters are the thing to get around the island on and not all young ones either.
This house was built around the rock, this is the front entrance. Some rocks are just to big to move.
Once again the house is built around the rocks.
House perched on the rocks, it is steeper than the photo shows.
Day 45
Thursday 25th
Happy Birthday to my Grandson.
Got up really early packed lunch, water etc.. and headed off over towards Horseshoe Bay to do the Forts walk. It was a medium to hard grade walk so took our time, had lots of stops as we took many photos along the way, here are a few, far to many to pop on the web site. A lot of history with these Forts.
What a great bonus, Mother Koala
Another bonus, baby koala
Ladders to reach the platform at the Fort.
View from the Fort. Horseshoe Bay
Looking across to the 2nd Fort from the 1st Fort.
This doesn’t really show how steep, but it is a good climb.
Art work around the notices, Ants, thank goodness they are NOT that big, do wonder when they bite you. 🙂
Large rocks every where.
Steep descend and very wavy.
Gun emplacement
View from 1st gun emplacement, Think this is Radical Bay.
Day 40-42 -43
Saturday 20th – 22nd
Not a lot to put into the web site for these three days, came home from our sleepover at Sunglow Ave. On the Sunday I had dreadful news about my granddaughter, so have spent a few days digesting it all.
Tuesday 23rd
Went for a quiet day around the bays and rocks. Here are a few photo’s.
Backpackers at Geoffery Bay, A-Frames built on and amoungst rocks.
Geoffery Bay beach
Rocks at Geoffery Bay
Nelly Bay and Marina
Marina
Marina
Day 39
Friday 19th
Had a neat day, went out to stay at some peoples place at West Point on Magnetic Island, so beautiful. Checked out the beach, then got to Sunglow Ave. This place is incredible, all rooms are like bungalows and connected with board walks, this is their house, big dams, bird life amazing. Beautifully landscaped and then on two boundary’s is National Parks, and ocean so very private. This place is actually For Sale, I have included some photo’s and you can contact the owners direct if you wish to know more about the property, its on 10 acres. Contact me on my contact page for phone numbers of owners.
Main entrance to the dining area
Entrance to the kitchen bungalow and dining room on the right in the bush.
Dining room
Open aired dinning room attached to the kitchen bungalow.
Other end of lounge bungalow.
Inside lounge bungalow.
main bedroom bungalow from lounge bungalow.
One dam and lounge bungalow on right, guest room bungalow on left.
Landscaped gardens.
Kitchen bungalow. Main bedroom bungalow in background.
Looking out from kitchen sink to lounge and dams through the doors.
Board walk from kitchen to lounge bungalow.
Main bedroom bungalow on left and bathroom, wardrobe and laundry in room on the right.
Kitchen bungalow from lounge bungalow.
View from the lounge bungalow looking out.
By the Dam and fire.
Andrew heading out to the fire pit, we had our meal there in evening, really nice. Andrews the Chef so meal was great.
Bush Curlew in the palms by the Dam.
Beach 5 mins from the property at West point.
landscaped gardens at Sunglow Ave. Lounge Bungalow in background.
Day 38
Thursday 18th
Caught the bus at the pub and did a one fare all day pass, we had great fun, getting off and on where we wanted to, saw heaps and was nice not to drive, also sitting that bit higher we could both nosy out the windows.Only took the point and shoot camera on this trip.
Picnic bay from the jetty. Hotel and life saving club in behind the palms.
Boats in Picnic bay 
Horseshoe Bay, lovely spot
Another of Horseshoe bay
Jetty at picnic Bay
Day of bus hopping. Great fun.
Day 37
Wednesday 17th
Going to climb up to Hawkins Point Lookout. Very rocky, only 600m but pretty steep. What a view, 360 of Nelly. Arcadia, Picnic Bays and can see West point.Looking also over to Townsville’s Castle Hill and ports.
Alma Bay
Alma Bay
Rock Wallaby at Arcadia Bay
Old road to the Jetty when it was at Arcadia Bay
View of Picnic Bay from the Hawkins Point lookout. Townsville in the background.
Nelly Bay where the ferry and barge dock.
Climbing up Hawkins Point lookout.
The rocks are incrdiable, roots of trees hold some of them in place. They are huge.
Day 36
Tuesday 16th
Well we are off to explore West Point on Magnetic Island. Had a great day exploring the area, calling into Cockle Bay on the way.
West Point, Magnetic Island.
Greater Palm Island in far distance from West point.
The view from one of the residence places. Cockle Bay.
Cockle Bay
Houses are built on rocks over here. Pop them anywhere they will fit.
Castle Hill in Townsville from Cockle Bay, Magnetic Island.
Rainbow Bee Eaters
Day 35
Monday 15th
The Samarai re-union is all over, went down to the wharf and saw the last of them off. Did a bit of a tiki tour of the Nelly bay where the ferry comes in, very nice. Spent the rest of the day around the A-Frame unit that we have rented for 2 weeks, here’s a few photos of the day.
J & A in little red car.
Curlews at the unit, so well camouflaged 
Lawns down at Picnic bay.
A very interesting letter box, Picnic Bay
Rocks down at Picnic bay, I have given them a treatment called HDR
Mall walk by Pub Picnic bay
Jetty at Picnic bay
Jetty from around the rocks. Picnic Bay
Passenger ferry, Nelly Bay
Day 34
Sunday 14th
All the people from the re-union had breakfast down the beach, group photos, etc, was a lovely way to wind down the gathering. To get rid of all the excess food everyone Jack & Alice had a bring your own left overs and had a party on that, all the people were leaving the island on the Monday morning. We went for a drive over to Horseshoe Bay, the markets were on, very nice place. From there we went to Radical Bay.
Radical Bay, more rocks. Using Don as a guide to see the size of the rocks, these are truly small ones. West end of bay.
These little Topless cars are every where, coming out from Radical Bay the road is shocking and big pot holes, as you can see this wee car is dodging them
Morton Bay Fig trees, they are every where and huge as well.
Radical bay south end.
Radical Bay parking area.
Horseshoe Bay, looking west.
Hoseshoe Bay. Looking north east.
Driving between the bays of Geoffrey Bay from Nelly Bay.
Coming down into Arcadia Bay
Judy's Trekabout 