Townsville and Magnetic Island

Townsville apparently offer too much for tourists but does have a ferry to the famous magnetic Island. Famous for its Koala bears, Becs was desperate to see one in the wild.

Magnetic Island has many bays and beaches (and jellyfish)!!
We stayed at horseshoe bay, in a koala and wildlife reserve.

Our little wooden hut...

We took a tour around the reserve, meeting the animals along the way.... We saw aussie animals for the first time including a wombat!!
Becs managed to conquer her fear of lizards, but maybe not snakes or 8 legged creatures!!....

Finally Becs got a cuddle with a koala - so so cute!! (the koala - not me)!!

So many pretty birds on the Island..

The FORTS walk was suppose to be the walk famous for spotting koalas in the wild - so I dragged Terry out on another walk...

Sunset at the FORT..

But unfortunately we didntt seen any koala's in the wild .

Next morning we took a bus and ferry back to Townsville before being picked up by our Greyhound Bus to Airlie Beach.