After we had to wait until 4 in the morning in Rockhampton after our return from Great Keppel Island we continued northwards our journey by bus. Arrived at the tropical door of North Australia there wasn't anything which it was really worth to tell you. Townsville seems to be small, tropic ugly and all the shops, bars, etc. closing very early if they aren't closed already.
But we weren't here because of the city, NO, we wanted to start from here to the next island. Magnetic Island. After spending one night we headed towards Magnetic Island carriing a lot of food in our backpacks..
We gave us 5 days for our main goal to explore the Island with all there beaches wlking tracks and wild life. Even though the island was more touristic than the Keppel Island it surprised us with its natural beauty.
We walked a lot in these days and sometimes betwenn the burning grass on the floor in the forests which was really strange. After we discovered the beaches by a walk and the unaccessable places by kayak we had to search for the koalas and some kangooroos. In fact we saw kagooroos crossing the road and in the Forts (the name of a walking track) 7 Koalas. It wasn't so hard to find them because of their laziness they slept the whole daytime and didn't move a lot.
There was also a sanctuary park in our Bungalow Bay but we didn't visit it because of the very high price and the typical "you-are-tourist-you-can-touch-all-animals-if you-pay-tour"
The 5 days passed very quickly that we had to leave the island to pick up our booked car in Townsville which should give us more independence in the following days.....
tbc
Spitzl
But we weren't here because of the city, NO, we wanted to start from here to the next island. Magnetic Island. After spending one night we headed towards Magnetic Island carriing a lot of food in our backpacks..
We gave us 5 days for our main goal to explore the Island with all there beaches wlking tracks and wild life. Even though the island was more touristic than the Keppel Island it surprised us with its natural beauty.
We walked a lot in these days and sometimes betwenn the burning grass on the floor in the forests which was really strange. After we discovered the beaches by a walk and the unaccessable places by kayak we had to search for the koalas and some kangooroos. In fact we saw kagooroos crossing the road and in the Forts (the name of a walking track) 7 Koalas. It wasn't so hard to find them because of their laziness they slept the whole daytime and didn't move a lot.
There was also a sanctuary park in our Bungalow Bay but we didn't visit it because of the very high price and the typical "you-are-tourist-you-can-touch-all-animals-if you-pay-tour"
The 5 days passed very quickly that we had to leave the island to pick up our booked car in Townsville which should give us more independence in the following days.....
tbc
