Magnetic Island

We were very fortunate in finding three koalas on our day visit to Magnetic Island and we show one of them on this blog to share with all our friends. Koalas are shy and not easy to spot so we felt very lucky seeing three on the one day. This one was, as you can see, quite close up and not at all worried.

As animals seem to be very popular with our followers, here is also a photo of two of the many rock wallabies which are fed at a particular spot we visited.

Yet another lovely beach - Arthur's Beach. We actually swam at Alma Beach which is the one recommended the safest beach on the island. Stingers are a great problem but the currents are such at Alma Beach that they are generally swept out there.

This photo is for the boys. It is one of a set of fortifications built during WWII after Darwin and Townsville were bombed by the Japanese including a command post, signal box and gun emplacements. There is a nice walk up to the fortifications, taking in the views on the way.