Magnetic Island was probably one of the highlights of my 4 months. So after another lovely drive in our car, we got to Townsville. We parked up, took what we needed for a 3-day trip and left the rest in the car in the ferry car park. We got the ferry over to Magnetic island followed by a bus to our hostel Base. Now I say hostel, but its more like a beach resort. Lovely little cabin huts on the beach with a pool and large bar area. It’s deffo a must. We called up a 4x4 company to book a car for the day after to explore the island. Now Magnetic Island is famous for its ‘Barbie Cars’, however, we were warned that some of the roads on the island were only passable by 4x4. For the rest of the day, we just chilled and had a night in the bar.

I woke up super early to catch the sunrise on the beach. And it was well worth it. Probably some of my favourite shots of the trip. Super quiet, great views, not a lot more you can ask for really. Shout out to Reike for the company! I went back to sleep for a few hours ready for the day of exploring.

4x4 ready, and a carload of pals. It was set to be a great day. The first spot we were going to check out was the Fort walk. Easy incline up to the fort was amazing views. I would definitely check that out. On the way up we managed to spot a mother and a baby Koala in a tree. See the photos below. Climbing some of the larger rocks to get some cool photos. One of my friends managed to get stuck, so I had to climb over and take her weight on my hands and walk her down slowly. Then to get back up we had to climb a dead tree. Now that’s all good when your half the size of me, I let her go first, then I followed and SNAP! branch went, I grabbed the rock face and cut open my knee slightly, Its a cool scar story I guess.

After the forts, we decided to hit up horseshoe bay. Known for amazing fish and chips apparently. And we can confirm, it was pretty good. Chilling on the grass near the beach for a bit, before deciding our route to get to Radical Bay.

Now the main reason for the 4x4 was to get to Radical Bay. The road down Down was so bad you could barely call it a road. I mean being British we moan about potholes all the time but these were caverns. We did our best to drive down. Mark being the boss man driver manoeuvring like a pro, while I was outside moving the biggest rocks making a path for him to drive over. Then what mat as well been the grand canyon of potholes on a decline and we decided to give up, Mark having to reverse uphill back over the rocks I laid out. So after a 15-minute walk down from where we parked we finally got to Radical Bay. Famous for the random Piano thats on the beachfront hidden under a tree. Was pretty cool, sadly it was wrecked as you would guess so no playing A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton that day.

To finish off the amazing day, we head to West Point beach to catch the sunset. The sunset did not disappoint. Have a look below at the photos if you wanna see the views. After a short drive back to the hostel, it was time to freshen up before hitting up the hostel bar for Bar wars. Basically loads of teams doing things to gain points to win free drinks. For example, myself having to in front of a bar full of people my best T-rex impression. Of course, I won at making a fool of myself. Other things like myself, Mark, Mclovin, Justin and Hayden stripping down to boxers to put all our clothes on Jack. Magnetic Island is a must! Sadly we only spent a few days there, and given the chance, we would have stayed longer, but oh well.

Next stop Cairns.