11.8.15 - Magnetic Islands | Airlie Beach

 The Magnetic Islands are beautiful and the wake up was with the sound of huge colorful birds that populate the skies of the islands.The island, where we stayed, is a green rock, cut by bays that forms white sandy beaches. The plan was to go to that beaches.We begin by Radical Bay and barely reached the beach, went swimming. At my feet, after notice that the sand was moving too quickly, a streak. I picked up the mask to do snorkeling. Some fish around a rock and it was time to go to another beach.By dense, and green forest, where a few rays of sunshine spend, we jumped beach by beach; or bay by bay to be precise. From the middle of vegetation hears crawling and hopping noise, making the leaves move up. I don`t know if I want to know who makes these noises.With this scenario we reached Florence Bay.With vegetation to the sand, the golden strip, with the trick tide, creates a mirror of water to the blue sea.I went back to do snorkeling because a coral home-butterfly fish and parrot fish. A blue streak and a school of white Gars.The next bay was Arthur Bay.To get there we had to cross a stream with a half standing water. There were several holes that could be of snakes; I don`t know if it was the ideal place for an crocodile attack. But it had that aspect.Arthur Bay has a thicker sand that before and it was hard to walk there because we were buried. In this bay we had lunch and slept a nap.In the afternoon we went to the last beach: Alma Bay. What a let down. Direct access by road, many people - about 30 - swings for children, lawn, lifesaver.On island guide said it was the best beach for snorkeling. I saw a smaller black little fish, smaller than a sardine.In the end we return by ferry to Townsville, and took the trip to sleep.From Townville to Airlie Beach were 270 km under Milky Way
Tomorrow we go to the Whitsundays but the reservation was canceled during dinner; so we go to the port at 6.30 in the morning to see if arrange place in a boat ...

10.8.15 - Cairns | Magnetic Islands

After the brutal diving, number 1 experience on the trip, we went out and ended up in a bar drinking beer and red wine, listenning a local band.This morning we got up early, but not as early as yesterday, and put out on the road.350 km separated us from paradise.Departing from Cairns towards south down the A1, a national road for all kinds of vehicles, crossing several cities. After several local universal heritage of humanity - natural parks and waterfalls - we see the Pacific on the left. A few miles after we come to a fishing town called Townsville.We wait two hours by a ferry that took us to the Magnetic Islands.During this time, a short walk from the harbor, saw Rotary. At the Coast Guard rescue boat was the symbol that characterizes and universalized us.Then it was a trip out to sea, where I fell asleep with the balence from waves. When I arrived: Wow !!! Pretty pretty pretty.A green island, full of vegetation and wild life. We cross the island from one side to the other, because our apartment is in Horseshoebay, across the harbor.When we arrived, a street and half a dozen houses, a narrow beach, the calm sea and a fantastic sunset.I swim, almost overnight, and the water was warm.From the beach, just crossing the street and had dinner: oysters, shrimp, santiaguinhos, squids; expensive but so expensive as a chicken breast and chickens are many in many countries!To end the night ... when we got to the apartment, I looked at the front desk and did not realize what he had seen: it was a small kangaroo or a giant cat. I asked the lady who was there and told me it was a Wallabi. I told her we were in Australia for several days and  hadn`t seen a kangaroo.
Easy, she said, "pick up the car, turn the first left and the second right Go to 5 km / hour because they are everywhere.".