Bye bye you beautiful island

I've loved our time on Magnetic Island. The things we've seen and done have been incredible and I'd love to come and spend more time here one day. For now though it was time to pack up and move on. We had a bus at 2:30pm so we planned to get he 12:15pm ferry just to make sure we were waiting on the mainland rather than waiting around on the island, incase anything went wrong with the ferry. We walked to the ferry area and bought a freshly cooked pizza from the supermarket for lunch. It's the same as they do in England with the build your own but they cook it too! The ferry arrived soon after so we boarded and ate it while on the deck. It was then that we saw Peter and his wife get on the boat. He'd wanted to get a 10am ferry so we were shocked to see them. They didn't see us so we chose to wait until the end to say hello so we could eat our pizza. Once we arrived back in Townsville we said hi as they headed past and he was delighted to see us. I helped with his bag and only when I was waking off the boat did he actually want to get off the vessel. We had a brief chat and they again offered us to come and visit or stay. He remembered my name but couldn't place Nick's, obviously I'm more memorable! It was lovely to see them again before we left. We had a 2 hour wait for the bus which we filled with playing cards and having drinks from the cafe. We also met a woman from York on the stop who we think is in her 40's and decided to just travel for 10 months, as you do! She was lovely to speak to but sadly was heading in the other direction to us so as the buses came we parted ways. The journey wasn't too bad; 4.5 hours with a 40 minute break. As you can see Nick had a lovely little nap! We arrived at 7pm and were met by someone working at the hostel in exchange for a bed who walked us the 10 minutes to the hostel. We originally checked into a 8 bed dorm but we saw that the prices weren't too different so after going to the supermarket and thinking on it we paid the extra to get a private room. The main reason being people were already asleep in our room so it was awkward and there's no storage lockers so it's all on trust that everyone will respect your belongings. We're glad we moved and have spent the evening outside in the wifi area watching a programme and blogging. Tomorrow we have a tour to the Whitsundays which we cannot wait for, it does mean an early start but we're sure it will be worth it!Read more