Back online and ready to update after a very busy time moving around since Townsville. We did indeed head to Magnetic Island on the ferry and moved around to two different bayson the island bus. Horseshoe Bay was first and really nice. We went for a walk around the beach and with the tide out it gave us a chance to see the (literally) thousands of soldier crabs scuttling in and out of the sand. We then made the most of the sun and relaxed before cooling off in th...

For those of you not on Facebook here are some pictures of our West Coast adventures. Alice Springs and some East Coast to follow when we're back online in Brisbane. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.645794727894.137653.286301195&type=1&l=efcea0f4a1

Sunday afternoon/early evening we made ourselves a BBQd feast of meatballs and the left over rissoles with a BBQ sauce and rice. We then headed over to the Tavern at the Lodge as we'd seen a Reptile Show advertised. Whilst we waited for the main event we salivated over the amazing carvery on offer, but felt satisfied that our dinner had cost only a quarter of the price of one roast dinner so treated ourselves to a dessert instead = cookies and cream cheese cake c...