I chilled around by the lagoon and put my rucksack/daysack in the luggage storage as you're only allowed a plastic bag full of belongings for the sailing boat. I'm sailing on the Habibi; a 75ft boat. Should be great fun, sailing around the islands and snorkelling. Also they tell you to bring a sleeping bag so you can sleep under the stars! I walked along the coastal footpath in the baking heat, past the marine stingers hazard sign (which details all the jel...

I got up early and walked down to the lagoon with the Swedish sisters. We bought a volleyball and played with it in the lagoon. It was really sunny and I constantly was reapplying sun lotion but when I returned at 7pm I looked in the mirror and I burned my face and back!! :( I had pizza again in the restaurant with the sisters who are coincidently on my sailing boat to the Whitsundays. We checked in at the tour operators and paid the reef tax of $30. We have...

Today I left Magnetic Island and got the ferry back to Townsville. I had some hours to burn before my Greyhound bus to Airlie Beach so I went to the Great Barrier Reef Aquarium which tries to recreate a reef that visitors can view through underwater glass tunnels. It was ok but not really worth the money. I got on my bus with some Swedish sisters and the bus drove us to Ayr where Charlie got on with a mad Irishman called Pete from Cork. We watched a film on the b...