Magnetic Island , N QLD – Day 3 | Dave and Fiona's Travels

Thursday 21st October 2021
Happy birthday to Kristen. Hoping you have a lovely day.

Today is a little overcast and then rain looks imminent but it did not eventuate. We are going to go a little slower today. We drove to Alma Bay and caught the bus up to the start of the walk. A 4km walk from the Forts track through the bush back to Alma Bay. There were a couple of lookouts along the way including Sphinx lookout. It was a pleasant walk with not to much elevation as we were a little weary in the legs from yesterday.

We enjoyed lunch in the park overlooking Alma Bay again and then went for a drive to the SS City of Adelaide shipwreck at Cockle Bay. Unfortunately not to much to see here. We then did a walk up to Hawkings Point, the track winds to the top of a large boulder, affording a spectacular panorama over the island past Rocky Bay to Nelly Bay and Geoffrey Bay and back towards Townsville.

We then headed back to camp for a swim in the pool and a relax for the last part of the day. Once again we have enjoyed the outdoors, exploring Magnetic Island.

: Cute little rock wallaby at Geoffery Bay..

: ..closeup of a rock wallaby..

: Grass trees along the walk from Forts Junction to Alma Bay..

: ..the edible kapok flowers signal the dry seaon..

: Sphinx lookout towards Alma Bay..

: Amazing boulders at Sphinx Lookout..

: We have been looking at these leaves that have been moulded together and weren’t sure what was inside today we found nests out they are green ant nests..

: ..rainbow skink..

: Looking out to Townsville along the Forts Junction – Alma Bay track..

: The SS City of Adelaide was a passenger steam ship launched during 1863 from Glasgow, Scotland. The vessel was later converted to a barque for use as a cargo transport. In 1912 the vessel was gutted by fire, and in 1916 the burnt hulk was run aground in Cockle Bay, Magnetic Island, Australia.