So we totally forgot to finish the story about our trip to Maggie... if anyone even noticed... so, I figured I should at least summarize it for you so the blog doesn't feel neglected.
So, Tuesday on Magnetic Island. We woke up around 8 and went to breakfast at the hotel's restaurant. It was your basic continental breakfast, nothing special. After breakfast we went back to the room and ended up falling asleep for a few hours. Eventually we woke up and began that day's adventure. We walked down to the Nelly Bay beach, which was basically empty except for a few kids jumping off the bridge into the water. We walked along the beach for a while and found some massive pieces of coral. The beach went on forever and eventually we turned around and walked back. We started heading back toward the hotel and stopped at a few gift shops along the way. When we got back to the hotel we went for a swim in the pool then relaxed for a while before food time. That night we walked down to this little pizza place where we had some delicious garlic bread and a very meaty pizza. This restaurant, like pretty much every restaurant on the island, was outdoors and we had a kookaburra watching us eat.
Now for Wednesday. We set an alarm so we could get up for breakfast, but ended up ignoring it and sleeping in. Wednesday was beach hopping day. We started out at the same beach we went to on Tuesday for a while. Then we caught a bus to Arcadia and went to the next beach. This beach was smaller and my favorite of the day. The water was really warm and shallow and there were lots of little fishies. Also there were hardly any people on this beach. After a while we decided to move on to the next beach which was literally just around the corner. We finally found where everyone in the world was. There was a little park area between the road and the beach. This was basically the half moon beach of Australia. It was the same shape, but bigger, and there were big rocks on either side and it was right by a park. We didn't spend long at this beach and decided we would walk to Horseshoe Bay... until we saw the hill. Then we decided to just take the bus. Horseshoe Bay is where the rest of everyone in the world was beaching it. This was the biggest of the beaches and there were shops and restaurants all along the street by the beach. There were lots of boats in the water and there was a roped off section for swimming. We stayed there for a while, swimming, relaxing, chilling with some parrots... Eventually we went back to the hotel. That night we went to this awesome restaurant called Man Friday. Once again it was outdoor dining and there were these possums just hanging around on the signs and stuff. It was supposed to be 'international cuisine', but it was mostly Mexican. I had fajitas and Chris had a burrito and we got these potato wedges and it was all delicious. I had Mexican ice cream for dessert which was just vanilla ice cream with this kahlua chocolate sauce and it was so good.
Thursday was our last day. We got up early for breakfast and some parrots decided to join us. It was cute at first, but then they tried to steal my toast, so we moved to a table that wasn't right next to the trees. A few of the birds followed us and continued trying to eat my food. After breakfast we packed up, checked out, and headed down to the ferry terminal. And thus ended our trip to Magnetic Island.
Oh also, I don't remember which day it was, but we went to this second hand store which was actually just a storage unit with all kinds of books and other junk you could buy. It was kinda sketchy but there was some interesting stuff.
