Entries about bungalow bay

Magnetic Island is an island 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) offshore from the city of Townsville.

This 52 km2 (20.1 sq mi) mountainous island in Cleveland Bay has effectively become a suburb of Townsville, with 2,107 permanent residents.

The island is accessible from Townsville Breakwater to Nelly Bay Harbour by ferry. On the way out, we passed HMS Canberra

HMAS Canberra (L02) is the first of two Canberra-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) ships constructed for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Construction of the ship started in Spain in 2008, with the hull launched by Navantia in 2011. The hull was then transported to Australia in late 2012 for completion by BAE Systems Australia. Canberra was commissioned on 28 November 2014, and is the largest ship ever operated by the RAN.

On the Magnetic Island there is a large 27 km2 (10.4 sq mi) National Park and bird sanctuary and walking tracks can be taken between the populated bays and to a number of tourist destinations such as the World War II forts.

My bed for a couple of night was at Bungalow Bay, near Horseshoe Bay.

One attraction to Bungalow Bay is their animals encounters talk, where you can spend two hours learning about and meeting some of the Australian animals,

such as:
Shadow the Black cockatoo

who was tame enough to eat seeds from your mouth

Charlie the sulphur Crested Cockatoo

Harry the large Southern Hairy Nosed Wombat

Pebbles the Koala

Sam the Shingle Back Lizard

Red the Blue Tongue Lizard

Fred the Frill Neck Liazard

Elvira the Carpet Python

Donatello the fresh Water Turtle

Dali the 14 month old crocodile

Barbie the adult female croc

Horseshoe Bay is situated on the north side of the island with views to Palm Island and beyond.

Horseshoe Bay is the largest bay and is considered the 'watersports capital' of the island as operators hire directly form the beach.

A great selection of restaurants and bars line the esplanade with a delicious view of the bay and the many yachts which come to moore there.
It's also a great place to watch the sunet

Picnic Bay

Until recently, the bay was the landing site for ferry services from the mainland, but ferries now arrive at a new terminal at nearby Nelly Bay
The town is serviced by Magnetic Island Bus Service, which runs regular services to coincide with Ferry arrivals and departures at the Nelly Bay Ferry Terminal.

Unfortunately the weather was too windy for snorkling during my time on the island, so I made do spending hours watching these tropical fish in a large tank at the bar

Whilst on the island I made the most of the events that were on for the Bay Days festival, including being taught how to bowl, Australian style!

It's a popular sport and something I've been wanting to try, so it was good to have some guidance and learn how they do it on the other side of the world!

I also went to school fetes and evening markets and food bazars, where I was feeding this possum and her baby left overs from the Italian stall!