Hi again. It is now Saturday night. We have just returned from a day, well most of the day, at Magnetic Island. I hadn't been there before - Wendy had - and it was nice. We caught the ferry over from Townsville, and then bussed (with some crazy drivers) and walked around.  We had lunch in the pub and walked on the beaches. We returned about 3:30 and then walked around 'The Strand'. There was a TV camera and crew fiddling around on the beach and we soon realised that a guy from the turtle hospital was going to return a turtle to the sea. They were there to film it for the local news I assume.
On the way back to the camp, we tried to find the road up to the lookout on Castle Hill, but we couldn't find it so we gave up in disgust. Even worse, we needed to buy bread and milk on the way home for tea, and Woolies was closed at 5:30!! We were not impressed. Tomorrow we head south again for a camp around Mackay. We are not exactly sure yet.
Here are a couple of photos from last couple of days.

 Unusual flower growths on rainforest tree

 Wendy doing her emails as K packs up the van in Cairns

 Curlew birds make themselves at home in the Big4 park!

 Numbers 1, 2 & 3 of the 'only 2 Canonball trees in Australia'.

 A bit of Yasi damage on Mission Beach

 Lunch in the pub at Horseshoe Bay on Magnetic Island

 Horseshoe Bay beach

 Where's (the) Wally???

 Amazing fig trees in Townsville. The aerial roots systems create a curtain to the ground.

 A man-made waterfall with Boganvillias at The Strand' in the middle of Townsville.  

 The kids water world in the park at Townsville. The bucket on top fills with water then empties out after a certain fill amount. The kids have a ball.

A turtle that was on the beach...