Last Day at Magnetic

Tuesday 22^nd 2017

Todays morning exercise is a walk to Picnic Bay.   It is also our last day on Magnetic Island, so we hope to make the best of it.

The walk is always enjoyable,  and today as we walk past the X Base Backpackers Resort ( pretty flash for backpackers), we see a Ketch sailing  for Rocky Bay, a very pretty bay where the beach is only exposed at low to mid tide.

X Base Backpackers Accommodation, not bad for backpackers !

A Tourist boat anchored at Rocky Bay

Over the Hill there is a great lookout which overlooks Rocky Bay and Picnic Bay. Along this walk we found a native kapok tree with pods full of kapok.

Kapok Pods

Looking down on Rocky Bay

It is then a steep descent down a well defined trail to Picnic Bay Town, and then a walk along the waterfront to the main beach. It has been a reasonably warm day and we are all looking forward to a swim at Picnic Bay. The tide is just right and the water temperature a little cool, but excellent once in.

It was a great way to refresh after the walk and help build an appetite.  Everyone is hungry and thirsty and the Picnic Point Hotel satisfies both needs well.

Coffee at the Picnic Bay Hotel while we waited for the bus

We had a nice lunch, before catching the bus back to Nelly Bay, and spent the rest of the afternoon preparing for our departure tomorrow. IGA supermarket did well, and the Liquor Legends Store at Nelly Bay had no complaints.

We had Sundowners on Imagine, with Sue and John, who we will sail in company with tomorrow to Cape Upstart, before heading back to Mica for a BBQ on board and an early night.