I headed down south to Townsville on Friday. I stayed there just for one night and went on to Magnetic Island instantly. Magnetic is a small holiday island just eight kilometers from Townsville, ideal for walking, snorkeling or chilling out. The hostel I stayed in was directly at the beach. It was quite beautiful, but very expensive ($26,- per night). The rooms were in those little houses, but very tiny with eight beds each!



Basically, I did nothing for two days but hanging around the pool (not the beach, it's already stinger season there), reading, sweating, chatting with other people. It was unbelievably hot (Magnetic is Queensland's sunniest spot with 320 sunny days a year), but the sea breeze made it comfortable.



I'm in Airlie Beach now and want to do a sailing trip at the Whitsunday Islands. Let's see it I can find something that does not kill me – financially... :-)