We had booked the 2 hour guided "bush walk" at the koala sanctuary where we had seen to lorikeets. We figured that might be something we could do in the rain so through we would catch the 10 AM tour. However, when we walked over there we were told that the 10 am walk was cancelled. Great, now what do we do ?!?
The kids have gotten into the habbit of napping during the morning so we figured we would pile into the van and explore the island that way. Back towards Nelly Bay we came across Aracadia bay which has a spectacular little bay with a small playground. We made note of it and drove all the way to the end of the only road on the island then back to Arcadia bay. The road is only 10 km long so it didn't take that long !
This island seems to made up of lots and lots of huge boulders. This bay was about 100 meteres arcoss with boulders coming up out of the sea on both sides turning into huge cliffs on both sides.
I'll get the pictures up soon I hope. Despite the rain the kids were eager to play amongst the boulders so we let them get wet and dirty. It also started to clear up at this point so I decided to go for a swim as well. The water was quite warm and the waves here were a little bigger then we had seen before. All in all a great spot ! It would have been nice to stay here all day but it was getting close to lunch time.
We headed back to horseshoe bay and got some takeaway food and sat on a picnic table just off the beach to eat it. We were trying to keep the kids awake so that they would sleep during the 2:30 pm bush walk. Again, Wyatt was more than happy to play on the beach and in the water. I'm not sure what we are going to do with him when we get back to Canada !
So we made our way back to the koala sanctuary for 2:30 pm with the kids in the strollers ready to sleep. The walk turned out to be more of a stand around and listen to the guide speak while we showed us animals thing then an actual walk. However, that was fine with us as the kids fell asleep at the beginning and slept for almost the whole time.
He started off showing us a baby croc and a carpet python. They were handed around and everyone got to hold them and take pictures. Maddy and Cooper were all smiles when they got to touch the crocodile. Snap, snap ! Snap, snap ! said maddy as she and cooper tried to grad it away from me ! She also liked the python but preffered to keep her distance from it. They fell asleep at about this point.
We also got to touch some lizards and an echidna. However the big thing here is that you get to hold a Koala and have your picture taken. Mel and Julia held the Koala while I took the pictures. Very cool. Pictures to come soon ! We also got to feed some large cockatoos. It worked out great with the kids sleeping when they did and we were all feeling pretty good about magnetic island despite the overcast weather.
For capped it off with a nice dinner at the backpacker hostel connected to the Koala sanctuary. The atmosphere there was great and you really felt like you were in the rainforest surrouned by nothing by forest even though you were just off the highway. This place was voted the best backpacker accomodation in Australia ! We can see why ! If they had villas or cottages we would surely have stayed here instead.
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