Magnetic Island TOP 10 activities
Magnetic Island is a small paradise island jsut offshore from Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is a great place to enjoy and relax among the kangaroos and koalas. The many bays and warm water make it an excellent place for swimming and snorkeling!
This short video with great travel tips shows you the top 10 places to visit during your stay at the island.
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10 Unbelievably Stunning Queensland Islands
Moreton Island
As one of Australia's biggest sand islands, Moreton Island is the perfect weekend getaway for the adventure-inclined. Located just 90 minutes from Brisbane by boat, this unspoilt island has only sand roads and minimal services, making it the ultimate destination for a tech-free weekend.
After you've spent Saturday hiking and feeding dolphins, spend a lazy Sunday snorkelling and four-wheel driving along Moreton Island's sandy beaches.
Fitzroy Island
Wildlife lovers, this one's for you. Located just 45 minutes by ferry from Cairns, Fitzroy Island is home to six of the world's seven species of sea turtles. Depending on the time of year, you can swim with the turtles in the island's turquoise waters, take a tour through the island's turtle rehabilitation centre, or even watch the baby turtles hatch on the beach. Cute!
Once you've seen some turtles and had a snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef, spend the rest of the weekend kayaking, walking through the rainforest, or relaxing by the beach.
Magnetic Island
Named for the effect the island had on Captain Cook's compass as he sailed by in 1770, Magnetic Island is a must-see for history buffs. With a mix of historical Indigenous sites with ancient cave paintings, as well as European forts dating back to World War II dotted around the island, walking through the Magnetic Island National Park is like walking through history. Plus, you'll find plenty of pretty places to stop for a cheeky panorama pic.
Once you've had your fill of hiking and history, kick back on the beach or on a twilight sailing tour. Not a bad way to spend the weekend!
Hinchinbrook Island
For those wanting to explore nature, head straight to Hinchinbrook Island. Full of lush rainforests and surrounded by the Great Barrier Reef, it's easy to spend an entire long weekend snorkelling and hiking here. Make sure you check out Zoe Falls, which boasts a natural infinity pool.
As the biggest island on the Reef, you can get to Hinchinbrook Island via boat from Cardwell, which is about halfway between Cairns and Townsville. With so much to see and explore here – and the only way to get around is by foot or via kayak – you might want to stay for a long weekend!
Hamilton Island
Can't decide whether you want an adventure getaway or just some time to relax? Hamilton Island has it all. Go diving on the Great Barrier Reef or cuddle up to a koala; relax by the pool or get pampered in the spa – whatever your speed, you'll find plenty to do on the biggest Whitsunday island.
With direct flights from major cities on the east coast, getting here is pretty easy too.
Hook Island
Known as the place to dive and snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef, Hook Island is the perfect weekend escape for adventure seekers. This is the perfect place for those who want to spend a weekend camping and exploring its pristine waters.
To get here, fly to Prosperine's Whitsunday Coast Airport and take a short ferry from Airlie Beach.
Long Island
Another of the stunning Whitsunday Islands, Long Island is the perfect place for those wanting a more active holiday. With over 13km of walking tracks that form a part of the Whitsunday Islands National Park, Long Island is a great place to adventure and explore nature.
If you want to turn up the adventure dial even more, spend the day sailing, diving, waterskiing, and paragliding around this gorgeous island getaway. Just hop on a flight to Proserpine and let a 20min ferry from Airlie Beach take you the rest of the way.
Fraser Island
If you love camping, rainforests, and exploring shipwrecks, make Fraser Island your next weekend trip.
A UNESCO World Heritage site, Fraser Island is the world's biggest sand island, boasting 120km of remarkable sandy beaches, hundreds of freshwater lakes and swimming spots, beautiful-coloured cliffs, and tall rainforest inlets. And a quick 90-minute flight from Sydney to Hervey Bay – followed by a short ferry ride to the island – will get you there.
Heron Island
If you're looking for a bit of peace and quiet, head straight to Heron Island. Located in the southern part of the Great Barrier Reef, this island is open exclusively for guests, not day trippers. But make sure you check the ferry schedule – boats to Heron Island from Gladstone run only a few days a week.
This tiny island is only 800m long and 300m wide, but it's famous for its biodiversity. Home to more than 900 different species of fish, as well as the famous Green Sea Turtles, Heron island is the ultimate getaway for those looking to be at one with nature.
Orpheus Island
If you're wanting a relaxing, luxurious weekend away, Orpheus Island is for you. Surrounded by turquoise waters, white sand beaches and green rainforest, this island is all about chilling out in nature and indulging in good food and wine.
Oh, and did we mention you get here via a private 90min helicopter flight from Cairns.
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Hinchinbrook Island Thorsborne Trail
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Hinchinbrook Island, located about 6km off the coast at Cardwell, a small town halfway between Townsville and Cairns in north Queensland, falls within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Protected since 1932, it is one of Australia's largest island national parks.
Hinchinbrook's rugged 400sq.km landmass has been shaped by the seasonal rains and tidal swells of the Wet Tropics. An intricate network of creeks and waterways threads across the island; swollen with monsoon rainwater during the humid summer months, they give birth to falls that thunder through the island's rock country. During the winter months, the waterways gradually drain and evaporate, leaving many creeks dry. On Hinchinbrook's coastline, sweeping beaches, mangrove-fringed forests and rocky headlands meet the Coral Sea.
Twice a day, its tides fill and drain the island's inlets and tidal channels. Known for its varied ecosystems, Hinchinbrook is home to heath-covered mountains, melaleuca and palm wetlands, eucalypt and casuarina woodlands, and lush, tropical rainforests. Its mangrove forests, fringing reefs and seagrass beds are important habitats for fish and marine species, such as snubfin dolphins, dugongs and green turtles, as well as saltwater crocodiles.
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Highway 1 Australia's greatest road trip: Ep 23 Cardwell and Hinchinbrook
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After enduring Australia's most powerful tropical cyclone for more than 90 years, Cardwell is a town on the mend. Category-5-rated Cyclone Yasi crossed the coast north of Cardwell in the early hours of 3 February 2011, unleashing devastating winds gusting at 285kph and a powerful 5.33m storm surge.
Buckling the Bruce Highway that passes between the town and its seafront, Yasi destroyed homes and businesses, and ripped apart nearby Hinchinbrook Marina, lifting 50ft yachts onto the lawns of waterfront villas.
Our own catamaran, anchored on Hinchinbrook Island's southern tip, miraculously survived the cyclone, its anchor unmoved by floodwaters that raised the level of the Herbert River 10m.
Cardwell always reminds us of our good fortune and more than a year on, we are thrilled to be visiting friends beneath recently renovated roofs.
Cardwell's main street is humming with travellers when we pass through. We spot them fishing and picnicking on the shores of Rockingham Bay, taking in views of nearby Hinchinbrook Island and taking a break at the halfway mark on the journey between Townsville and Cairns.
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Zoe Bay HINCHINBROOK ISLAND
Hinchinbrook Island has some of the most dramatic coastlines in all of Queensland. We share how to get to Hinchinbrook Island including Zoe Bay, the Thorsborne Trail and Zoe Falls.
Anchoring in Zoe Bay is like right out of a scene from Jurassic Park, with towering mountain peaks rising 1000m up from the sea. The gem of Zoe Bay is a trek at the southern end of the beach that winds through the rainforest to the majestic Zoe Falls. There's so much to see and explore....
Hinchinbrook is one of Australia’s largest island National Parks and is home to many large animals such as dolphins, turtles, dugongs and crocodiles.
If you want to visit Hinchinbrook, you'll need your own boat or take the ferry service that drops off hikers for Thorsborne Trail, a 32km trek that traverses the island.
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Australia - A Wonderful Land
An overview of Australia edited to the music of the Shadows Wonderful Land
Scene List in order of appearance:-
Ayers Rock
Milla Milla Falls
Kings Canyon
Red Rock
Wilpena Landscape
Glen Helen Gorge
Florence Falls
Olgas
Harbour Bridge
Simpsons Gap
Emus
Desert Rose
Twin Gums
Kangaroos
Devils Marbles
Loch Ard Gorge
Kununurra
Cape Hillsborough
Boab Tree & Windmill
Wave Rock
Gregory National Park
Port Douglas
Buley Rock Pools
Cooktown Orchid
Katherine Gorge
Standly Chasmn
Wallaby
Jabiru and Snake
Natures Window
Regent Bowerbird
Wreath Flowers
Aboriginal Dancers
Yellow Water
Afghan Express
Paddle Steamer
Belingen River
Gregory National Park
Katherine Gorge Boat
Mulla Mulla Flowers
Ant Hills
Crimson Chat
Hinchinbrook Passage
Sturts Desert Pea
Koala
Alice Springs
Water Lily
Laughing Kookaburra
Apostle
Thorny Devil
Katherine Gorge Walk
Hamilton Island
Ormiston Gorge
Kalbarri Beach
Murchison River Gorge
Opera House
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Within less than an hour from Mackay you can be fishing in a river, dam, estuary or on the reef.
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