Are You For SCUBA?

We finally made it far enough north where we are able to camp without freezing overnight! Probably the highlight of Australia, thus far, has been our stay on Magnetic Island, or Maggie Island as the locals like to call it. It’s in the tropics and palm trees are abundant, but the rocky island is still reminiscent of the Maine coast. We took a 4 day open water SCUBA course based at one of the hostels on the island. Besides having to listen to the DJ at the hostel play the exact same songs every single night, it was pretty much good times. We had a great instructor, a very small class (only 3 peeps) and 6 open water dives were included in our course. We moved on to camp at a Koala sanctuary on the island where we were able to hold a crocodile, a cockatoo, an echidna, some lizards, a huge python, snuggle a Koala, and feed about 200 ravenous lorikeets. A bird pooped on Kelly’s face (3^rd time that’s happened) and John had his 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th being shat on experiences all right in a row. We then headed even farther north and took the river ferry to the more remote areas of Daintree National Park and Cape Tribulation where we tasted some exotic fruits on a local organic farm.

New pics are now posted!

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