Today have been my walking day.
I started out by taking the bus to Arcadia, from there I did a 5 km walk to Nelly bay, on the way I meet this little bugger :)

From Nelly Bay I walked back to Arcadia and there I got on the bus back toward Horseshoe Bay. But I went of before above the bay to walk up to the forts above the bay.

The walk to the fort is 2 km each way but it is an easy walk, and you get a great view from the top of the structures.

The fort was built to guard the entrance to the harbor during the second world war.

Guess that’s it for today, I’m sorry that my page hasn’t been updated in a few days but the Internet connection here is terrible so I’ve had problems getting on line.

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Today has been a very nice day, I slept until I woke up and then I’ve just been relaxing.

I started out the day by walking to Balding Bay.

This nice beach is only accessible by sea, or a walk over the mountain. The distance from here to the beach is about a 1.6 km nice walk. But I wanted to see more so I didn’t stay there for the day. I walked a little bit further to Radical Bay.

There is a road leading to that beach but it seems to be a 4WD only access.

there I spent a few hours in the sun and swimming until I walked home.

Then I explored the beach right in front of our hostel here. It’s long and nice to but have more people on it.

And before going back for a shower and a rest I got the sunset.

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Time to leave.
Today I left Cairns starting my traveling south. I left Cairns on the 0930 bus to Brisbane and stopped in Townsville after a 6 hour bus ride.

The ride was quite nice, better than I had thought beforehand at least. That makes it a bit more pleasant to think about the 10 hour night ride I got later this week.

In Townsville I took the ferry out to Magnetic Island. Then it was a short buss trip over to the other side of the island where I’m staying at Maggies Beach House.

It seems good so fare, haven’t meet my room mates yet, but by the look of it it’s at least two girls, and the probably a bloke. And two free bunks.

The hostel is the newest on the island and seems clean, even if the rooms seems a bit cold. But on the good side, I got a room with a balcony this time to :)

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Today was my last day in Cairns. Tomorrow I’m going south to Townsville,and from there to Magnetic Island. It’s supposed to be very nice so I’m looking forward to that.

It’s a bit sad though to leave some of the people I’ve meet up here, we have had some crazy nights together this far, and I’ll bet tonight won’t be an exception :)

Today I’ve just been lying around the pool at the hostel and read a bit, nice to soak up some sun before I head south to worse weather. Even though I think the next weeks will be sunny there to.

That’s it for me tonight.
Have a nice day everyone.

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Today I’ve hardly been doing anything. I slept late due to a fun evening/night last night :)

Starting out at the Caravella 149 Backpackers with a little pre party over there until the management got fed up. Then we moved on to a Irish pub, and ended up at the “Meat Market”. (Aka The Woolshed )

Today I’ve only been going around making plans and bookings for the trip down toward Sydney. And I’ve got it all figured out all the way down to Brisbane. There I’ll have to see what to do from there on.

Tonight I’m going to eat dinner where I always do, at the Sports Bar. (Just because it’s a free meal, but starting to get tired of Chili con Carne).
Then I’ll have to see who I meet there and what to do tonight. But the changes of there being alcohol in the picture is quite large :)

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