Maggie and Airlie beach

Oct 13th - Oct 18th: Magnetic Island
I spent my days on Maggie taking my Open Water scubadiving certificate, hiking and seeing wild koalas, holding rescued koalas, snakes etc at Bungalow Bay Koala village, jetskiing around Horseshoe Bay and just enjoying the coast after 5 weeks in the outback. I'd almost forgotten what the ocean looked like! What a beautiful little island just off the coast.

Oct 18th - Oct 20th: Airlie Beach

Even with Airlie being the typical gateway to the Whitsundays, I decided against doing a (expensive) boat trip to the islands because the weather was really bad - it was raining all day long. Instead I did a beautiful hike through the rainforest and guess what - went skydiving! One of the best and most fun experiences ever, such an adrenaline rush! At least I got to see the Whitsundays from the plane then (but not while jumping, I only flew through clouds).