Magnetic Island

I went to Magnetic Island on a two night trip organised by YHA Australia. To get there you have to take a ferry from Townsville (this was included in the cost of my trip). Once on the island most of the accommodation will collect you from the ferry terminal or you can take an island bus for a small charge (I think it was $2). The accommodation books up quickly so make sure you book it far enough in advance. I stayed at the YHA lodge which is a series of bungalows in Horseshoe Bay, it was very nice and the hostel had its on bar/restaurant as well. The hostel is also home to Bungalow Bay Koala Sanctuary, which houses a wide variety of animals and you are given ...  Read the complete review

If you happen to be travelling down the east coast of australia, this is one place you must go. Magnetic Island is one of my favourite places down the east coast. There are different packages you can get when you go to Magnetic Island, the one I signed up for myself was a package including 2 night accomodation, return ferries from Townsville and you could pay an extra £10 to do a wildlife tour at this particular hostel. I stayed at Bungalow Bay Koala Village which is a YHA so was a very clean hostel with good cooking facilities and staff. The only problem I would say with this hostel is that the parrots and birds from the ...  Read the complete review

Magnetic Island, or Maggie Island as you will soon call it, is supposed to recieve the most sunshine per year out of everywhere in Australia, how unfortunate that during our three day stay, two of them were cloudy! Typical. Despite this Maggy island was one of our highlights of the east coast. It is so cheap that you are stupid not to do it really. It cost us about 50pound and for that we got return ferrys, 2nights accomadation, breakfast and free internet. We were paying about this for a normal dorm on land so to get it here was very good value. We stayed at the YHA, called a Koala resort, and being a YHA was obviosly going to be a good standard of ...  Read the complete review

Magnetic Island is one of Australia's many National Parks and was named by Captain Cook who found that his compass went haywire when he sailed close to its shores. The island lies in the South Pacific just 8 kilometres from the Australian city of Townsville on the coast. In a country that has done a good job at attracting the hoards to its island retreats, Magnetic Island remains a wonderful exception. Its proximity to the mainland and its laidback attitude make for one long picture postcard break away from it all. Getting to 'Maggie' is easy. There are at least a dozen Sunferries services from the Flinders Street East Terminal in ...  Read the complete review

Magnetic Island has 23 (many secluded) pristine beaches, from which you can swim & snorkel all year around in crystal clear waters with beautiful corals and tropical fish. It also has some nice restaurants ..and...for the young (and young at heart.. like me) it caters for a wide variety of activities, such as yachting, sailing & fishing tours, bush walking, mini golf, catamaran sailing from the beach, horse riding, sea kayaking, jet skiing, scuba diving, bowling, golfing on a 9 hole course....(my husband tried this) ....and to top it all you can hire one of their Mini Mokes (doorless cars) or TopLess Hire Cars to experience it all in a very unique and relaxed ...  Read the complete review