Magnetic island

The name of the island came about because of the apparent "magnetic" effect it had on the ship's compass of Captain Cook as he passed the island when sailing up the east coast of Australia in 1770. People have since explored the general area of Magnetic Island with various instruments to discover what might have caused the effect that Cook reported, but nothing has been discovered. Therefore cook had a dodgy compass....

So we arrived at base x backpackers a very well placed backpackers.. On the beach with a pool and an on site well ventilated crap restaurant and bar.

I decided that diving was going to be my point of interest and enquired about visibility. Unfortunately bad, so I decided just the one night would do. The other stuff the island had to offer is stuff that I've done already, and since the whitsundays I've got the diving bug..

I did a bit of sun bathing had a few drinks and watched a few youths play the same drinking balancing games I've seen throughout Australia backpackers and left the next day.