An early morning start for #thegreatislandtrek @destinationadventure_qld on #MagneticIsland today! Woo hoo! Off we go! #bushwalkingaustralia #lovenature #amnotwriting #WhenDarkWatersBurn 🐜🐜🐜

#AnzacDay2025 #35WaterTransportSqdrn #MagneticIsland

A different Anzac Day, hitched a ride on a LCM8 to attend Dawn Service at Alma Bay and a ride back to Townsville

Lines away 0300, service at 0520
Very worth the early start
Thanks to the boaties of 35th Water Transport Sqdrn

Lest We Forget

In the foreground the hard packed earth of a park. Mid ground is an empty park bench waiting for a passerby to sit and watch the peaceful sunset. A dinghy is beached on the shore. Through the trees you can see the water, complete with boats bobbing on their anchors. The light show of the setting sun can be seen through the clouds on the horizon.

#Sunset can be very #Peaceful especially at the #Beach.
It’s a great time to commune with #Nature as long as the mossies (mosquitos) don’t up for the show.

#HorseshoeBay #MagneticIsland #Queensland #Australia
#ParkBench #Travel #Photography
#BlueSkyArtShow

Death Adder with a struggling skink in its mouth

Death Adders and their main prey on #Yunbenun #MagneticIsland - skinks. Their toxin is deadly but if you don’t step on or annoy one then they are not aggressive and humans are not their prey.

North Queensland residents angry over lack of flood warning - ABC listen As north Queenslanders deal with a second flood in as many months, frustrations are growing after the Bruce Highway was again closed today, cutting off Far North residents. The Bruce Highway remained ...

[Australia] North Queensland residents angry over lack of flood warning www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... via #GlobalWarming #SevereWeather #Storm #Floods #Ingham #Townsville #HorseshoeBay #MagneticIsland #BruceHighway #NorthQueensland #QLD #Australia

Flash Floods Devastate North Queensland Towns Severe flash floods have struck north Queensland on March 19, 2025, following an overwhelming rainfall that measured over 300 mm (11.8 inches) in parts of the region,…

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In the foreground a small wave laps up onto the small strip of sandy beach. On the horizon the sun is setting, causing the boats moored in the bay and the nearby hills, to look like silhouettes.

Looking toward the #CoralSea, the #Sun sets over #HorseshoeBay on #MagneticIsland in far north #Queensland #Australia.

If you sailed directly #North from this #Beach, your next landfall would be #PortMoresbyNewGuinea.

#Water
#Calm
#Serenity
#Sunset

#Sunshine #BlueSkyArtShow

A view of Magnetic Island (#3)
from Castle Hill,
Townsville
#Townsville #MagneticIsland #Australianlandscapes #Seascape #Island #landscapephotography #photography #australia #Cloudscape

View from Castle Hill, Townsville, (#2)
North Ward, Rowes Bay, Pallarenda and Magnetic Island,
Queensland
Feb 2025
#Townsville #MagneticIsland #Australianlandscapes #Seascape #Island #landscapephotography #photography #australia #Outback #Cloudscape

View from Castle Hill, Townsville,
North Ward, Cleveland Bay and Magnetic Island,
Queensland
Feb 2025

#Townssille #MagneticIsland #Australianlandscapes #Seascape #Island #landscapephotography #photography #australia #Outback #Cloudscape

Temperatures didn’t fluctuate much, only 1 degree on 21st! Falling/low atmospheric pressure was a good indicator of imminent rainfall. #Arcadia #MagneticIsland #Yunbenun #climate #meteorology

The last month of 2024 was interesting-the data are now in. It was an all time record for rainfall in December (nearly 600mm) and a pretty wet year overall (nearly 2m). #Arcadia #MagneticIsland #Yunbenun #climate #meteorology 2/

Notamacropus agilis
(Agile Wallaby)
Horseshoe Bay, Magnetic Island,
North Queensland, Australia.
May 2023
#AgileWallaby #Notamacropus #Wildoz #Australianwildlife #auswildlife #nature #Townsville #MagneticIsland

Hello Sarah on #Magnetic Island; we welcome another new #FNWF Family member. #FNWF BOOKS ON HOLIDAY on #magneticisland
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Koala Bear, Australia 🐨

#Australia #koalabear #koala #wildlife #photography #wild #animals #follow #like #travel #travelling #downunder #magneticisland

Path through the NP (Yunbenun) with vibrant green mosses and lichens covering the rocks.

Yellow bracket fungi on a fallen tree limb.

#environment #MagneticIsland #biodiversity
Overcast weather with some storms over the last week, about 100mm in total, 15mm overnight before yesterday’s walk in the NP (Yunbenun). Amazing how plants respond to a bit of rain, lichens, mosses and fungi come to life with vibrant colours.

More #fish content. This is a Bluespotted Fantail #Ray (Taeniura lymma) foraging in the shallows at #FlorenceBay #Yunbenun / #MagneticIsland in #Queensland #Australia 🤿

⚠️ Rated "potentially dangerous" in my @ausgeo.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy guide due to venomous serrated spines on the tail.

The wet season arrived today 👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏 #MagneticIsland

Underwater photo of a Broad Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus ater) in tropical shallow water

Just wrapped up a week of #comms work with some great fishy people at #ASFB2024

For what it's worth, my top #fish encounter since moving to #Australia is this Broad Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus ater) in *very* shallow water at #FlorenceBay on #Yunbenun #MagneticIsland

@austsocfishbiol.bsky.social

And now a koala montage from my hike today on Magnetic Island set to a catchy tune! #koala #australia #townsville #hiking #magneticisland #travel

Koala, Magnetic Island off Townsville Australia.

#auswildlife #koala #magneticisland #townsville #australia

Black-footed Rock Wallaby, Magnetic Island off Townsville Australia.

#auswildlife #magneticisland #townsville #australia #wallaby

Wondering how the day’s shaping up on #magneticisland ? Probably not but here you go anyway.

Hab mal was da gelassen ❤️🤍 #fcunion #magneticisland

My sister was in the eye of #TCKirrily on #MagneticIsland. They dodged a bullet though. It wasn't as severe as everyone was expecting and were prepared for. As in, everyone on the island was battened down. They're all in bed asleep now lolz.

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11,000,000 cubic meters of dredging, 1-2km from fringing coral reefs on #magneticisland https://x.com/drolaf_/status/794748554245971968