This morning we decided to go to Magnetic Island. So we quickly booked ferry tickets at the tourist information center and headed to the port of Townsville. On the ferry, we decided to first find a parking spot for the night and then explore the island.

We set up our night camp at the official youth hostel's campground. After everything was settled, we drove to Arcadia to have schnitzel and register for tomorrow's diving.

Actually, after the meal we wanted to go snorkeling, but we were so full that we decided to look for rock wallabies instead. We were lucky and some of these cute little hoppers greeted us from the cooling shade of the rocks. Gradually, more and more people joined, and it slowly got too crowded. Since the sun sets at 5:45 p.m. here, we quickly decided to search for the koalas living on the island. To do this, we drove up the mountain and walked along a hiking trail for about 20 minutes until we came to a group of young girls who were photographing a very small, cute koala. Steffi naturally joined in with her camera and lots of "Ah" and "Oh, isn't it cute".