My week spent on Magnetic Island was the most relaxing segment of my trip by far. All I did was lay around in a hammock all day reading trashy magasines and doing the crosswords in them. The hostel here is absolutely paradise, right on the beach. I spent most of my time in the pool thought, since there are stingers in the water. The fringe of the Great Barrier Reef is right off the beach, so people were diving and snorkelling just a few meters from the hostel. I was planning to do my open water diving course here, but I decided to do it in Cairns instead, where I can go out and do it on the outer reef on a dive boat. The visibility is supposed to be way better up there too. The only drawback is that I miss out on diving the Yungala, a wreck dive, supposed to be the best in Australia, and in the top 10 dives in the world. Oh well, I am sure the Barrier Reef will still be alright. On Friday night I went to a full moon party here at the hostel, 1400 people, so it was pretty big, not even close to Koh Pagn Nang I am sure Mike, but still a ton of people. It went from 7pm to 7am, but I didn't last very long, since I started partying before 7. I have done a fair bit of hiking here on the island. Magnetic Island has the largest isolated koala population in Oz, there are over 100 koalas on the 100km long island. I have seen 3 of the cute animals while hiking. They are hard to spot since their grey fur blends in to the gum tree bark, and they don't move, just sleep 20 hours a day. That would be the life. They have one of the most extensive digestive systems of all animals to extract maximal energy from the gum tree leaves. There are a ton of green ants here on the island as well, and the aboriginals used to lick their green bums, to stimulate their salivary glands when doing long trecks in the hot climate here. I licked one, and it was like having a drop of lemon juice squeezed onto my tounge, very tangy. I have seen rock wallabies on the island as well, they live in the rocks by the ocean, and come out to feed at night. They look just like mini kangaroos. There have been quite a few possoms as well sut walking around. This island is quite the wildlife sanctuary. Now I head further north for Mission Beach today where the cheapest skydiving in Aus is.