banhador With the backpack and sunscreen factor 30 (an Australian manufacturing, so mellow you spend hours extended, but is that here the sun burns) we boarded a bus heading south to along the coast back to Sydney. We went in search of those paradise beach of which we had heard. First stop was a place called Magnetic Island (Captain Cook's compass was again browsing crazy here and named it ... has found that the compass was to be broken). We were still so far north that the climate was tropical, heat death, 100% humidity. That if the place is postcard and our hostel was on the beach, so you could dine at a table listening to the sea under a Palmeritas ...
But not everything is perfect, tropical waters are plagued Australia, between November and May of jellyfish. This could be no more than an inconvenience but outside two of the species you may encounter are potentially deadly to humans, there have been cases of people burnt out within minutes after a sting. The result is that these beautiful beaches are deserted, only one can Banha clad from head to toe in lycra superhero suit as we used to dive, or in a special enclosure above networks are not infallible even so even so some suit Banhan ... This coupled with the temperature of water (broth) to lose points to paradise. The vinegar on the beach is funny, but the first thing that must be used in case of jellyfish sting.
We are dedicated to walking and wildlife watching, which never ceases to amaze wherever we go in this country. Some birds like parrots huge black hiding under their colorful feathers, mounted a spectacular mess of beaches.
But undoubtedly the star was the chance to see some koala because here is one of the main colonies of these animals. We made a very interesting trek which takes you to a fortified buildings used in the Second World War, scarcely any remains scattered and half hidden by weeds and stones, but struck a bit of a contrast so with magazines, command centers and platforms shot. We kept our eyes wide open ... and we found it! A koala clinging the great nap, we gave rings around the tree and there was no way to catch him in a better posture, as not to wake this is what we get. Know that these animals sleep about 16 hours a day? I know someone who would change it and one of them ...
Here you have, also, the command post of the island and the views from the ability to control the entry of any boat in the bay.
Magnetic After we took a pretty big jump, direct-to-parallel 23-odd, ie, the Tropic of Capricorn. This meant more cold water and less risk jellyfish. We arrived, but ran aground should say watching how the ferries docked at the island, Great Keppel Island. This was closer to paradise, chilly waters, transparent and peaceful, and miles of beaches to miss. 
here gave us the chance to sleep in a tent, that if the pros shop (which is not the circus-tent Juan Gonzalez). Here you see John trying to take a nap ruined it quite noisy crows, is what are the shop, you fall asleep listening to the clicks of the lizards ... but is not part of the fun?
Great Keppel offers you the chance to snorkel, then a few meters from the coast you can find corals with subsequent marine life. There were huge fish of all colors, each pedal stroke you stood to observe a huge line in the sand or a fish that had only seen in books. The best without doubt was a huge turtle, the largest we've seen so far. Had to be very old because I was stuck limpet shells in the shell and head, was like a huge dinosaur. See her swimming has been one of the most exciting so far. As we do not have that to stay underwater camera with this description ... can not have it all.
ensenhar If I can that you have any pictures of other aquatic animals of the island, which are not bad. This piece is goanna lizard called one afternoon stroll around our store looking for something to put in their mouths, and those beautiful rainbow lorikeets calling for obvious reasons were everywhere trying to catch the sandwich of some Ninh.
As long is not a photo together (since Javier left us this is not the same) here is one of the two on the beach watching the sunset, I put the setting sun because it was next to impossible that both we and the sun, saliesen in the same picture.
Following beach boys in line and waiting not so bored or get mad beach at this stage of anho, our next destination was Rainbow Beach, a little further south. This place is situated in a national park that is all dunes covered with vegetation, was named because of the color of the sand. These colors are caused by different minerals that create a striking palette. What I have before the photo is not rock, but a sand dune colored compact. The explanation that we had a guy from the hostel with the different types of sand that we had around could not be more graphic.
This huge resort guarded by dunes of colors, we have a walk at low tide when the tide is no output, and the beach, believe me, is huge. We are reminded to Pipa but dolphins, and still fewer people, a joy. Here we are remembering the two times of John with arm raised and the two Pegaditas to get in the shot and my wandering in the distance.
From Rainbow made a trip to Fraser Island, which is supposed to be the largest sand island in the world, say there's more sand here than in the Sahara desert, finally, in any event is a spectacular place. On an island so, the main road is a huge beach 75 miles (do the accounts) it seems, by the traffic, a real highway. This is not dangerous for the Bathers, simply because there is ... so there are sharks, which eat people. We toured the beach to board the bus 4x4 photo, and saw the rusted hull of the ship Maheno, which ran aground here by a cyclone in 1935 ... and stayed.
To offset the disadvantage of sharks, the island is filled with freshwater lakes, rainwater accumulated and collected by an impermeable layer of vegetation which base. This you see in the picture is Lake MacKenzie, if not more spectacular blue water and sand as white as snow, is simply stunning. The water, crystal, was so clean you could even drink it as a pool without chlorine going. This place is so much like paradise that the island's name in the Aboriginal language of the area (K'Gari) means that, heaven.
animal life on the island also holds its own with several species of snakes and spiders deadly sting. Of these, fortunately, did not see any, but we saw this aranha already impressed enough. We also had the luck to see (from the bus) about dingo pups. The Australian dingoes are wild dogs, although they seem harmless enough notoriety. The problem is that people see as domestic dogs, but they are not. Carries a huge fine feed associated because it has made them more aggressive towards humans and not only can attack, but have come to kill Pequenho Ninh. With the face of good that has the angel.
Rainbow Beach, where we are, we manhana to Brisbane for a technical stop before arriving at Byron Bay. There will spend Christmas Eve more extranha of our lives, but that is another story.
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