Magnetic Island

We all traveled to Townsville, and caught the ferry over to Magnetic Island, I found this pretty funny as it was a rocky ride, Rory and Jenna's stomachs were turning over. When we got to Magnetic Island we hadn't yet booked any accommodation, but we had planned to go to a hostel which we had seen in Rory's Lonely planet guide. When we arrived in the area we found that this hostel had been closed down for over a year, so we would never trust Rory's guide from 2002 ever again lol. We got back onto the bus looking for somewhere to stay and found Base.
At Base we booked into a dorm of six, which was good as it gave us the opportunity to meet more people. So we get into our room, settle in and go to reception to ask some questions, and were then asked to move next door. All the people we had met in our room must have thought we had complained about them, as they never spoke to us again, but this was still a good move, as when we changed to next door I realized one of our room mates had previously been at Mission Beach, but we never spoke before. His name Carter, he must have thought I was crazy on first impression, as I just started to blabber on to him without introducing myself. Carter turned out to be a very funny American from Mishigan State. Jenna, Rory, and Me kind of just adopted him from the moment we met. There was also four other girls in our room who were pretty crazy, and very into girlie stuff. Jenna liked the girls instantly, talking about hair etc where as I would stick with the boys, play cards, talk and hang out on the beach, as I could not handle the girlie chit chat for too long.
Base backpackers was literally on top of the beach, and the rooms were cabins and tents, it was really great to be able to sit and eat your dinner or have a drink by the beach, and the view of the sea at night was amazing. The only let down was the Kitchen, as the facilities were not up to scratch, so we would have to buy their food from the bar, so we spent quiet a bit of unnecessary money on food. It also had a very busy night life, which i didn't like too much, so I had a couple of early nights, reading a book that Carter had leant me (Kurt Cobains autobiography) which is very good.
I did have one good night out, it was a night for the men to dress up as women, and Rory jumped at the chance, he loved all the application of make up and girly clothes, he was definitely a site. In the competition Rory had to dance and skip better than the other men to win free drinks and free kayaching. He won the competition which meant free champagne for us girls, and beer for the men. I was also looking forward to the full moon party we paid for on arrival, thinking it would be good music, beach fires, fireworks. It turned out to be trance music, and no entry to the beach, ending at 7 am. Rory had a good night, but Jenna, Carter and Me decided at about 12pm to grab hot dogs and go back to our room. When we got back we found alcohol spilt all over the floor by the girls, which had attracted loads of ants. Two of the girls had drunk a bottle of vodka each ooooh!
The next day we left Carter as he wanted to talk to his girlfriend, which usually took 2 hours aaaah, and we went to hire a Moke, which is a funny looking little car, so we could have a look around the Island. The Moke cost 70 dollars for 24 hours, but it took us 15 mins to get around the Island and see another beach and a few shops on the way. We realized we had been cond, but we did have fun on the way home, as there was no music we decided to have a good sing along, and I will never forget Bohemian Rhapsidy!
We stayed at Magnetic Island for 4 days, and it was relaxing, but 4 days was plenty of time for all of us i think. We all decided to book our next buses to the next destination. To our surprise Carter wanted to meet us at the next place too which was great, another travel buddy!