Great Keppel Island

Taking the ferry From Rockhampton over to Great Keppel takes roughly 30 mins. This turned out to be quite an exciting ride as it was blowing a hoolie and the sea was pretty rough. The island compromises of  a few great beaches, a hostel, a couple of cafes and a very vacant and dilapidated resort in desperate need of repair. There are a couple of great walking tracks which lead you up over the island and down to the different beaches on different sides of the island.

Another interesting fact we soon found out about the island was that it was home to some of the biggest and most vicious mosquitos on the planet.. and I may still have the scars to prove it. 

After hiking over the island on a trail called the Mt Windham Walk, we dropped steeply down to an stunning beach which was completely deserted. Our only provisions we had with us were two very over priced sandwiches and a packet of crisps. We also hired some snorkel and masks from the nearby cafe. 

Snorkeling was fairly successful but the clouds were out and visibility was a bit rubbish. Whilst bobbing about in the water I noticed a bit of a scuffle on the beach around the area where our bags were left. Turns out 10 disgusting crow-like birds were ripping open my bag and devouring my over-priced sandwich and the rest. I didn't even know Birds could open backpacks and packets of crisps but between them they did a pretty good job.

It was too late by the time I attempted to power snorkel back to shore and run screaming like a banshee up the beach towards the wreckage. The two other people who had just recently turned up on the beach found it mildly hilarious. 

But the greedy Crows of satan remained, perched in a nearby tree waiting, their beady little birdy eyes watching my every more..presumably on the off chance that I might miraculously produce a salmon and cream cheese bagel from out of my snorkel give them a taste. As if.

I spent the next good 20 minutes trying to stone the B*stards to death.