On the 17th October 1982 Samual W was born, 25 years, Happy Birthday Mate…
We started celebrating his Birthday when we got up at 5 am and went to Authur Bay to watch the Sun Rise.
After the sun had risen we explored the beach, took photos of seaweed and shells we found on the beach and enjoyed the peace and beauty of the early morning.
Remember on day one I blogged a photo of the Red Baron on Horseshoe Bay, and I said more about the Red Baron in a later post, this is the later post…
The advertising for Red Baron Seaplanes says…An experience worth coming to Magnetic Island for … This movie star is now gracing the skies above beautiful Magnetic Island. The historical Grumman Sea-Cat starred in the movie The Phantom and is now being cast in a new adventure. It’s the only two passenger, open cockpit bi-plane on floats in the world. Billy Zane flew in it, Catherine Zeta Jones flew in it, now it’s your turn to fly in the Red Baron for an experience of a lifetime.
Ready To Fly
Authur Bay From the air…The white line just to the left of centre is the roof of the house that is behind Sammy in the photo above…The outcrop of rocks between that house and the plane is where we ate Lunch on Day 15…and on the peak of the two hills are the Old Forts that I walked to on Day 11.
The Flight took us around the Island and to finish the pilot banked around a couple of times so that we were on our sides…as the advertising said it was an experience of a lifetime…
 
We had Lunch at the local Pub and borrowed their 25 table number to take a B’day Photo…
After lunch we relaxed at the Beach Front for the afternoon.
This evening we made him wear a party hat to be in the right mood and gathered with friends for a lovely evening to finish his special day…
Party Is Over…Looks like it might be Bed Time.
I will leave you with a photo of an unwelcome guest…Cane Toads were introduced to Australia to control the cane beetle, which they did, they also made themselves at home, with no natural enemies they survived and thrived becoming a huge pest…
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