Magnificent Magnetic Island

 We discovered a longer version of the wetlands walk at Horseshoe Bay, meandering through a forest of massive melaleucas, their lemon scent in the air. 

From the bridge across the lagoon we could see some waterbirds weaving through the reeds, while noisy friarbirds were cackling, aerobatic rainbow bee eaters were swooping on insects, masses of mistletoes were flowerering, and overhead a whistling kite whistled.

Masses of mistletoes in flower

The sandy track eventually emerges at the lagoon which drains out to the beach, where white-breasted woodswallows were circling and landing, cuddled up along a branch.

Lagoon beach side

The lagoon

White-breasted woodswallows cuddling on a branch