During our second Pit Stop in Miriam Vale, a lonely guy at the tourist information point told us about an island, which is located on southern part of the Great Barrier Reef. On the next day, we drove from Emu Park to the harbor in order to take the ferry to the Great Kepple Island.
Great Kepple Island is a home for many different sorts of animals, which were not afraid of humans at all. These Lorichids for example joined our dinner and begged for cookies literally sitting next to our plates.
The second free living pet we have met on the island were lazy Possums. This mom was carrying her oversized "Baby" with her at all times. One evening we had three of those beasts raiding our tent. They managed to pull the zipper apart and threw everything to the ground.
Our first hike on the island was to a mystical beach called Monkey Beach. The locals from which I rented a fishing rod instructed us that a small trail takes us there in a couple of minutes.
If you asked me, it took us longer than an hour and a lot of effort to get there. We had the choice to either walk through the rocks at the beach or take a small trail up the hill.
On arrival we had already forgotton the effort it took us to get there. There was no other soul on the beach except for a couple of goats and the view was spectacular.
Every day we explored another part or beach of the island and spent most of the time lying in the sun or fishing.
The first fish we caught was a baby flathead, we had to kill it because it swollowed the hook too deep. As a result we ate tiny but tasty fillets.
The second fish was one of those guys with the suckerhead. They're usually hanging on boats, sharks or whales as blind passengers.
Ewunia proved herself to be a good fishergirl, occasionally "swearing" the seagulls or small sharks away :)
The fascination faded away... sometimes :)
On the last evening, Ben and two other guys climbed the cliffs to fish in the incoming tide.
So in the evening we had more than enough fish and shared it with everybody.
Bon appetit, Great Kepple Island
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