Magnetic attraction
FOREST-FRINGED BEACHES, coral reefs and shipwrecks: that’s what passengers see when circumnavigating Magnetic Island in north Queensland. But skipper Adam Hinks sees a lifetime of memories.
“When we drive past Picnic Bay, my mind goes back to walking down the jetty every day as a kid to catch the boat to school,” he says. “Then we round the point at Florence Bay and I think, ‘That’s where I proposed to my wife.’ A bit further is the secret location my stepfather passed on to me for spearfishing, which I’ve passed down to my son. And further on is the beach where we spread my parents’ ashes.”
Adam now runs his tourism business, Aquascene, and raises his four children here with his wife and business partner, Stephanie. “Maggie just casts her magic on you,” says Stephanie. “She tells a story.”
Holiday haven
A 25-minute ferry ride from Townsville, ‘Maggie’,
