For those less keen on diving, the trip to MagneticIsland takes just 20 minutes by boat.
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Aside from being the place to hop on the boat to MagneticIsland, it is also a popular departure point for diving courses on the Great Barrier Reef.
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They moved often, living near Byron Bay, a beachfront community in New South Wales, and on MagneticIsland, a tiny pile of rock that Captain Cook believed had magnetic properties that distorted his compass readings.