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the mystical magical spice islands basking in the deep blue sea have long been on my all time favorite dream destination list, i have wanted to swim in the oceans around these islands for as long as i can remember, thanks to fishboy for floating them back to the surface, maybe 2008 will be the year

i stepped barefoot onto the white sandy beaches with frangipani on the air, and looked out at a crystal ocean of a hundred shades of blue i knew i had found paradise.

this beautiful little island offers the chance to step back in time to a simpler life .. i spent a month ‘working’ on the beach, snorkeling with sharks and cycling the trails .. the south pacific is an entirely different world that leaves an ache in your heart and a longing to return, it has to be experienced first hand to be believed.

but really wanted to see ‘the tip’ so i set off hitch hiking .. words cannot begin to capture the rugged beauty and raw isolation i found along the way.

from the stunning cave art in laura to the young torres strait islanders pulling fish after fish out of the sparkling blue ocean on seisia pier, it is a place of spirit, timelessness, beauty .. magic!

i would love to go back with my camera and capture the shift from dry to wet, the southern cross arc gracefully across the night sky, the faces of the indigenous peoples and the stories untold.

i would love to pluck another perfect nautilus shell from among the beach flotsam, see the giant magnetic termite mounds, drink from a waterfall, and instead of nervously by foot, cross the jardine by ferry .. wow, times have changed!