Magnetic Island would have been the greatest place of inspiration for artists like Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel the Elder as well as for the writer Franz Kafka.
Prime minister Paul Keating's expression: "If you want to find a good friend in the government, bring your dog", apply very much to the human conditions on Magnetic Island.
"A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die." - Franz Kafka
