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The road ends in the north at HORSESHOE BAY on the island's longest beach, with a cluster of shops at its eastern end. Water World here has jet skis , paragliding equipment , surf skis and boats for rent. Other diversions include wandering around the Magnetic Mango fruit plantation, where there's also a café with all kinds of fruit-laden delicacies, or going on a trail ride with Bluey's Horseshoe Ranch ($48 for the popular beach ride, $66 for a half-day ride; advance bookings only on 07/4778 5109). Walking tracks lead over the headland to Radical Bay by way of tiny Balding Bay , arguably the nicest on the island; you can spend a perfect day here snorkelling the coral gardens just offshore and cooking on the hotplate provided. Radical Bay itself is small but pretty, half a kilometre of sandy beach sandwiched between two huge, pine-swathed granite fists.