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Townsville
Reporting from Townsville, its true what people say, this is an underrated city, it's lovely. We have been to the aquarium so far which was great fun, and the strand here is a great place to walk, run and swim. Really enjoying it so far
Mission Beach and Townsville
Started our trip south along the east coast of Australia with a stop at mission beach, a quiet beach town with views of dunk island. Babinda one of the towns we passed through was like a ghost town apart from freight trains creaking and groaning as they shunted past the deserted railway crossings. Wallaman falls were worth the 100km round trip and …
Magnetic Island
... to watch her for a bit we headed back to Flinders Street for dinner at the Townsville Brewery. Today we were up to catch the 10.30am ferry for the short 20min journey across to Magnetic Island. We then hopped on a bus to Horseshoe Bay on the north of the Island, it was a beautiful bay and beach were we spent most of the afternoon. It also had a stinger enclosure too which is an area we could swim in without wearing stinger suits which was great! Around 4.30 we ...
Feeding the roo's in Townsville
... lovely owner of our motel upgraded us to a room with a view from the cheapo standard one we had booked. It's a spectacular view. We are really high up and can see all over Townsville to the sea and Magnetic Island beyond. We arrived on a Monday, the day restaurants in Australia are closed. It took us about an hour of driving around to find somewhere to eat. No one was around and just as we were giving up and about to head for McDonalds we found a gem - Long Board, a ...
On The Road
Hallo Welt, Wir starten heute sehr früh, da unser eigentlich sehr guter Platz für die Nacht mitten im Wald eine Durchgangsstraße für Baustellenlaster zu sein scheint und diese schon um 6Uhr morgens anfangen. :(( Wir fahren zurück nach Airlie und frühstücken direkt am Strandparkplatz, Top Aussicht, der ein oder andere Guckt etwas blöd. Simone geht dann ins Internet-Kaffee, ich räume auf, lese etwas im ...