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Townsville Slideshow
Townsville
Travel Blogs from Townsville, Australia
Sticker Shock
... 'll be immune to such inflation and won't be gasping every few minutes as we re-enter western society. While we sat in Townsville and waited for them to change the battery that had died in our sweet campervan we fondly reminisced about our $2 noodle ...
Magnificent Mammals on Magnetic
I had not visited Magnetic Island on my last trip to Australia and had heard really good things about it so was keen not to miss it out this time. We arrived in style by being picked up from the ferry in a vintage Rolls Royce and taken to our ...
Day 24 - Rains' roadtrip heads across the water
... picked it up and gave it to another honest tourist who called me. !!!! Today, up and off at 7.30 to catch the ferry in Townsville to Magnetic Island - all went smoothly and we set up camp , had dinner - kids exhausted and in bed by 8.00 - giving me the ...
Nouveau départ
Après les adieux à l'aéroport (Elise et Marianna repartent pou Brisbane), je file dans le centre pour booker une petite auberge bien sympa, calme et peu cher, le genre d'endroits où on se sent un peu comme à la maison. Maintenant c'est un peu ...
Downsville
... of the most beautiful and unspoilt beaches in Oz. That night we booked our tickets and went for a walk along the esplanade. Townsville itself is a lovely town. The next day we woke up yet again in a flooded tent. There had been torrential rainfall all ...
Mark gets a hair cut!
... which was a little strange in its animation but still quite good. Anything to avoid the Elton John concert at Townsville's footy stadium was welcome. The next day we were on the move again but not before sending some mail and listening to ...
Girl About Town
... again. And nothing personal to Queensland's second city, but I decided it would only take a day to discover the delights of Townsville. I think just something about the name Townsville put me off, because it sounds like all the people there are kind of ...
I Owe, I Owe...
Everything hurts. We have now completed our third full day of picking butternut pumpkins (a.k.a. squash) and watermelons. If it sounds like a rough and exhausting job, that's because it IS. Quite possibly worse even, because on top of the purely physical ...
Reef HQ and IMAX cinema
... turtle on deaths door there... it is located on the roof of the building... not much to see... bit of a let down! We leave Townsville tomorrow and head straight for Cairns (we will visit all the place inbetween on the way back south). Sarah and Stu ...
Troubles in Townsville
... a stunning view of the falls, complete with a rainbow over the falls. We drove back down the windy road and through the kangaroos to Townsville. We'd been having a few problems with the van battery (i.e. it didn't start the car) so we had to take it to a ...
Après la ville maudite, la ville fantôme.
... la planète. Et oui, c'est tout.... pas de radio, pas de rasage, rien. Tout était fermé. Nous sommes donc reparti de Townsville, maintenant appelé la ville fantôme, puisque, après y avoir été un lundi, nous avons réaliser que même la semaine la ...
Magnetic Island and Townsville
... beach to spend 3 days sailing around the Whitsunday Islands. Unfortunately, due to the heavy rains, all the roads between Townsville and the Airlie were flooded, so all the buses and trains were cancelled. This meant we had to rearrange ...
Headed To Cairns
... and our little cabin at the holiday park felt like it was swaying back and forth like the boat. We drove out of town and up to Townsville the next day, and here we are. We are trying to do a dive here or at Cairns but it all depends on the winds. We ...
Simmo's The "Kid's Have Left the Nest" Aussie Tour
... ll see a bit more of the bush along the way and catch up with some old friends and family. We stopped at Bluewater, just north of Townsville for lunch as we had a late start. This was mainly due to Jan (wife) trying to sort out a Telstra issue. Anyway we ...
Chilling out
I'm basically just chilling out in Townsville before moving onto Mission Beach. Today I went to the beach and topped up the tan, it's coming on quite well. Bex and I agreed that it was nice to chill here before heading off to Cairns. We're staying in ...
Contd Epic Journey to Cairns
Thu 26th Jan Reached Townsville in torrential rain, waited another hour, then headed north to Cairns for a further five hour journey and it was still raining when we arrived. We got collected by the courtesy bus for 'Tropic Days', where we checked ...
Townsville, best forgotten
Townsville, what can I say, very littleI'm afraid, it started life in 1864 as a boiling down works founded by a certain Mr Towns to proccess carcasses from hie pastoral lease inland. It seems never to shaken off this very prosaic beginning and to me ...
More australia awesomeness
... looking forward to that, although a 30kms out at sea i suspect its gonna be a pretty rough boat ride out there! Now im in townsville, just checking out the sights here, not really much to see, but a nice beach to lie on and thats just fine with me! ...
Sailing
... The most fabulous food we had ever had. After the cruise we made our way further north along the coast to Townsville where we left our car and took a ferry to Magnetic Island to spend three nights. A very tropical island with almost 80% ...
Redneck city
... especially if you're there to see feeding time with the sharks. That evening we drove up to the top of the hill in Townsville to see the sunset which was great, but the ferocious mosquitoes were not. Back at the hostel we decided to take a ...
Tropics
..Is there anybody who's alive out there... Morjens! Eli tällä kertaa raapustellaan siis Townsvillen Internet Denista :D Australian hitaan tekniikankehityksen vuoksi emme saa internetiä kotiimme, joten yhteydenpito tulee varmasti olemaan yhtä ...
SS. Yongala
Mit ner kleinen Nussschale gehts es am Morgen fuer 3 Stunden raus auf hohe See. Seegang ist ordentlich und wir springen quasi 3 Stunden zu dem Wrack. Aber nach dem hessischen Motte nur die Hatte komme in de Gadde wird das ueberstanden. Mein Mitgefuehl ...
"Yer in Queensland, mate." No shit.
On our way back from Airlie Beach, we stopped off at Townsville. It was sunny and humid, so we went to a mid-afternoon showing of the Pink Panther - total rubbish. That night we checked into a cabin at a campsite, because it's just too hot to use the ...