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Townsville Slideshow
Townsville
Travel Blogs from Townsville, Australia
Slide, slide, slippity slide...
We are heading north from Townsville, when we pass Paluma National Park, where our Lonely Planet book says is a beautiful crystal clear lake and a view of the ocean. Why not? So we turn off on some unsealed road and head for the ...
Townsville
... own. Muscles of steel. I digress, after the struggling, we made it to the bus stop after booking our accommodtion in townsville and magnetic island, and schlepping back to katy's hostel to pick up her pasport etc that she left in the safety deposit ...
Townsville
We have arrive in Townsville, Queensland, which is a sleeeepy town. It is also a mining town. They have recently spent $30M on their waterfront, called the 'Strand'. It was money well spent as it is quite beautiful and clean. There was a large ...
a good little island
... winner - a guy (also shocking) - got up, filled a champagne glass with his own yellow stuff and Drank it!!! Gross!!! yet hilarious. Townsville the next night hosted pete and i for a real dinner - eating at a restaurant. Very big novelty to us, as it ...
Townsville - again... lock away your phones!!!!
We stayed at a different caravan park this time.... one with a gate and at least a fence.... needless to say, nothing was stolen this time - ha ha. PS - Happy Birthday Katy ...
Townsville
Today we both got up with heavy headaches. It feels like the excess of water and sun yesterday didn't do much good to our bodies. We had to have a lazy day today. We couldn’t hang around doing nothing, hence I got the German bread in the morning. ...
Diving down the East Coast and Movie World
... and diving. Townsville Townsville is a city port named after Robert Towns, the Sydney sea Captain who founded the town in 1864. Townsville is also renown for its diving and is home to the Yongala wreck. The Yongala was a passenger liner that sank ...
Townsville and Tsunami
... actually underwater with them rather than behind glass the next day we head to magnetic island - about 20 mins ferry ride from Townsville. here, we visited bungalow bay, a wildlife sanctuary - were I got to hold a crocodile, lizards, snakes and even a ...
It has arrived!!
Finally.. My tickets to the Grand Prix have finally arrived!! They'll let me in the gates now. I've been waiting for these tickets since I booked them in October. Now it all seems real. Accommodation and flights have been booked now all I have to ...
Explanation
I've decided to take Sarah to Brisbane and the Gold Coast for a holiday. She hasn't been away in awhile and she will be 5 by the time we go so it will be a fun holiday. She loves Brisbane as do I and she'll enjoy all of the theme parks. By the way, ...
Zaby spotkalismy przy dwoch roznych zywiolach...
... szyba w samochodzie z czterema sladami po kamieniach ( w tym jeden centralnie na wysokosci wzroku kierowcy). Dotarlismy do Townsville i pomimo ze pogoda byla w kratke spedzilismy calkiem ciekawie czas. Nie bede wspominac szalensw basenowych, bo to sie ...
Townsville and the Rodeo
We stayed in Townsville for another 5 nights just so we could see the Rodeo on Saturday night. The rodeo started at lunchtime and continued on until about 10pm then they had a party until 3am. We were lucky enough to get a camping ...
Townsville, Australia
Hello everyone! I am currently in townsville australia which is more of a thriving city. I am staying at a nice backpackers hostel downtown right of the beautiful beaches (the strand). Last night we stayed at a hostel above a saloon at charter towers and ...
Rafa, moze byc nawet i sztuczna
Wybralismy sie w koncu na rafe- tyle ze w centrum Townsville i w dodatku w akwarium.... Ale trzeba w tym miejscu powiedziec, ze jest to najwieksza rafa na swiecie zbudowana przez czlowieka. Faktycznie jest bardzo duza, mozna ogladac ja przez ogromne okna ...
Mission Beach and Townsville
... 100km round trip and they rewarded us with a magnificent view of their 260 metre drop; the largest in Australia. Felt comfortable as we stayed in Townsville in a B&B very similar to those in Ireland. The highlight here was the glorious views from ...
Townsville
Pitstop in Townsville... Landed about 9.20 am, and took a taxi to the hotel. Sleep was the first thought on my mind. Totally exhausted travelling and being up early... I went for a walk exploring the town. Followed some signs toward Castle Hill. Thought ...
Townsville - Kitesurfing
Got up very early today, because the kids started playing (and making lots of noice doing this) at 6am. After buying long shirt for me we went kite-boarding again. We finalized our course and got our official kite surfers pass. From now on we will be ...
Getting back to Townsville
Early in the morning, we went back to Townsville on the good old Greyhound. Sandra and Alec picked us up from the bus stop to take us back into the family home. Lots of chatting about the past days. Doing the washing and ordering Italian food for the ...
Townsville and Magnetic Island
... ' for 2 nights. We weren't impressed as the owner & staff were really unfriendly. We then Caught a 20 minute ferry from Townsville to Magnetic Island. We stayed at 'Bungalow Bay YHA'. This place is set in Beautiful surroundings & we stayed in a ...
An even longer road...
We thought the road from Tennant Creek to Mount Isa was long but it was nothing compared to the road to Townsville. Flood plains with bush grass as far as the eye could see, no bends, no hills, no cars, just the two of us on one very very bumpy ...
The day I got robbed and assisted the arrest....
... ;assis a cote de moi alors qu'il y a de la place partout... je comprendrai quelques heures plus tard... Nous arrivons a Townsville ou c'est un arret dejeuner pendant une heure... je cherche mon portefeuille dans mon sac pour aller acheter mon sandwich et ...
Yli 200 päivää aurinkoa
Irti on!!! Reilun puolenvuoden matka kohti kotia alkakoon! Onpahan nyt sitten oltu aussien ympäröitävinä 12 kuukautta, juotu pari olutta brittifudislegenda Robbie Fowlerin kanssa ja saatu paikallisia ystavia ympari kaupunkia. Yli 200 päivää ...
Arriving at Townsville
Finalling arriving at Townsville after 4 solid days of driving! Will update more ...
Townsville
we ahd a look around Townsvelle centre, there's not much there it's really small. There's loads of signs talking about development so I think they're about to start loads of work trying to improve the area and town centre. Its a shame cause it's got ...
Ingham and Townsville
We booked our next greyound bus south to Townsville (Townsvilles the next major town - and is the gateway to a place called Magnetic Island). We decided to stop off at a place called Ingham to see what the smaller town's there like again, we were ...
Townsville
A quick stop off to catch the boat over to Magnetic island for the day. Hired a Mini moke, another to do tick off & took the day to tour the beaches & bars. A real beauty of a ...
Port Douglas - Townsville
... by and killing each other. So all in all we didn't get a great nights sleep. Poor us! We discovered Barramundi in Townsville. This fish is extremely popular in Oz, especially in the Northern Territory but we only tried it for the first time here. ...
Townsville
... so they had a couple of events on and were bringing people out for spins in huge army amphibians, cool! (see pics) Townsville is a nice enough place but there's not much to it so we didn't stay there too long. Although it has a ...
Magnetic Island - maybe not so Magnetic
... to swim in the lagoon and some rude Brazilians chucking me out of my bunk) it was time to leave. So I jumped on a coach to Townsville, to then catch a ferry to Magnetic Island. I met up with two girls from the boat and caught the ferry with them but left ...