City Oasis Inn Townsville

... where Horror was. <br><br>Monday, we all seemed pretty slow, so steadily packed up for a 12 noon departure.<br><br>We have taken advantage of being in the Townsville metropolis. We have had our sun spots checked, removed and sampled. We have cracked our windscreen on the Suzuki and had it repaired (windscreen not insured ).<br><br> <br>We pay our taxes to the Government for health services, we pay extortionist amounts for Health Insurance and then ...

... the side of us, watching us as we watched it! It was so elegant and did not seem bothered by us at all and was not at all threatening. This must be one of the most amazing experiences of our whole dive careers! It was tempting to stay here for the whole dive but after hanging around for a while watching it we eventually moved on, finning against the current down to the other end of the boat. At times the current was so strong that it felt as though we were putting in all ...

Today I got on the bus with Nadia, heading up to Cairns. I got off at my stop at Townsville and got the ferry to my destination, Magnetic Island! This place is a slice of paradise, beautiful palm trees, 23 bays, plenty of sunshine and amazing wildlife. It's a beautiful island, full of lush rainforest and a national park. After some confusion with my accomodation I arrived at Base hostel, a pretty cool hostel right on the Nelly Bay ...

... machines in such good condition.<br>Around midday we decided to meat up with Lesley and Ross , our friends at Townsville . Ross just finished his 7 days of work in the mines and was arriving that day as well. We met Ross in the front yard watering his plants of their brand new home very close to the beach , you could hear the waves coming in. We set up camp on a vacant block of land backing up onto the beach hoping that no one would tell ...

... entered the ocean on day 4 (i chilled on day 3 watching, the most relaxing day of the trip so far for me!).<br><br>For this we had to complete 2 dives on day 4 and 5 then received two extra dives for free on day 5 having qualified. To be fair despite Nat taken her time in the pool, it actually worked out in our favour because on day 3 and 4 the water was rough and visibility was no more than 2m but on our final day of 4 dives we ...

... to get around without mum, so his fur was still lighter colored than most and looked very soft. I was able to get a pretty good picture, so see facebook, please. :-) There was so much eucalyptus you could smell it. But it wasn't the usual nice smell that I imagine eucalyptus to be, it was more musty. It didn't smell very good. And I started getting a scratchy throat and sneezing all over the place so I thought I was allergic to it ...

... br><br>And we wait another 30 minutes for the police to arrive... I am worried that they see me and realise something is up and so I try and hide in a corner whilst Marcus keeps an eye on them. The guy looks nervous it seems. and the police arrives and walks to them.... I am actually quite scared: what if it is not them? or what if it is but they have already got rid of all the stuff and we can't prove anything?... many question go through my mind and make my head spin.<br><br ...

... the managers of the caravan park, it was suggested we take a trip to the local butcher as his meat was to die for. She was so right, we purchased some nice rump steak and it just melted in our mouths. So, if you are heading that way don't forget to stop.<br><br>The two nights spent overlooking the lake with uninterrupted views, were just magic and we could have stayed longer.<br><br>From Richmond we headed ...

Townsville The four hour bus from Mission Beach to Townsville flew by as we got to watch Australia the film, and had a picnic-lunch stop in Cardwell, with a great view over to Hinchinbrook Island. When we arrived in Townsville, we made our way the short distance from the ferry terminal to our hostel "Reef Lodge" which was painted on the outside like an undersea-scene. After getting ensconced we met up with Micha and Emma, visited ...

... games of other continents. <br><br>At the 3rd tree platform, we were well and truly up in the canopy of the rainforest, and it was just beautiful up there. We could even see the sea!<br><br> <br><br>Even Katie was loving it ...