Hotel M Townsville

... to The Strand (Townsville's main seafront road and evening gathering place).<br><br>On the way we noticed (and heeded) lots of the Cassowary warning signs but did not see any cassowaries. The signs are a bit curious because they seem to show that a collision with one of these birds seems to rock the poor character back on his heels but he remains intact. On the other hand, the car appears to be much worse affected with substantial damage to body and to glass!<br><br ...

... br><br>Townsville is very well serviced by retail outlets &#8211; every brand name is here, however we were really disappointed with the city heart. The Flinders Street Mall is reminiscent of a retail ghost town, apparently awaiting a refurbishment. The only time the place comes to life is on a Sunday morning for the local markets, which we did attend, they were quite good and we purchased some much longed for tropical fruits - yummo.<br><br>Our favourite ...

... Mexican café. We had nachos and chicken wraps which were great. We then drove around to Picnic Bay and had a stop at the beach there before heading off to the ferry for the return trip to Townsville. Magnetic Island is beautiful and we were all sad to be leaving. It has been our favourite place so far on our travels.<br><br>We started our drive from Townsville to Airlie Beach. It was fairly uneventful driving past field after field of sugar cane. We ...

... enjoyed the science touch and experience area again. We then went up to Castle Hill lookout past all the walkers and joggers (idiots if you ask me) going up the long windy and steep hill to a magnificent view of Townsville. Glad we drove cause I don't think I would of been able to enjoy the view if I made it up! I really need to get fit - any miracle cures that don't involve exercise yet?<br>

... Vinegar) befindet. Die Erste Hilfe Maßnahme bei Quallen, die es ab** zur Zeit nicht geben dürfte. Dann sind wir an einem kleinen ab** kostenlosen Wass**park für Kind** vorbei gekommen, an einem Schwimmbad, an einem Wass**fall &#8211; und ja, wir waren mitten in d** Stadt, an d** Promenade! Am Hafen entlang, durch den Anzac Park und letztendlich kamen wir am Reef HQ an, einem Unt**wass**museum, von dem ich sogar schon mal in Deutschland im F**nsehen gehört habe. Viele Beiträge ...

As I was now in a fair bit of a rush to get down the coast, due to heading to Bali etc and realising how much there is to see and do down the east coast, I could only afford one night in townsville and unfortunately had to miss out magnetic island. After a long bus journey I arrived in townsville and was met by Rosemary in a rather nice mercedes! we headed back to their house, and I met John and Chris,and ...

... The hostel is also the site of the islands main bar so I've already had a few fun nights. After 2 weeks of basically meat and beer in Cairns I decided that I needed a little exercise so I set out on a hike of which there are a couple on the Island. The first hike I tried actually ended up being 2+ hours of walking up and around a mountain so it was pretty intense, but the views were definitely worth it. A Scottish guy I met ...

... It's like "Keeyyyyrns"!! The esplanade is really lovely with a large swimming pool band barbecue areas. It is really family oriented. We had a quick lunch here as well. <br><br>We wanted to check to waterfalls, big and small creeks. After a while the road just stopped and continued on a red dirt road. We drove until the road was actually blocked and we needed to turn back. We checked the gorges and came back into the car ...

... an opportunity. It is said when the sun is in the exact place in the sky that it was when the world was created. If anyone knows how on earth they know this, please put your answers on a postcard and send them to me. The short prayer was said on the street, accompanied by many funny looks from locals going about their morning routine. It was followed by an awkward (from my viewpoint) Moshiach will come soon dance. Then I did tefillin again, 2 in 2 days! I'm ...

... hob! I ended up changing pans three times, and eventually I was able to cook the soup through and be able to eat it warm. <br><br>It was definitely the worst kitchen &amp; hostel we'd seen so far, the room was very ...