Jupiters Townsville Hotel And Casino

... as we detoured around the military museum (which occupies the headland and refuses access to the seafront) to join The Strand. This seafront area, as usual, was a hive of activity in the early evening. Although it is warm well into the evening it always becomes dark, very suddenly, at 6.30 pm in Oz and we still find it quite strange, but very appealing, that people are out picnicking and BBQ-ing in the dark by the seafront!

Fish and chips eaten, we headed back for ...

An action packed day today as It was my last day on Maggie Island. First off I headed to Geoffrey Bay to spot the Wild Wallabies. I went to the large rocky area where I saw several wallabies. They are such funny creatures, they hop around like Kangaroos and are really curious animals. I held out my hand with the feed I bought from the shop and they came up to me and at out my hand!!! It was amazing how tame they were, I was able to feed several ...

... from all over Queensland and there was a real family atmosphere, which was confirmed today when we went walking along the beach - everyone seems to take their families down there! We found the most amazing chip shop which does every order separately so although you have to wait a long time it was worth it! We have found chocolate.......the only problem is that it tastes awful and Cadbury's is extortionate ...

... home. The rest of the day was pretty laid back - Jeremy, Denzel and Ethan went for a bike ride while Elijah and I went for a stroll along the beach and to the park. The kids had fun playing with a few others that have turned up over the past couple of days and Denzel was being chased and patted on the head by 2 little girls - make Dad proud!

... got stuck in a rapid and was been circled around the water and could get out for a while. That kinda put us on edge but we braved it through! That was pretty much it for the day and i was dropped back off at hostel where we chilled out together playing my favourite card game poker :D

I didnt get much sleep that night as i knew i had the Sky Dive the following day and i was ******** my pants about this but i knew this is something i promised myself i would do and i wouldnt bottle ...

... I am facing the two people whowent through my bag and robbed me on the bus when I was sleeping. They seem to have thrown away everything else including my wallet and cards, my passeport etc....

The police takes them to the station to search them properly and we are asked to go there in 30 minutes... so Marcus Dom and I decide to go through the bins at the bus station.. maybe we can find something.. not a nice job... and we don't find anything....

And to cut a long ...

... being the Rock Pool, an enormous artificial swimming pool with salt water pumped in from the local waters, kept clean and stinger-free by a huge filtration system.

i treated myself to an amazing grilled chicken panini and i enjoyed it as i sat on the grass along the waterfront basking in the tropical Australian sunshine. it wans't a very exciting day but relaxing for sure.

... swam, and read and napped and ate ice cream and all good things, before having Chunky Monkey for dinner (Chunky Monkey basically being anything you have cut up into chunks and mixed together, in this case, potatoes, boiled eggs, avocado, tomatoes and onions). And now it is Tuesday morning and we are heading back to the mainland soon to catch the bus to Airlie Beach. We miss you all lots and lots and send love to everybody at home xxxx

... milllään pois. Mut ei ainakaan pääse palamaan! Käveltiin puol tuntia naapuri biitsille nimeltä Balding Bay. Vietettiin siellä useampi tunti, nahan grillauksen merkeissä. Takas hotlalle tultiin viiden aikoihin ja bongattiin yhestä puusta ainakin 50 eriväristä papukaijaa. Hirveetä meteliä ne piti, mut ei ne kuitenkaan osanneet puhua. Ainii pientä dissausta Ausseista. Netti maksaa jokapaikassa. Jos Yha Hostelleissa haluaa käyttää wifi yhteyttä vuorokauden se maksaa 15 ...

... amp; clips suspended between tall trees.

When booking this yesterday, Katie had somehow managed to forget that she gets vertigo (helllllo...), so this was always going to get interesting!

We climbed up to the ...