Shore Drive Motel Townsville

... locals in the bar all came over to talk to us. We met two guys called Rusty and Wayne who are both working here in Townsville in the construction industry. Rusty tells us he has a big unit overlooking Magnetic Island, all to himself, he says paid for by ...

... .  We drove to Townsville, 350km away, and decided to call it a day and see what the town had to offer.  Well Townsville has a nice marina, lovely parks, and, erm, an absolute hell-hole of a town centre.  The motel smelt of polish, and all ...

... of the 'SS Yongala', a 330 foot Australian passenger liner that had been lost in 1911, en route from Melbourne to Brisbane, Townsville and Cairns. After leaving Brisbane she was lost in a sudden cyclone and no trace or survivors was ever found until 1958, ...

... Barkly Roadhouse which sits at the junction of the road to the Gulf, the Carpentaria Highway, and the east-west road from Townsville to the Stuart Highway, the Barkly Highway. It is famous in its own mind but only because of its remote, monopoly ...