Townsville & Magnetic Island

Trip Start Sep 03, 2007
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Trip End Sep 02, 2008


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Monday, August 4, 2008

Arrived into Townsville in blazing sunshine once again - this is why I love this country!  Booked into somewhere half decent with a TV in the room!  Townsville is quite big and has a massive lagoon as they call them (seawater pool on the beach for people to swim and avoid the stingers that are out in the Ocean!) at the end of the Pier.  We did very little on the first night and deciding to go out at about 10pm on a Monday night turned out to be a very bad decision as was deadsville and everything was closed by 12!  Tuesday night turned out to be a lot better when all the students emerged wearing very hick Cocktail dresses - I was convinced there was a fancy dress on.  Conor tried to persuade me that is how students dress.  Obviously we were quite drunk!

In between the drinking we took a trip out to Magnetic Island which is gorgeous.  Lots of stuff to do there too.  Spent the morning on the beach and then went to check out the Wildlife Park in Koala's Resort.  It was small but defo one of the best that I have been to in Australia.  We got to touch and hold lots of the animals and the guide was really interesting.  So if you have a chance to go I recommend it!
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