Hi everyone, arrived in Townsville on Thursday. It is quite a big place after outback QLD, seems to be about the size of Geelong. We will be here until next Friday then head up to Mission Beach for 5 days. MB took the brunt of Cyclone Yasi, so it will be interesting to see how the town has recovered.. After that we will go to Cairns.. Yesterday we went up to the lookout- T/Ville is surrounded by mountains & you would not know you are on the coast until you actually see the water. The weather is overcast with bursts of sunshine, about 25 degrees & humid. The locals are all complaining it is the coldest winter in years! They can pick us as tourists as they are all in jeans & jumpers & we (about half of Victoria seems to be here) all wear shorts & T shirts. We stayed one night at Charters Towers, a really lovely town, & wished we had booked for longer but we can't see everything. Here are some pictures of Townsville, mostly from the lookout.
Our journey to the outback & to Townsville
Looking West
East to the Coral Sea & Magnetic Island
RAAF Base & local Airport
Port Area
Above & below, the Rockpool with Magnetic Island in the background. The water is filtered so "Stingers" cannot infiltrate
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