We arrived in Townsville and stayed the first night at the Coral Coast Caravan Park - one night too many. It was like camping on the third runway of the airport, or the median strip of the highway. We searched the internet and found an unadvertised camping ground at the Seventh Day Adventist Conference Centre. It was quiet, uncrowded, close to town and good value. We happily stayed there for 4 nights.
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| Our car and van at the Seventh Day Adventist camping ground |
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| The riverside parkland adjacent to the park |
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| Big beautiful trees in the camping ground |
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| The "office" at the camping ground |
We really liked Townsville - especially The Strand, which is the road that runs along side the beachfront. It is a great place to just go and enjoy at any time. Nice sandy beach, green grass foreshore, playgrounds, coffee shops, ice-cream shops and lots of people similarly enjoying themselves.
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| The Rock Pool - a sea water swimming pool at the end/start of The Strand |
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| The pretty foreshore of Townsville |
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| Our poor elderly dog gets carried in her make-shift doggy bag |
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| Princess making friends with a dugong |
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| Princess making friends with a turtle |
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| Lots of activities and people enjoying the foreshore |
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| Princess on The Strand |
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| An exciting waterpark for the kids |
I met up with Margaret, a work colleague from AST Consulting days, and enjoyed a night out at a restaurant with a great group of people from James Cook University.
We went across to Magnetic Island on the ferry. We took the car so we could drive around and also so that Princess could come with. Otherwise we would have had to muzzle her for the trip! We thought Magnetic Island was lovely; some of the nicest beaches that we've seen so far. The island is promoted as an island of bays, which is very accurate.
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| Fulfilling my "fantasea" to cruise to Magnetic Island |
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| Princess on the ferry |
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| Beautiful clear water |
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| Beautiful bay beaches |
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| Another beautiful beach |
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| Judith and Princess enjoy another beautiful beach |
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| Princess just loves the beach |
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| Bird life on the island |
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| Leaving the marina on Magnetic Island |
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| Views of the island on our ferry trip back to Townsville |
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| The sun sets over Magnetic Island |
I still can't believe you stayed at the seventh day adventists park!!!!! Prinny is very cute in her little carrier bag and it's good to see her making some friends!! Dad I hope you realised that 'Strand' is the german word for 'beach'... :)
ReplyDeleteyou guys travel so much that it's hard to keep up with reading! but your pictures are great, and from different angles as well! :D great job, Rob
ReplyDeleteAre you sure you are not on payroll of Townsville Tourism! Quite makes me want to pack my bags and head north. Jenny
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