Townsville, Qld

Fairly pleasant sort of run, despite the multiple road works and truck drivers, who would run everyone else off the road, down the Bruce Highway to Townsville. The caravan park is in the most peculiar place behind a service station on the corner of two main roads. Let's see how noisy it is tonight. It is a bit higgeldy piggeldy with lots of cabins, but has a nice, warmish pool, so all is forgiven. Went down town to book the car ferry to Magnetic Island and a couple of nights in a hotel - a bit of a splurge. Heading over on the 9am ferry tomorrow..

Drove around to ‘The Strand’ and had a glass of wine in our most favourite restaurant out over the water (we had lunch there 9 years ago!). Had to make the obligatory drive up to the top of ‘The Hill’, weaving in and out between the hoards of health freaks running and walking their way up. It's 2.9kms straight up and there are a lot of red faces, sweaty t-shirts, people standing under the water misters as well as those doing sit ups, crunches and generally showing off, when you reach the top.Took a few snaps and retired to the van park for dinner and a night in.

Self explanatory from top od Castle Hill