Townsville 15 5 05

Set off for Townsville around lunchtime and the closer we got the greener the land became! Townsville has many beautiful buildings left over from the gold rush. Had dinner by the beach and then parked near a park, as we couldn’t stop on the beach.
It is a lot bigger than we thought and very tropical in the main areas. The sprinklers seem to go on about 10pm and in the morning everything is dewy. We saw lots of tropical flowers even for this time of year including a much bigger frangipani flower with that real Asian ambience. The main mall is like any other city mall any where in Oz. But the Strand which is a long area along the ocean in the city is very upmarket and has apartments all the way along looking across gardens and parks to the water. Magnetic Island is visible from most views and is so much closer and bigger than we imagined. When we come back down in a few weeks we will catch the ferry across ($20) each and take the motorbike.