20.09.07

TOWNSVILLE

Left Balgal beach in brilliant sunshine and calm seas and went down to Townsville were we booked into a Top Tourist Park, didn’t know at the time but it is near the airport and on a busy corner and the sewers stunk, apart from that the internet was dreadfully slow but the sand flies were not too bad.

I booked the Prado in for a service on Friday and then went into the city for a look. It has changed a lot since we were last here and the drive along the Strand is very nice indeed. It is really a very pretty city on the foreshore but when you get back it drops away considerably. Its a very large busy city with a lot of local industry and a busy port.

21.09.07

TOWNSVILLE

As stated prev day this is not the quietest park, lots of noise with planes trains and motor bikes.

I have been having some trouble with the computer in that the c drive was beginning to fill right up so I took it to a computer shop today and the young fellow there transferred a lot of files over to the D drive, all for no cost which was very good of him. The wireless connection here at the park is next to useless so have not had much joy with it.

We went to the top of Castle Hill which is right in the centre of the city and gives spectacular 360 views, although it was very smoky and not that clear.

Took the Prado in to the Toyota dealer at 1400 for a service and walked the very large shopping precinct over the road looking for a new chair which we bought at a place that was full of fishing gear and camping, rather incredible.

Back to the noise of homeward traffic in the park, might move to another tomorrow.