Townsville

[Gabbie]

Grab a jet ski & do a lap around magnetic island, always good fun. Just be sure to wear a stinger suit & try to hang on. Palarenda channel isn't called Tiger Shark alley for nothing Go for a drive up into the rainforest as well. Paluma National Park is beautiful. Waterfalls galore & Paluma township itself houses about 120 people. About half way up to the town is an old stone bridge over a massive waterfall with about 5 tiers to it. You can take a dip in there then head up to town. Nice restaurant in Paluma & the turn off up to the dam is a few k past town. Road up to it's a little rough but well worth it. Little Birthday Creek Falls are spectacular. Seriously just explore the area. There's a good lookout heading up to Harveys Range & the teahouse up there has that uber catpoo coffee that costs $50 a cup. South you've got alligator creek, another national park & awesome swimming hole. If you want fresh food while yer there grab some from the farms out there on the roadside. $5 for a bag of mangoes (god I miss that) etc. Just don't get stuck in town the whole time you're there. There's plenty around the place to keep you well occupied.

What you say....or head west to Charters Towers - 130k away - old mining town..actually was there 2 weeks ago for their big race day, never saw so many Akubras and RM Williams in one place in my life..or north to Ingham (little Italy) then turn off to Lucinda..not bad fishing around there and the Hinchinbrook channel and on the way stop at the Frosty Mango for scrumptious icecream...great barra in batter at the Cardwell road house. If partial to decent fish and chips Harolds on the cnr Gregory St and The Strand doing a pretty mean fish and chips...barra is around $6 to $8 a piece or go for the seafood platter...

 

[Gabbie]

and a p.s.

Seagulls is right next to Rowes Bay...don't recommend a dip in the ocean there at the moment, one croc spotted this week cruising past or Geoffrey Bay and any Bay on west side of Magnetic Island (the uninhabited ones- good for fishing tho)

 

[rooboy_88]

got back from t-ville, really enjoyed meself and lets jus say i found magnetic island the highlight of the trip. enjoyed the scooters around town and horseshoe bay

 

[Gabbie]

got back from t-ville, really enjoyed meself and lets jus say i found magnetic island the highlight of the trip. enjoyed the scooters around town and horseshoe bay

HORSESHOE BAY tho I am biased...my "home village"...hope you weren't one of the louts hooning down the road towards HB beach tooting on their scooter and annoying my woofers....obviously you weren't the touro who fell off their scooter on the weekend at the hill before Horseshoe....claret flowing and ambos in attendance I believe.

Glad you liked maggie.

 

[rooboy_88]

HORSESHOE BAY tho I am biased...my "home village"...hope you weren't one of the louts hooning down the road towards HB beach tooting on their scooter and annoying my woofers....obviously you weren't the touro who fell off their scooter on the weekend at the hill before Horseshoe....claret flowing and ambos in attendance I believe.

Glad you liked maggie.

ill put my hand up and admit we did a bit of tooting past the pub, there were me and 4 of my mates going past the pub and we did get a bit of a cheer from the on lookers at the pub.

the tubing and jetskiing was awesome down at the beach there.