Townsville

We hit road heading for Townsville. We Mission beach on the way and while enjoyig a stroll with the little crabs on the beach a bunch of skydivers made for our heads.

We had no reason to go there other than to do a dive on a wreck called the Yongala, which is apparently one of the best dive sites in the world. We spent most of Sunday waiting for the dive shop to be actually open and hanging around the lagoon. We had lunch in the surf club. It was mad being in a real life surf club. It is also mad how thrilled I am when we do something associated with an Aussie soap that I have watched at some point or another!
We also went for a walk about Castle Hill which has great views but, surprisingly, no castle.

When the dive shop was eventually open they said their dives were cancelled due to the weather and that they might be heading out Wednesday. Townsville seemed very nice but activities were a bit limited so we decided to move on down the coast, about 3 hours down the coast.
So, back onto the Bruce Highway, heading for Airlie beach and a sail on the Whitsunday Islands.

In Australia there area lot of sighs telling you to slow down as kangaroos, koala bears or emus are in the area. I get very excited every time we see one but so far no sign of any such animals. It is very disappointing. I am starting to think that we will have to go to Australia Zoo but then they are not so wild unless they are animals that might eat one of us.
Anyway, so off we went down the road passing some gorgeous scenery and no visible wild animals. It is actually fair frustrating driving in Australia as the max seed limit is 110, most of the time it is 80 but there are a lot of speed changes and it is easy to is one and you do not realise it until a truck is overtaking you, which is embarrassing, which I am sure you can imagine.


p.s. Happy Birthday sis.