We left the Hotel and headed down the beach and started talking to a Beach Lifeguard about the ‘Marine Stingers’ which are about this time of year. There are about six main types of jelly fish in the water between November and May and some can kill you!!! They have put swimming areas on the beach surrounded by special nets. But they still have to clear within the nets on a daily basis as the jelly fish find ways in. The sting can be either very painful or not so painful but you just die. So we won’t be going in the water then.The sun was quite hot by now, I guess about 30/32 degrees Centigrade and we headed back in to town.
The beachfront at Townsville is extremely beautiful with lots of very clean
beaches, many palm tress and also swimming pool areas where the adults and kids can play in safety.
Townsville was founded by the Brits in the mid 1800’s and just near the statue to the founder was this excellent Fish & Chip shop where we were forced to stop. I have to say that the Fish & Chip shops in
There are many old and very interesting buildings such as the Customs House and also the Grand Hotel but there is also a lot of new development going on.
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Tomorrow is Good Friday and we have just read there is likely to be a run on petrol stations and so we need some fuel for tomorrows long journey and so we are heading out to find a petrol station.
Tomorrow will be an early start as we have a lot of miles to do and our next stop is a place called Yeppoon, about 450 miles from here.
