Gotcha Australia: 11. – 31. December

We drove to Townsville mainly to visit Magnetic Island. We arrived on time to board directly onto the ferry to Magnetic Island and purchased a daily bus ticket. We drove to the northern part and walked along the promenade and to the lookout. From the lookout you could see Townsville, the ferries boarding and of course the ocean. After the walk we took the bus across the island to Horseshoe Bay on the south side. We went swimming and walked to a beach only accessible by foot or boat. Back in Townsville we discovered that the RAAF base museum is open on Sundays so the plan for the next day was set.

The RAAF museum was quite interesting. The guide showed us around and explained a lot of the things which were on display. Most displays were about the involvement in Vietnam War. Unfortunately there were no big planes we could look at. After spending two hours we left for Brisbane. We even stopped at a Driver Reviver and chatted to the guys for an hour or so.

On the drive south we stopped at a Dam close to Gladstone before we headed to Agnes Water and the Town of 1770. Finally we’re again in the region possible for surfing and of course we saw several surfing. We stopped at a caravan park which has just opened and wasn’t finished yet – the camp-kitchen was not ready. But we made the best of it and had our dinner on our picnic rag for the amusement of the other guests. We also went swimming and could dive the waves again. More fun than just be inside the water.

After some de-tours (never trust the GPS as only source) we finally arrived in Brisbane and got our car lifted by 2inches. But unfortunately we had to go to the guys again to get every thing right. Luckily we found a good caravan park with good amenities, pool and BBQ area. We visited the Queensland Museum with the Scientific section and on the other days we kept it quiet and relaxed as far as you could relax as it was raining most of the time.