On to one of our favourite spots yet – beautiful Townsville!
We were blessed to find an amazing spot usually reserved for campers. The park lady
said we were fine to give it a go, if we’d fit! So with some clever manoeuvring
from Daddy we wrangled our gargantuan motorcade into the private little
sanctuary, complete with a “forest tree" (as Lily called it) and a view right out
to Magnetic Island.
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| It's a bit dark in the photo, but that's water out past the fence. |
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| The "forest tree". |
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| The "forest tree" plus some natives. |
Townsville is an amazing city. Conrad and I really loved the
vibe of this place. It is one of those places that wraps around the coast, and
seems to run at a relaxed, laid-back pace. One of the most picturesque spots is
“The Strand”. A beachfront foreshore that has been completely decked out
with some unbelievable stuff. Nearly 2.5km of wide bike paths meander past
cafes, shady little picnic benches, a bunch of funky exercise equipment and some incredible kids’ parks. Up one end is a man-made lagoon and half-way along is the
piece de resistance.... the water park!
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| The view down the foreshore path along The Strand at Townsville. |
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| The unbelievable free water park at The Strand. |
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| Yihaa, that huge bucket of water is gonna land on my head! |
Even though it feels like we have seen more museums in the
last 6 weeks than Conrad and I have seen in our lifetimes, we are so glad we
didn’t miss the Museum of Tropical Queensland. This is a really brilliant,
hands-on museum that kids (and big kids) really love. In fitting with our
Dinosaur themed adventures to date, the museum boasted an “Explore-a-saurus”
exhibit... yay. They also had an interesting area called “Come Hell or High
Water” that explored how cyclones have shaped this area of Qld, complete with a
room that helped you to ‘experience a cyclone’. This was slightly freaky!
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| A display highlighting how dinosaurs use camouflage. Seriously, you can't even tell I'm there! |
The museum itself was built to house a full-sized replica of
a portion of the HMS Pandora. There is a gallery devoted to artefacts
discovered from the Pandora wreck. Most interesting of all, is the area where
the museum demonstrates the firing of a replica canon from the ship. The girls
were picked to be deckhands for the demonstration.
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| Ahoy there me hearties, look sharp and fire that canon! |
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| Our smallest crew member experiencing the leg irons. |
While we were visiting this lovely corner of the world, we
decided to check out church on Sunday. We went to the local C3 Church whose
building is undergoing some hefty renovations. They were incredibly welcoming
and the girls had a great time with the kids.
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