Geekazoid!

On my way back from the Internet Cafe last night after blogging, I took a photo of the view from my hostel, it was pretty impressive at sunset!
I slept well after the garlicky bolog, and awoke ready to pack up to go back to Townsville, where I was expecting to be collected by the bus to go down the coast to Airlie Beach. However, I soon realised I'd got the wrong day, and in fact the 25th was tomorrow. I thought I'd head back to Townsville on the ferry anyway because, as I said yesterday, I was confident I had "done" Magnetic Island, or "Maggie" as it's known.

So I returned to Townsville, and went searching for Accommodation. I found a really nice little place called Globetrotters, which sounds quite modern and coorporate, however it was actually pretty rustic and down to earth, which I liked. In addition, I was in a dorm of four beds, not bunk beds! It'll be a relief sleeping without someone on the bed above waking you up every time they fart/wriggle.

So, I arrived in my hostel and swiftly departed on the traditional walk around the town. This time, after failing to find anywhere to hire a bicycle, I had further to walk than I thought. I wanted to walk along the Strand and then down to Queens Gardens and then return to Molly Malone's for my free dinner at 5.30.

On my way to the sea front, I stopped off at a local bookshop and bought two small extended-leaflet type booklets, one on Australia's wildlife and the other on birds specifically. These were simply to know what it was I was photographing, and be able to say what that animal/bird actually is, rather than just saying how amazing it is!

The Strand is a fantastic promenade along the beach which runs for 2.5km. It was a spectacularly beautiful day, and the whole walk along the beach front was done very tastefully. As I set off, I saw this White Bellied Sea Eagle (This is what it is, as far as I can tell from my small extended-leaflet type booklet). The views back across to Magnetic Island were impressive as the sun shone down, it was getting on over 30degrees heat today!
So I wandered all the way along, resisting the lure of the Ice Cream store and arrived, excitedly, at the end of the road, called "Kissing Point", which was an utter disappointment. The actual interesting lookout from the point, was owned by the MOD, or the Australian equivalent, so you couldn't get there! I sidled along the fencing for about 2km and there were some good views out over what I belived to Rowes Bay.It was now a small mission across Townvillian Suburbia to Queens Gardens, which don't deserve to be called gardens, and certainly do not justify relation to Her Majesty. I think Peasant's Park would be more appropriate. For fear of becoming synical, this place wasn't that bad, but it was just an extended front garden type arrangement, not what I'd refer to as a public garden. This flower was quite cool though, but I have no idea what it was. *Note to self, purchase small extended-leaflet type booklet about flowers of Australia. I left pretty hastily and had my feed.

Cool, well, I'm having fun, I'm happy and under three weeks now until I'm home! Although, I have a lot to do before then!

This is me being a geek, and taking a photo of myself in a curved road mirror thing.


nb. Sorry about the small, and seemingly shrinking photos, blogger.com is behaving strangely!