So the morning after Dunk Island, I was off to Townsville on the OzExperience bus! The next day, after a morning of breakfast and Bryson I was picked up by the bus. The journey was quite uneventful, except for the purchase of a GIGANTIC focaccia ( this word processing utility didn't think that focaccia was correctly spelt, and instead offered me the following alternatives: dogcatcher, cowcatcher, fogyish, flycatcher and quackish! I found this quite funny :-) ). Anyway, this focaccia was about the size of a boulder, so pretty large! I ate half of it, and was full up . This was two days ago, I just finished it off for lunch.
I shared my focaccia with two twin brothers, James and Josh, from London, who were in their second year of a history degree in Surrey. On our bus, it was coincidentally only the three of us who were actually spending any time in Townsville, the rest were skipping it and going straight to Magnetic Island. This is a large island just off the coast from Townsville. In hindsight this was a good decision to stay.
On the bus, I asked the driver to book my accommodation for that night and unfortunately the hostel I wanted to stay at was fully booked. However, I was able to share a 4 bed room with James and Josh, for a measly $25 with included breakfast and dinner! That made my week, that really did.
The room was clean, tidy and had free disgusting tea. It was definitely no Yorkshire Tea.
The next day I was desperate to climb the local Castle Hill, which is a 286m tall granite monolith which towers over the city. It was a surprisingly easy, quick climb, and we soon found ourselves on this gorgeous day with spectacular views over the entire city. The island in the background is Magnetic Island, where I plan to spend the next two days, and hopefully see some wild koalas up in the Eucalyptus trees!
After this, we grabbed a Subway for lunch (we were cheap, and shared two footlongs and a free refill coke between three of us) and then went to ReefHQ, which is a fantastic Coral Aquarium. It was well worth the visit and I saw many types of coral and marine life, and was also there in time to catch the feeding frenzy.
The TV, Newspapers and media here generally is appallingly bad. I want the Guardian again!In addition, Dad, I saw this Wicked Camper, I think it is the one you drove! It had written on the back "It's easy for me to make it hard for you", or something along those lines, and it also had the same flames as you, although they looked duller than they were in the pictures you showed me from your trip.
3 comments:
hey fatty! Great that you've blogged, i like keeping updated about what you're up to! The focaccia bread (or is it a 'dogcatcher bread' lol sounded gigantic, even for a chubby monster like you! Also I can't believe you have finished it off today, wasn't it a bit stale? Mind you, I have made myself some bread and butter sandwiches today, and the bread was bought on Thursday. I have a feeling that will be a pretty unpleasant experience eating it.
I like the poserish picture of you, have you not been wearing your glasses mum - contacts?
Magnetic Island is such a cool name, why is it named that do you know? I'm very jealous that you're seeing wild Koalas in the next few days, make sure you take some pictures and post them! I want dad to take me to see the Gorillas, but he doesn't think he's got enought time :o( <---VERY sad face.
The acquirium place looked fun, I love acquiriums and fish in general - again, very jealous.
Working today, i have to design and write the pamphlet/brochure for the people's space. Not entirely sure what I'm doing, and helpfully the lady who gave me the task has now gone on annual leave!! argghh! I feel a bit out of my depth, seeing as I'm writing a big handbook on something I have very little knowledge about!
Miss you lots CHUBBYYYYYY x
Hey George, nice blog. Good to see the old camper is still on the road and to hear that you are still eating my dust. We try to stay ahead.
All good here, back from fantastic holiday with P&R. Wait til you see the pics. They're great.
Keep moving and take care!
Hi George - this is Mum from Dad's computer. Fabulous pictures and blog darling. It's great to know you are making the most of your time out there. You must have learned so much by now. You are making us all laugh - I'll have to get you some foccacia when you get back!
Mumsie x
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