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Nachdem ich in der Früh alle meine Sachen gepackt habe, hatte ich noch ein wenig Zeit, bis mich der Bus von Horseshoe Bay nach Nelly Bay abgeholt hat, also bin ich zum Strand spaziert und habe mir Frühstück besorgt - dort ist es weit billiger als im Hostel. Zurück im Hostel habe ich noch eine Tour durch den Kakadu National Park gebucht - die wird wahrscheinlich etwas feucht, aber Tropen ohne Regen ist ja auch nicht wirklich echt. Um halb elf ist schließlich der Bus gekommen und in Nelly ...

I had travelled to Townsville twice before once when I was 8 for a swimming carnival (which I can’t remember) and the last time was in the early 90’s with some friends for a long weekend (which consisted mostly of driving at night – over 800 kilometres from Rockhampton to Townsville). The drive from about Bowen seemed to get a little boring and as it was in Mackay everything was very dry, until we got closer to Townsville that is. Although this trip was only for 2 nights we got...

Certainly a state befitting a Queen. This place has everything! A must see destination for everyone on the planet....

With only really daylight hours to explore Queensland's third biggest city, we thought the best plan of attack would be to get up high and survey the lot from above. Perfect for this is Castle Hill, a 300-metre tall towering hill overlooking Townsville and Magnetic Island across the bay, where we were to catch a ferry to that very evening. On a scorching day, we ascended the many steps to the top, where there was a few circular walking tracks to circumnavigate the big mound. Having had enoug...

Pictures and blogs of my Work & Travel year in beautiful Australia!

So I was bored at my job and cold and wanted a change. I applied for a work visa through Bunac and was on my way to OZ a few weeks later. It was the best time i've had travelling alone. I visited lots of friends and snapped many photos.

We woke up early the next morning to catch the ferry back to Townsville. I tried my camera again... still nothing.   After cruising back to shore, we headed downtown to shop for a while. We were also going to look for a place that might fix my camera. We stopped at every camera shop with no luck at all. They all said that the only option was to send it away to Sydney for 2 weeks. Um, hello? Could they not tell that we were foreigners? Did they not realize that we were only here fo...

After a couple of days of goodbyes I'm now feeling a little anxious and sad at the thought of leaving all the great friends that I have made over the last two years. Shane and I are heading to Arlie Beach today - not the longest of legs- so I can head out to the Gread Barrier Reef  one more time before I leave. The new car is going to get a great workout over the next week or so driving down to Brisbane. Looking forward to seeing more of Queensland and catching up with family and friends...

The next day we went for a drive into town, to The Strand. We had been told there was a really nice lagoon just beside the beach to swim in, and we thought that might be a good idea as there are poisonous stingers (jellyfish) around this time of year. Unfortunately they had had some problems with algae they’d had to drain it. Luckily we had passed a playground along the way, so we went back there for the kids to have a play. After that we went to Reef HQ Aquarium, which was quite good. They...

It was very sad leaving our farm stay this morning. The family was so great to us. We drove a couple hours to Townsville. There we visited the Billabong Animal Sanctuary. Right when we walked in there was a huge kangaroo with a joey in her pouch just hopping around the place. She wasn’t even in a cage. We saw a crocodile feeding and got our picture taken with a wombat, koala, crocodile and snake. The koala was so soft and squishy. She was so cute. We had a few minutes to walk around and see...

Photos and travels from around Australia.

Australia III - This time we started in Brisbane, took a flight up North to Darwin, went on a 4day Kakadu Nat Park 4WD Tour, took another flight to Cairns and from there we rented a camper to travel back down South to Brisbane. Will we ever make it.?

what a trip...

We drove back to Townsville, passing the same scenery again. But for some reason I took more photos of it going back. Maybe because I knew I'd never see it again. Banana crops, random trees, the empty road, farm animals...But we did remember to stop at the same petrol station. We bought more packets of the dried fruits (SO nice! we couldn't find any in Cairns, or we didn't search hard enough...) Back in Townsville, we checked into a hotel. I booked us the family room, so we were all togethe...

This is my first.....journal, and I have no idea what I'm doing. I guess this is the way I upload photos? Anyway, I've been to Townsville several times, a number of times when I was a little younger for athletics. The last few times have been for strictly holiday purposes, as well as my best mate going to university there. Considering it's a university with a LARGE amount of exchange students mainly from the US, who do NOT want to study, it's basically a party every night.....kinda. I have lo...