View North towards Magnetic Island. Notice canoe in the picture

The Boardwalk is an active place in the morning

View looking east from our hotel room: harbor, casino, ship yard

Campers are fully prepared for their trip; complete w/ sunpanels on both the camper & the truck!

Hitting the road to Airlie . . . looks like Iowa; but instead of corn, it's sugarcane

Sugar cane trucks were a pretty common sight

Some places looks like Florida, but instead of oranges it's mangoes 🥭

We did a little fruit-stand stop to get some mangoes, oranges & bananas. YUM!

Then had lunch at a little local seafood stop

Morning in Townsville, then on to Airlie

November 8, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F

Woke up this morning to watch the canoeing club return from the Magnetic Island. It's dangerous to swim in the water due to stingers, so the next best thing is to canoe. There are also a number of surfer clubs on the beach, but it must be a different season, because the water is calm.
After a leisurely breakfast at a local cafe, we hit the road for our next destination: Airlie Beach.Read more