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We have made it to tropical North Queensland, and we are currently in the city of Townsville. We like what we have seen of Townsville - arriving yesterday we went to Reef HQ - a centre with a living reef and lots of colourful fish to look at, and we saw the feeding the fish and even went out to the sea turtle hospital where we were amazed at the size of the turtles up close!
We chose a campsite close to the beach 5 mins out of the city centre, it has a nice pool which is nice to use because it's currently about 35 degrees outside!
We have just come from the Whitsundays, where we went on a boat trip out to the reef called 'big fury'! It wasn't the most sunny day but we did some really good snorkelling (see photos) and spent 2hrs on the wold-famous Whitehaven beach (it's sand is apparently 98% silica which makes it really fine/white/soft). We had a really nice lunch included on the beach; pasta, rice, meats, prawns, salads, and much more!!
In the past week we have been on lots of nice campsites making our way up the coast, stopping near Australia Zoo, Noosa on the Sunshine Coast, Bundaberg, Rockhampton, then near Mackay, then Whitsundays. Some campsites had kangaroos living there, and we managed to take a few photos up close!
Today we have been to Magnetic Island, 20 minutes on a ferry from the mainland. We decided to do one of the many walks on the island - but nearly passed out from heat exhaustion!! But enjoyed the scenery nevertheless.
Tomorrow we have a long journey up to Cairns planned. There we hope to perhaps do more snorkelling or even diving on the Great Barrier Reef, and also see the rainforest and if there is fruit picking available we might stop around for a while.
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Daddy Pete You are making me so jealous as I read this and look at your pictures in a cold office and then look out of the window at a typical November scene - mist and rain!! The other morning had to scrape the ice of the car window - blow some of those 35degrees over here please! Would swap this for fruit picking any time.