Townsville Townsville is one of those places that no one really stays in for long - but is just used as a gateway to the magnetic islands. We booked ourselves into what I can only describe as a haunted hotel. There was no one about - all the lights were off. There were lots of eerie noises at night - very odd! We arrived about 7.30 pm found that not a single restuarant in town was open. What is that about?!!! Not even McDonalds!! We got out of there 1st thing th...

Mission Beach Had a very short trip down to Mission Beach as unfortunately we were hit with yet more rain. It did mean that we managed to watch a fair few DVDs thouhg. When in Australia and all that...!

Welcome to Oz...We are finally out of Asia and into the next stage in our travels. It took us 3 flights to get here, so the last couple of days seems to have been a blur of airports and uncomfortable plane seats with a child screaming directly behind me....always!!! Special mention has to be given to Singapore Airport, where we spent a couple of hours before catching our next flight. the place is absolutely awesome, with a pool, spa, gym, movie lounge not to ment...