Have spent the last couple of days here in Townsville, we are staying at the Magnetic Gateway Caravan Park. When we were allocated our site, I thought how great it was just a few steps to the pool, a large concrete slab and lovely green grass all around, but I did not take in the Bruce Hwy just across from the pool ! The hwy is very busy especially at night with the road trains, was up at 3.30am putting on a CD to camouflage some of the road noise. Had thought we may stay here over the weekend but now think we will move on again, slowly going south towards Mackay.
Today we went for drive up to the lookout on Castle Hill, where you can get a 360 degree view of Townsville and out to Magnetic Island. We also went to the Strand and Rowes Bay, where we went for a nice bike ride on the bike track along the foreshore and was able to ride around the caravan park there, that is very popular as it is right on the beach. They do not take bookings there, you just have to rock up about 8.30 -9am and wait for vans to leave and then they allocate you a site. It was very tight there and not as nice as the one we are at, but it is away from the hwy so would be much quieter.
After going to the local shopping centre and getting a few more supplies it was back to the park, for a lovely refreshing swim and time to do a little reading.
The park looks lovely, such a shame about the traffic noise. If you have the time, a day trip to Magnetic Island is well worth it. Glad to see you are both obviously much better.
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