“Townsville, Ayr and Bowen” Chrisandem’s photos around Townsville, Australia (travel pics)

Preview of Chrisandem’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Townsville, Australia Entry Title: “Townsville, Ayr and Bowen” Entry: “We crossed the border and finally left the Northern Territory after just over a month and entered Queensland. We were still driving through the outback so it was just scrub land as far as the eye could see and a few cattle stations here and there. After 200km from the border was the first major town, Mount Isa. Mount Isa is called ‘the Isa’ by the locals and is a huge mining town. We didn’t stick around in Mount Isa as the weather was rubbish and we just wanted to get to the coast so we drove for another 100km. That evening we stayed at a free rest stop called Fountain Springs and set off early the next morning. We drove for most of the day going through small towns and cattle stations until we reached another free rest stop 200km from Townsville. There are loads more free rest stops in Queensland than there was in the Northern Territory and they are generally much nicer and with better facilities. On Saturday we finally arrived on the East Coast of Queensland in a city called Townsville. We had bombed it here in time for the weekend as we both fancied a night out and heard Townsville was a bit of a party town, we had been together for 5 years that day so couldn’t think of a better excuse to get drunk. We checked into …

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