Airlie Beach and Townsville

9-3-2010 (Tuesday)

Too bad we had to leave Hamilton Island today, we had fantastic three days. We returned the keys of the apartment and the golf buggy around 10 and took the boat back at 11.

Back on the mainland we took a little drive to Shute Harbour and then checked in in our cabin in the same caravan park we stayed last Friday. But now we have a real luxurious cabin, two bedrooms, two flatscreens, full equipped kitchen and a huge balcony.
We walked to a close by mall, we had late lunch and rented two movies for the night. We took some food in for dinner.

Sharon and the kids went to the playground and Ruben watched a part of the cricket, Australia playing New Zealand in NZ. Australia won today and are 2-1 ahead in this series. Good to see NZ is giving Aus finally some resistance this summer.
We went to the pool together and then had dinner. Sharon and the kids watched the movie Up and Ruben went to the camp kitchen to get a better internet reception.

10-3-2010 (Wednesday)

Ruben and Zeb took an early morning swim while the girls were still sleeping. At around 10 we left Airlie beach to drive to Townsville, a 3 hour drive.
In Townsville we drove up to the Marina were we found a great serviced apartment, really beachfront.

After checking in we walked along the main streets of Townsville. This town is dead even during broad daylight.
We had a real late lunch in Palmer Street, the main dining street. When we walked back we had Zeb’s hair cut. The hairdresser told us that Townsville is a mining and marine city, so a lot of the inhabitant are at sea or in the mine at any time.

We had a late afternoon swim in the saltwater poor. Ruben went out to get take out, the streets are little more alive after dark.