Townsville–18 July 2011

Townsville is a lovely town with a strong military and educational presence and a busy port.

It is a great town to visit with lots of young people, a nice restaurant scene and a beautiful foreshore. We stayed in Rowes Bay.   It was named after Captain Robert Towns a Sydney businessmen who provided financial assistance to establish the town.  John thinks it should be called Townstown.

For us its defining feature is the Castle Rock a huge rock, overlooking  the centre of town.  The locals, who must be extremely fit, walk up in the evening around sunset for a magnificent view. We drove up and walked to the various vantage points.