The alarm went off at about 8am this morning, because we were leaving Airlie Beach for Townsville and the Greyhound was leaving at just after 9am. We had already packed our bags last night, so we got ready, went to have some breakfast and then took a walk round to the bus-stop.
Our journey to Townsville took nearly 5 hours - and we arrived not long after 2pm. The trip wasn't too bad because we did have a break after about an hour-and-a-half, which gave us a chance to stretch our legs. The view out of the window was pretty cool all the way here. The sun was really bright, the sky really blue and one minute everywhere would look lush and green, the next huge rivers would be all dried-up because of the heat.
When we arrived at the bus station, there was a mini-bus from Globetrotters Hostel, which Nikki had already mentioned staying in, so we jumped in their van and shortly after checked in to a double room... yippee! The room was nice, but it has the worst bed in the world... d'oh!
We dumped our bags and then went out to explore Townsville. We took a nice slow walk into the centre and then went for some lunch in a place called The Brewery. Afterwards we went to Tourist Information and they told us things we could see - both here and on Magnetic Island, which is 8km off the coast. When we left we walked along the edge of the beach, on a street called The Strand, where there was some sort of art exhibition going on - with exhibits dotted around, and we had to try and find them.
In total, we were out walking for about 4 hours and Townsville is really nice. We got back to our hostel at just after 8pm and had a snack before chilling out.
Boy, it's hot... but we're not complaining!
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