Townsville 10th June

Townsville

We decided to stay another day so we could walk along 
The Strand and have a swim in the Rock Pool which we saw the other day.

Despite the helicopters and the trains we had a good nights sleep and awoke
 to another beautiful day with a temp forecast of 27 deg.
As we drove into the car park by the pool to my dismay
 I could see that it was empty.
 Of all things we had chosen the one day that they were doing the pool maintenance.(We have since found out that it's closed every Thursday for cleaning). What a disappointment. However as we had our lunch and bathers we walked along The Strand and went on down to the patrolled part of the beach and set our selves up under the shade of a palm tree. How could we complain about that! Lunch, a swim and reading our books kept us busy for a couple of hours until we felt we needed some more exercise. Walking down the Strand which goes along the beach front into the city we were impressed with the way the local council had made it so appealing. Great activities for the kids with climbing ropes, water play areas,swimming pools and at least three ice outlets one of which we couldn't resist.

Picking up a few grocery items on our way back to the car we continued our walk along The Strand enjoying the views and the exercise.
Tonight we'll start to pack up a few things ready for our departure tomorrow morning for Cairns