Townsville Tuesday 8th June

We drove into Townsville to do some of the various Heritage Trails that have been set up around the city.

Parking along the Strand we walked down to the Flinders Mall area and was confronted with the whole place being ripped up. It was very hard to appreciate the city buildings as they were mostly obscured by safety fences and hoardings. They are in the process of removing the mall and putting back the two way road (for slow moving traffic) to try and bring back some life into the area with the wide pavements and street landscaping.
On the other Heritage Trails we did see some great Art Deco and Heritage buildings which have been well preserved and put to good use.

We walked over to the Marina and checked out the Museum of Tropical Queensland however having been into it last year we instead decided to drive the length of the Strand to Kissing Point.

 Great beaches along the way and with the enclosed swimming area at the end of the Strand there were plenty of places to swim and relax by the water.
To finish off our days activities we headed for Castle Hill.

Castle Hill is a pink granite monolith standing in the heart of the north Queensland city of Townsville. It rises to a height of some 286 metres above sea level and dominates the city skyline.


We drove up to the top and then walked out to a few of the viewing platforms which provided us with some of the greatest views of the city and surrounding areas.

This climb to the top and back is one of Townsville greatest recreational activities. Hordes of people were either running or walking to the top and back down again. The idea appealed to me but I couldn't get Beatrice interested, anyhow it was getting late and we didn't have our running gear with us.(Also it was time for our evening drinks etc back home)
  With that we decided to call it a day and slowly made our way back down the narrow twisting road ensuring that we kept well clear of the runners and walkers on the sides of the road.