Things to do in Townsville and expecting to be here for a bit. There are various places to overnight other than caravan parks. My preference being the Magnetic Island Ferry Terminal car park, its really close to the CBD, or the BP truck stop near the Fairfield shopping centre, south-east side. Both offer easy access to a supermarket. Both can be noisy but that's what earplugs are for.
A walk up Castle Hill is a good way to spend a couple of hours. Up via the hiking track then down via the road gives the leg muscles a bit of variation. The hiking track is about 1.6km long and about 230m up on a mostly good path. Down via the road is a couple of kms on bitumen. All up from the car park several streets away probably 6km return.
Townsville is considered the unofficial capital of north Queensland and has about 200,000 residents. An interesting place that amazes me with the amount of growth and development going on. The town has fantastic roads and facilities.
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| The start of the hiking track to the top. |
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| The view from the top - The CBD. |
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| The burbs. |
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| Walking down the road looking back up. |
