Travelogues Townsville

20-25.05.18

Billabong Sanctuary - Paluma Range National Park - Jourama Falls - Girramay National Park - Murray Falls

Our first campsite was about 45 minutes before Townsville, the capital of North Queensland. The next day we did some shopping and went to the tourist information office to plan...

The last 2 days we spent in Townsville, a slightly larger city in Queensland. As usual, our first stop was the Information Center to get some good tips for our stay and,...

Upon arrival in Townsville, we took a ferry that brought us to the beautiful Magnetic Island in no time. Right next to the ferry station on the island, there is a supermarket...

The next highlight of our East Coast tour was waiting for us on Magnetic Island. Since we had a few days until our sailing trip, we decided to go to Townsville and take the...

Hello dear ones, we are currently in a small coastal town called Bowen, Julian is cooking for us and I am taking the opportunity to tell you about the last 2 days. Day 18:...

Day 16 - Townsville - 05.09.2018 Aloha dear friends and family at home, early in the morning our alarm clock rang. We didn't want to leave Taylor Beach too late in order to...

20.03. At 10:30 we took the ferry to Magnetic Island. When we arrived at Nelly Bay, the bus was already waiting for us and took us directly to the hostel. Overview of Maggi ...

24.06 - 26.06 Hahaha the island that Captain Cook's compass confused so much that he thought it was magnetic. Complete nonsense of course, but it has retained its name to this...

First and foremost, we visited Townsville to sell our car Karlchen. This is certainly easier in a slightly larger city than somewhere in the middle of nowhere, where we usually...

After taking a 3-hour bus ride to Townsville on November 4th, we took the ferry to Magnetic Island - the crossing took only about 25 minutes. On the first day, we didn't do...

Who knows what a cassowary is? Please read in the blog...

When we picked up Hermie, we noticed that he is no longer the youngest and not in the best condition. However, due to the leaky windows and doors, he caught a nasty cold in the...

We have finally made the first kilometers towards the south. Our target destination was Townsville, which is 350 kilometers away. On the way there, we followed recommendations...

After Bowen, we decided it was time to visit an idyllic island on this coast, at least one that is smaller than the one we are already on. One that is easily reachable is...

Another zoo 😃, but the weather doesn't give us many other chances, we had to skip museums 😉. On the way north to Townsville, we stumbled upon this zoo, after a short rain...

On Friday, 21.04.2017, we took the ferry to 'Magnetic Island' for two nights. The island was discovered by the British captain James Cook and his crew for Europe in 1770. When...

On the first day, we walked for quite a while with our many things to our Airbnb room. Along the way, we were able to explore much of Townsville, which is really worth seeing....

Back on solid ground, we celebrated our great sailing trip and the amazing group. I also met Jared again, whom I had met in Byron Bay, and we exchanged the latest stories. 😊...

Magnetic Island

In Townsville we tried once again to post some photos on our blog but without success. We then drove to the largest mountain there - Castle Hill, in the middle of the city, and...

I've been in Townsville for 2 weeks now. How time flies! There's a lot to do. On one hand, administrative tasks for health insurance, applying for a driver's license in...

Just a few notes what happened in the beginning of last week (it’s Saturday 07.12. 09:32pm atm - I’m laying in a tent at cape hillsborough... but more on that tomorrow haha)...

11/15/2019 I woke up early, it was cold, but I still packed up my tent and waited for the others. The other problem was that the mosquitoes were eating me alive. And apparently,...

Yesterday we continued towards Townsville, the perfect starting point for a day trip to Magnetic Island. We explored the island on foot and had a great day! There were beautiful...

Wild koalas on Magnetic Island, continuing the journey to Airlie Beach

Cassowaries! Kangaroos! And Koalas! Unbelievable but true, we finally saw real cassowaries. Very majestic and impressive animals, whose existence we didn't even know about...

We left the hostel in the morning and were able to pick up our camper before setting off on the first leg to Townsville. We briefly filled the fridge and after 4.5 hours and...