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Tuesday in Townsville at the Queens Gardens

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Last Tuesday I visited the Queens Gardens in Townsville at approximately four o’clock in the afternoon.  The mosquitoes were horrendous.  In true North Queensland style they were shade loving, and without insect repellent I was restricted to the sunlit areas. This morning I ventured back to the gardens at 8 a.m. and approached them from …

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Tuesday in Townsville – Outriggers on the Strand

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This week’s Tuesday in Townsville photo is of outriggers on the Strand in Townsville.  The sight of the beached outriggers  adds that instant island feel to the already tropical setting of sand, sea and palm trees.  Both the Townsville Outrigger Canoe Club and the Maggie Island Outrigger Canoe Club have a presence on the Strand …

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Tuesday in Townsville – Hello Lunar Year of the Snake

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B.H. and I have been known to throw the odd Chinese New Year Party.  Last year the first date I suggested was rejected by 75% of the invitees with a differing 75% of invitees rejecting second and third dates as well, where-after my mathematically challenged brain, gave up on the percentages and put it in …

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Wwoofing Interview – A Ticket to Budget Travel

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  Today Budget Travel can mean just about anything to anybody. What is expensive to one person is dirt cheap to another, but the following definition sits well with me. “To Travel as Cheaply as Possible while still experiencing the thrills that a different culture can offer”.  B.H. and I sometimes stay in private hostel …

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Tuesday in Townsville Picnic Bay Magnetic Island

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The day after Australia Day, we decided to take our motor boat from Townsville North Queensland to Magnetic Island.  Locals use the term The Island or Maggie, but not it’s proper name Magnetic Island. First stop of the day was Picnic Bay, the first bay to be settled on the island. How to get to Picnic Bay Magnetic Island Just …

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Tuesday in Townsville – Art in Strange Places

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Since I have started the Tuesday in Townsville Series, at Budget Travel Talk, I have taken to looking at my own City in a different light.  Things that I had previously overlooked completely or at least taken for granted, take on new meaning.  This substation situated on the breakwater not far from the RED BARON …

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Photos of Townsville

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This is a photographic post that forms part of the DESTINATION TOWNSVILLE – 30 EXPERIENCES TO SUIT YOUR BUDGET Resource Post.  Hover over the photo for a description. Click here for more photos from the PALUMA RANGE  

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Tuesday in Townsville

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When the weather is hot and humid in Townsville I sometimes feel like wilting.  The trees however have a different viewpoint. The Cassia Trees are so bright and tenacious, their yellow flowers are sunshine personified, lasting for weeks and weeks.  They grow in parkland, private gardens and in abandoned areas where they get no water. …

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