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Tuesday in Townsville at the Longboard

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Whenever somebody invites me to lunch I always hope they will choose a destination along Townsville’s Strand.  So when two of my sis-in-laws invited me to the Longboard I was excited.  The Longboard shares the Gregory Street headland with one of my favourite spots The C Bar, but I had been wanting to visit the …

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Townsville Rain, Rain, Rain Living in North Queensland

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Rain, Yep that wet stuff that that falls from the sky, the stuff we don’t often see in Townsville, not like on THE PALUMA RANGE..  Nine inches (225mm) in 24 hours of gusty, heavy, slanty, straight, beautiful rain. Our rain gauge which measures six inches overflowed this morning.   How Exciting. This is what living in …

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Tuesday in Townsville Experience Pineapples and Swimming at Rollingstone Creek

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On Australia Day 26th January, 2014 we went on a mini journey.  Our destination was Mt. Spec on the Paluma Range north of Townsville.  You can read about it HERE. On route we arrived at Rollingstone Creek about 55km north on the Bruce Highway, where pineapple farms border the road before the creek. We took …

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Tuesday in Townsville at the Perc Tucker Gallery

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Perc Tucker Gallery, Flinders Street Townsville 2013 – Photo Credit Jan Robinson budgettraveltalk.com Union Bank Building Circa 1890 Flinders Street Townsville  Photo Credit Wikipedia The Building. Opened in 1885 as Union Bank North Queensland headquarters.  Originally only one storey, the second was added in the 1930’s.  The Union Bank eventually became the ANZ Bank and …

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Queensland Road trip to Misty Paluma Range

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What better way to celebrate Australia Day than with our favourite kind of journey – a Queensland road trip? When January 26th arrived all hot and steamy, our minds turned to Paluma Range, 71km north of Townsville. The Nywaigi (traditional indigenous owners) called the Paluma Range Munan Gumburuup. Unsurprisingly this translates to Misty Mountain and …

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Tuesday in Townsville The Queens Hotel

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Although Queens Hotel Townsville no longer operates as a hotel, I am lucky to remember a time when it did.   My first memory is of attending a wedding breakfast there.  It had a grand sweeping staircase into the foyer – the perfect platform for the bride to launch the bridal bocquet from.  The polished …

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Tuesday in Townsville at Relish Cafe

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Updated August 2018. Relish Cafe is currently closed. Relish Cafe has been open for fifteen months and I haven’t been!  Meanwhile their reputation has been building – reports have been trickling through. First of all my food loving friend had breakfast there with her daughter and raved to me about the combination of avocado and …

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Tuesday in Townsville in 2013

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Bring on 2014 – A New Beginning. 2013 in Retrospect. CLICK HERE FOR ANOTHER TOWNSVILLE 400 SUPERCAR Post. Townsville is a Garrison City. Click here for more Strand Ephemera Photos on our Facebook Page STRAND NIGHT MARKETS (Click on the link for more information) CLICK HERE FOR 30 TOWNSVILLE EXPERIENCES ON A BUDGET PLUS Every Tuesday BTT showcases …

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