Have had two nights in Townsville, was to be only one but a bit of an accident yesterday, we were all in Dave's car going to The Strand and some f......t ran into the back of us, luckily we had the tow bar, so he had a hell of a lot more damage than Dave's car did, stove in his radiator and the police told Dave the guy only had three demerit points left on his licence as he had a string of driving offences........so after exchanging details we went on our way, everyone, inc. dogs were alright. This guy was uninsured, and this is pretty common up here wth loads of people running around with no insurance but it was his car and he was who he said he was.
This meant that they needed to sort out ins. and go to police and then repairer before moving on just to make sure nothing was damaged underneath or anywhere else. They were given the green light so hence the extra night, which we were delighted with as it meant we got to have a walk along The Strand which is very picturesque and so onto Charters Towers tomorrow.
Strand runs from the port right thru to the rock pool at the other end and the council have certainly made a great job of it wih playgrounds, cleaned the beaches up and great walking track from one end to the other. Val went swimming in the rock pool and we just sat on the grass and looked out to Magnetic Island which is 8km away and an hour by ferry.
Also went up Castle Hill which overlooks T/ville and has tremendous views out to sea and the islands.
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