Saturday, August 22, 2009

Relaxing in style in Townsville…

This is what I call relaxing in STYLE.  Rob thought of the idea of going fishing this morning at Magnetic Island.  So we both heartily agreed that a ferry ride to the island and a bit of a fish would be great.

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Downstairs on the ferry, the cars were lined up ready for exiting on the island.

 

 

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Robert enjoyed the ‘cool’ seats against his back, with only a minor twinge now and again.

 

 

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We landed at Nellie Bay where there’s a pier that goes out about 300 metres.  This is the view from the right.

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This is the view from the left.  As we looked down in to the water, there was large Gar fish  swimming around in the clear blue water.  I did see another type of fish, but I wasn’t sure what type.

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This is the view of Townsville from the jetty.

It was a glorious day today.

 

 

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This is one of my all time favourite things to do.  Even if we ARE only feeding the fish.

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At the end of the day, we headed for the local pub to have a drink with some chips.  We spotted this bird and couldn’t quite figure out what it was.  We did finally figure out that it was a Curlew.

Beautiful bird.  It’s eyes are owl like and it’s colouring is similar to a bustard with stork like legs.  It was quite a beautiful bird.

The bus showed up and we were hustled back to the marina to catch the last ferry.  We also got to see the sun set over Townsville.

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Maybe not quite as spectacular as Western Australia’s sunsets, but lovely, just the same.

 

We ended the day by having dinner at a Chinese restaurant close by Rob.  Great Food!!!  Rob raced home as Casey was on her way home tonight and we headed back to the caravan.

All in all, today was a wonderfully relaxing day.  Thanks Rob,..that was a great idea you had.

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