Townsville

We continued north after Australia Zoo, stopping briefly in places like Surfers Paradise and Brisbane. We stopped at a remote garage on the way to buy a new tyre for the van. The mechanic commented on how perfect our English was! Turns out he thought we were Swedish!

Our next stop for some time was a place called Townsville. We ended up staying here for quite a while as we just loved the place and had made some friends quite quickly. We managed to negotiate a good price with our campsite as well.

Townsville is the largest city in Queensland and considered to be the capital in Queensland. There are lots of places to visit while in Townsville, such as Mission beach and Hinchinbrook Island National Park.

While we were there, we also stumbled upon a Greek festival. We tried Greek delicacies and watched some traditional Greek dancing, it turned out to be very entertaining!

From various discussions with the locals at our campsite, we learnt that 'trainers' are called 'runners' amongst other sayings!

This is where we tried Vegemite as well and in my opinion it tastes nothing like Marmite and apologies to any Australians, but it tastes absolutely horrible! Nothing beats good old Marmite!!

The nightlife in Townsville is very good, there are plenty of bars and clubs and we enjoyed many a night out there!

If travelling through Queensland, Townsville is not to be missed!