Long Sunny Days

Our course went well - quite interesting, but the thing that really amazed us were the people attending the course and some of the stories they told.  Night life in Townsville is probably no different to night life anywhere else, but it is certainly different to when I was young.

We have resumed our normal routines again. R goes off to work in the morning and I potter through the day, taking walks to interesting places.

This was the sun peeping over the hill yesterday morning.  Must still be a lot of smoke in the air.
I went out to get myself some lunch and decided to walk through the gardens on my way home, but they had the sprinklers going, so I wasn't able to go far.  A little panda was sitting on a rock all by himself so I stopped to say hello.

I did some more work on the crochet blanket I am making.  I sit in the unit with the door open listening to the birds and planes.  There is always something to watch around here and I don't get bored at all.

This morning there was so much fog or smoke about that we could hardly see Magnetic Island, but when we returned from our walk, there it was. Still in the same place..

We walked over to South Townsville and along Palmer St with all the restaurants, then back across Victoria Bridge and up the hill to home.  The air was so still and it was calm and peaceful. One or two stragglers on their way home, but quite a few early morning walkers, bikers and joggers too. We came across a huge parking area empty apart from one car and one bicycle.  Obviously gets full of vehicles sometimes, but we were please to saunter through and watch the sunlight filter through the trees

It is hard to believe that we have been here for over 2 weeks now and in another week will be winging our way back to Brisbane.  I am looking forward to seeing Mark. He is flying over from San Diego and will visit with us for a few short days before flying on to Sydney.  I just hope that Quantas can get the baggage handler strike sorted out and that it doesn't stop us from getting home in time to see Mark.

I hope you all have a pleasant weekend. Don't eat too many sugar buns. They are addictive you know and you can't stop at just one. (giggle)

Thanks for joining me in Townsville. I'll see you again soon

Townsville - Here we come!

On the main road into town. 

R has been asked to fill in for 3 weeks or so in Townsville. We leave next Wednesday and suddenly life has got very busy.  Also full of lists. List of things to do, things to take, things to buy.  Perhaps too many things! I hauled the suitcases downstairs and have mine in the lounge and am starting to fill it with tools of craft.  Otherwise what will I be doing all day? I must have something for my fingers to be working on.

So far, I have put in all my photos from my last 3 years bike rides and hope to get all of those into an album while I am away.

We climed over some rocks and down a track to see Arthur Bay.

Also some wool to knit some crazy foot warmer socks for Emma as I promised and then some more wool to crochet into squares or circles maybe. And a shawl I have on the needles at the moment.

Last time we were in Townsville the weather was beautiful and I hope we get the chance to do some sightseeing while we are there.

We walked up the track t the top of Castle Hill.
The views were amazing.

Here are some photos from our last trip when we climbed Castle Hill and looked out at the city of Townsville.  Then another day we caught the ferry over to Magnetic Island for a magic day out. I am looking forward to going back and exploring a bit more.

So far we have our airfares booked, but still don't know where we will be staying.  Places are pretty full up there as it will be school holidays.