Sunday, August 30, 2026

Road Trip Townsville - Day 3

We headed off to the Odyssey Greek restaurant for breakfast- another recommendation from Chris.  



After breakfast we drove up to Castle Hill lookout to see the 360° views of Cairns. 










We went for a drive to the RAAF base to try some plane spotting - we found these ones at the base, but none in the sky :)




We headed back to Leagues club for lunch again.



Another chilled afternoon resting at the apartment before the boys headed to watch the footy.  Clay was so excited :) They had an amazing time at the footy - the game was great and country music singer Lee Kernigan was the half time act.




Saturday, August 29, 2026

Road Trip Townsville - Day 2 Part 2

After the military museum we headed to the Cowboys Leagues Club, so Clay could buy some merch at the team shop and to grab some lunch.







Back to the apartment for a rest for a few hours, I may have napped on the sofa LOL  After a few chilled hours, we jumped in the car and headed to a pinball arcade Chris recommended.  Craig was totally in his element LOL it had some great displays and murals around the place!









We also stopped for domuts (another recommendation from Chris) and drove past the footy stadium, before heading back to the apartment for leftover pizza for dinner.


Friday, August 28, 2026

Road Trip Townsville - Day 2 Part 1

The view from our apartment balcony :)




HMAS Townsville in dry dock.


We found a gelato shop on The Strand where we had coffee and raisin toast for brunch and Clay had ice cream LOL 





We headed along the Strand to Kissimg Point Fort.












The Jezzine Barrack museum was near the fort and on our list to visit.  It had lots of great displays and the volunteers were very informative.