TOWNSVILLE

This morning we had a visit from the local "Ranger" - as here in this part of Queensland they only let you camp for 48 hours, once per week at the same camp-ground, but we are OK and after talking to some "seasoned" campers we know how they all do it for longer periods and get away with it anyway. Taking the Suzuki we visited some of the local beaches and other camps, but there is a lot of debris on the beaches left from Cyclone Yasi earlier this year and as you can see in the photo of Toolakea Beach. They also are getting a lot of shells washed up on the beaches since the cyclone, which doesn't normally happen either. We drove out to Toolamulla Beach, then had some lunch at Balgal Beach and after visiting Rollingstone and calling in to Toolakea Beach for a look we returned to our camp at Bluewater, just north of Townsville.