The showers eased through the night and were only intermittent in the morning making driving conditions a lot more pleasant. Travelling further north we took short breaks in Home Hill and Ayr before reaching the outskirts of Townsville. It has been 6 years since we were last in Townsville and we were blown away by the the expansion of development. There now is a new virtual free-way bypass of the main city area and we chose to use it. Our only stop in Townsville was at the huge new Bunnings to pick up some fixings to install our new V.A.S.T. (Viewer Access Satellite Television) set top box purchased in Mackay, and to top up with fuel. It was the cheapest fuel since leaving home.
Bypassing Townsville we set course for Saunders Beach 31 Km north of town. This small sea-side village has a really good free camping area right on the beach and the facilities include clean flushing toilets, an outside cold shower and BBQ s Walking along the long wide beach is very relaxing with it's views of Magnetic Island in one direction and the Palm Island group in the other. The beach is also fringed by thick groups of coconut palms with large quantities of freshly fallen coconuts everywhere. The time limit at Saunders beach is 48 hours which we took maximum advantage of.
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| A busted crab pot on Saunders Beach |
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| Early morning Saunders Beach looking to Magnetic Island |
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