UPDATE July 8, 2013

Dougwe · Chief one feather

UPDATE July 8, 2013

kandagal · Guru

Nice shooting

D and D · Guru

Thanks for the update. Having never been to Townsville, your updates provide an interesting insight. Nice photo's too.

Duh · Guru

Thanks for the update Doug and the photo's.....most interesting and keep those updates coming !!!

Gerty Dancer · Guru

I lived in Townsville many years ago, never realised it was a nice place!!!!! Thank you Doug.

Cruising Cruze · Guru

@ Dougwe

would be lovely to have as motorhome
The problem is that you won't go far in one of them when you weekly budget is is 100 dollars for full
your lucky if you can get 75 km out of that

John

Duh · Guru

Oh, so someone told me a porky then (mozzie landing) ? wink (musta been Wombat furious )

Yes, those Jet Jockeys need to eat too, I would imagine for long sorties they would take inflight meals with them of some sort.

Must be hard getting those Porta Potties into the c.o.c.k pit though.

Many moons ago, I was being taught to fly in a Chipmunk, student in front and instructor behind (dual control joysticks etc), they had a sliding pull back c.o.c.k.pit on them, the instructor tapped me on the shoulder and told me to open the c.o.c.k pit and slide it back, and to keep the plane straight and level, I wondered whether he had decided to throw me out, but when I looked back he had stood up and was having a pee over the side, lol !

Seriously though, I think Townsville is a top place and was one of my favourite stays.... smile

-- Edited by Duh on Monday 8th of July 2013 09:37:09 PM

dazren · Guru

smile yep ! Thanks again for the update Doug, you have put Townsville on my ''do not miss list'' for sure !! Also that serpent ?? could it be trained to Eat Wombats ??? [ just a thought ? ] LoL

jules47 · The Happy Helper

Good update Doug - we might just see you very shortly as well - heading in that direction at the moment - with Solo Steve as a tag along!!! Currently at Glebe Weir, near Taroom, for a couple of nights, last night was spent at Gil Weir, outside Miles - nice spot, if a little dusty, but had a good fire, and a good time spent with some friends who are heading over to the West Coast.
Dazren - you behave yourself - isn't it "be kind to Wombat" month!!!!!!!

GaryKelly · Guru

Thanks for the update, Doug. I thought the pics were great, and well shot too.

Happywanderer · The Master

I saw a B-Double go through Childers some time back, it was all black with V 8 Supercars written on the side. The whole think was massive.
It was heading north before Darwin etc.

2foot6 · Senior Member

Stay up there Doug,take a few more photos,may be you will come across jungle jim, crocodile dundee,or the local over zealous wildlife protection officer.How are the sandflies? The way you wrote your report i thought you was going to use the knife on the mozzies(good luck)As i said ,stay up there ,it's still freezing down here. cheers Peter hmm hmm

dazren · Guru

Jules wrote. [ in part ] Dazren - you behave yourself - isn't it "be kind to Wombat" month!!!!!!!

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Dougwe · Chief one feather

Haven't seen or been effected by sandflies Peter and believe me, if they were around they would find me.

Some of the mozzies I have seen are big buggers and you would need a big knife to be effective. Now Jungle Jim or Crocodile Dundee wouldn't have a problem as they both have a big knife.

I will talk to the Ross River Serpent for you Dazren and see if he is interested in a deal mate.

Thanks for the positive feedback everyone.

Duh · Guru

Is it true that a mozzie landed at Townsville airport and it was that big that the fuel tankers went out to refuel it as they thought it was a plane? confuse wink

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Don't think so Duh, the RAAF is right next door so they would have sent out the top guns before it got into Townsville air space.

Talk about top guns the jets and black hawks have beed flying around a lot since my arrival, very exciting when they go overhead and pretty low too. I must be in a flight path as I am not all that far from the base. They go over early in the morning then come back late afternoon. Fang time more than likely.

carry1 · Veteran Member

Another great read Doug, we are in Mackay for a while as we both have found jobs to put pennies back in the bank .Love the photos of Tsv If Mackay wasn't so great to us we would almost miss it. Good to see you have survived the weather and still there. The weather here is much more to my liking and its a great town with very friendly people

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nomadic1 · Senior Member

Thanks for being such a good guide, Doug. I really enjoyed my tour of Townsville.

i'm now at Conway Beach - having a few problems with overcrowding in some campsites and parks. This place is a real ''find' I'll post about it on the solos branch.