Rolled into my first coastal town, Townsville, in the morning. Maybe about the size of Darwin (not too big)? It was POURING rain when I got there, but none of the locals seemed to care about carrying umbrellas. I visited their aquarium for a little while before heading to my very first actual pre-booked Queensland national park campsite. I have been skipping all the others due to heat, isolation, or simply finding better spots so far – but I think I will try sticking to my itinerary now for at least the next few weeks due to the Christmas / New Year’s holiday madness you usually find in Australia. A bit disappointing, my campsite was located right next to a large suburban house, it poured rain the whole time I was there, and the mosquitoes were vicious.
Today’s Drive
Map of the route “Buckets of it.”: 232,368 m, 1,488 m of climbing and 1,695 m of descent, elevation between 3 m and 313 m, time 38:23:46. It starts at -19.98372, 146.43407 and ends at -19.43384, 146.94579 (latitude, longitude).
