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From Airlie Beach we boarded the bus to take us to Townsville, what a blooming lovely day the weather turned out to be too.. and we were stuck on a bus for 4 hours! Anyway we arrived in Townsville, and thought... what the hell!! It was a complete ghost town, im not sure if the storms & freak weather had caused the non existence of locals, or whether it was just a rundown town?! Anyway we checked into our hotel, they really must have won an award for the most surly staff going! Horrible!
After we'd dumped our bags we went to check out the town.... We crossed the river, and about 3 blocks were all under construction, all the roads had been pulled up, there were fences all over, none of the shops were open, and it was midday on a Saturday - so im guessing, that the river had flooded.
It was really eiry, and at the edge of town was a huge rock, it was a pretty creepy place to he honest, quite like a little shanty town from 'the hills have eyes' or some other horror film. Anyway we retired for the day, and spent the rest of the day watching films!!
The next day we left Townsville, and we were keen to leave this place behind! We once again boarded our bus, and we boarded it with the happiness that this is going to be the last time!!!!! The Journey was now 6 hours long, to get us to our final Australian destination - Cairns.
Along the way we noticed all the flood & cyclone damage, it was horrible, a really depressing journey. The Coach stopped off for a meal break in a town just south of Tully, all the buildings were boarded up and roofless, there were sandbags on the bank of the beach to the main road, and this place seemed like a ghost town too. We had a little wonder around, and there were no improvements, it was a complete disaster stricken town. On the road again, took us to the town of Tully, this is the centre of where the Cyclone struck. It was completely barron, trees were all over the place, there were heaps of remains of houses by the side of the road, it was like looking out the window to a third world country, the sights really reminded me of our trip to the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, brown rivers everywhere amongst palm trees.
Eventually we pulled into Cairns, the city appears much nicer, and not damaged, so Cairns is where we end our Australian Adventure!
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