Wednesday 16th January We have checked out (again for 3rd time) and the receptionist told us that the buses are still cancelled so we have booked another night with them again. It was getting annoying cos we were bored in Townsville and we just wanted to get to Airlie Beach! We then went to the Greyhound Terminal to change our booking for the next day. We were then told that the buses could possibly turn up. We were annoyed as it was still too late to see if we ...

Tuesday 15th January We checked out, hoping that we could still go to Airlie Beach. Unfortunately the reception told us that the roads were still closed. All buses and flights have been cancelled. So we checked back in again for another night unfortunately! The rain was still coming down very hard. We were hoping that Townsville won't be the next place to be flooded as we didn't want to be stranded! We popped into the town to visit the information centre to cha...

Monday 14th January Time to check out to return back to Townsville for a night before moving onto Airlie Beach. Once we have checked out, we were told that the roads were closed towards Airlie Beach due to flooding. While we were waiting for the local bus to take us back to the ferry terminal, it was pouring down so hard with rain. You can see the road filling up slowly with big puddles. We were hoping that we would be able to get out of Magnestic Island befor...