Townsville, Queensland

Townsville was founded by 2 workers from Woodstock who were sent on a journey to find a suitable area for a shipping port, which then become a hub for exporting some of Australia’s richest resources. Entrepreneur and businessman, Robert Towns provided financial assistance to the development of the town, therefore being named Townsville in his honour. Townsville faced more changes and development over the years, WWII transformed the town into a military hub to defend attacks from the Japanese. The sugar and mining industry has also played a big part in Townsville’s growth today making it home to 190,000 people. We stayed at the locally known “Sugar Shaker”, one of Townsville’s iconic buildings that stands 76 metres high with 23 floors. It was built on the site of the old Grand Central Hotel, which was cleared in 1973 and began construction in 1976. It’s unusual design was influenced by the thriving sugar industry in the region. Staying there was a blast, we relaxed and enjoyed lots of amazing food and inhaled as much sea breeze as we could.🌴🌊

​A solid 10 hour drive from Mount Isa leads us to a beach and great food, things we have been craving for a while. This place with a beach and great food is called Townsville, which was discovered in 1864. ​​

On the return drive back to Mount Isa we stopped in at the Richmond Water Park to run around under the water fountains and cool off.

Heart Ottos and the Rubin Sandwich