Today we visited Townsville, Australia on the central east coast. A few months ago they had severe flooding cause by very heavy rains. Our excursion today was to visit a Billabong Sanctuary. A billabong is the Australian name for a backwater created when a river floods the recedes trapping the water in a pond. They have many native Australian animals on display. Then we went to the top of Castle Hill, a 900+ ft granite rock for a good view of the city.
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| sunrise |
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| sailing into Townsville |
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| entering the Townsville harbor |
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| we visited a Billabong Sanctuary |
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| a python |
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| a young crocodile (mouth taped shut for safety) |
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| sleepy koala |
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| an awake koala eating |
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| cute koala |
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| koala eating eucalyptus leaves |
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| another sleeping koala |
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| a wombat |
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| the wombat was sleeping |
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| Kathy liked her |
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| the wombat decided to move |
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| sulfur crested Cockatoo |
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| many turtles in the billabong |
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| a white dingo |
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| a crocodile at rest |
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| and eating |
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| turtles and ducks at the billibong |
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| a red tailed black cockatoo |
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| one of many kangaroos |
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| a monitor lizard |
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| the billabong |
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| looking out over the city from Castle Hill |
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| we saw out ship from the top of Castle Hill |
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| on Castle Hill |
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| a stop at a Brewery for a cold beer on the way back to the ship |
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| Capital Hill and the waterfront |
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| back to the ship |
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| sail away |
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