Mackay to Townsville was through sugarcane country. There are special minature and very long trains that carry the sugarcane around and there are many road crossings.

Sugarcane Train Croissing

The BIG Mango

Steel Bridge

Sugarcane Train

Townsville – the biggest city in the North of Queensland, it is quite modern and it has Parking meters and signs. I wandered around following the Street Art trail and I also visited the Army Museum. Townsville was a hub during the Second World War and has the largest Army Base in Australia.

The Great Northern Hotel

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Clock Tower

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Can you see the Frog

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Jezzine Barracks

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Army Museum

Digging Tunnels

Digging Tunnels

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10 Barrel Nordenfelt Gun

10 Barrel Nordenfelt Gun

Boer War

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Advertising Death

Gallipoli

Periscope Rifle

Bomb Crater

Billy Sing – Sniper

Victoria Cross

Owen Gun

German Tools

Rifles

Bofors 40mm

The Strand, Townsville 1943

Japanese Grenade Launcher

Japanese LMG

Japanese Surrender

Castle Hill

Jezzine Fort

The Harbour

US Airforce Memorial

Magnetic Island

6″ Coastal Guns

Castle Hill, Robert Towns Memorial

The View from Castle Hill

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Can you see the Lights

Old Lighthouse

Lunch

War Memorial

Trees on the Strand