Day 131: Townsville - The Lynd

It was raining too hard yesterday so we didn't leave until today. The sun was shining in the glorious morning sky. Typical.

First stop, Charters Towers, and it was back to school for me. We stopped for a coffee on the High Street before walking to St Mary's College where Sam and I boarded for several years. We lived in Bougainville where there was not sufficient schooling for children of our age so we had to fly down to Queensland. I was there from the age of 11 until we moved to Perth at the end of year 9 (14). I have very fond memories of that school and it was nice to go back. I do have a few cringe worthy photos of my time there on Picasa if anyone wishes to indulge.

	St Mary's College Photo Album

Next, and final, stop the Oasis Roadhouse were we camped for the night. The roadhouse is said to have Australia's smallest bar. We didn't' actually see it (not because it was that small it was unable to be seen by the naked eye) we just never ventured into the main building as we got there quite late.

The camp site was very basic, no power and ponies grazing around us. When the sun went down we scampered up to our roof tent and watched the incredible display of stars in the sky, it was stunning.

Em