Day 61

Day 61 Wednesday Today we headed into Town to have a look at Reef HQ which is the Townsville aquarium. It has a natural Coral reef and a walk through underwater viewing area. Here we saw hundreds of different fish species that are found on the Great Barrier Reef, we even saw 100’s of “Nemo’s” and “Dory’s”  along with Sharks and Big Maori Wrasse. We listened to a talk all about dangerous marine creatures which would have been handy about a month ago for Mitch! But never the less it was very interesting especially about all the different kinds of Stingers there are.

After that talk we went and learnt all about the Turtle Rescue Hospital. It is at Reef HQ where they rescue sick turtles and nurse them back to health and then release them back into the wild. We bought a couple of souvenirs before heading back to the car. On the way back to the Van we stopped at a supermarket for supplies and as we went in Darren picked up a Basket and in the bottom of it was someone’s iPhone 4. He dialled the last called number and found out who the owner was and they arranged for her to come to the supermarket and pick it up. We waited for about ½ an hour before she arrived but she was happy to get it back. Back to the van to drop off  the groceries and have a rest. Later that afternoon we had arranged to meet an old friend of Darren’s who now lives in Townsville, Debra Price. We went around to their place around 5.30 for drinks where we met her husband Chris and their son Beau who is a little bit older then Mitch. Beau being the typical teenager has a Playstation 3 and a Xbox 360 so our 2 boys then disappeared for the next 4 hours leaving the adults in peace to drink and chat. About 8.30 Deb came out with a big pot of Pasta for tea that we demolished and washed down with a few more drinks before heading back to the van about 10.30.