Mission Beach

Got up at about 7:30, checked out (very funny receptionist) and then headed to the greyhound stop...then we had our first greyhound experience and landed somewhere in the middle of nowhere. mission beach. the area around the greyhound stop looked pretty shitty and we had no clue how to get out of there. but after the very friendly woman at the greyhound office explained to us how to get to the beach, we went down and had a marvellous view..


We then spent some hours down at the beach, had brekky and a good time and then went back to the greyhound office where we received some information about whitsunday tours. when the bus arrived we hoped on and continued our journey to townsville. We had a short meal break @ Cardwell, sat on the beachside, thought about how good life can be and wrote this stuff here. Then we continued our trip at 4:45 (4:45! 4:45!). We arrived at about 7 pm in townsville and realized that there was no pick up bus for us. so we thought about how to get to the hostel....but then, all of a sudden, a van from another hostel stopped close to us and asked whether we need a hostel. we then told them, that we already have a hostel...then we talked again a few sentences in german..and suddenly one of the girls asked in german where we need to go...and when we realized that our hostel was located in the same street, their hostel was, they decided to take us there...even if it was their first day as drivers, and even if they wouldn't be allowed to do so...but, no worries :) thx again, girls!

Then we checked in and realized that there were a lot of antz and spiders in our room and that the hostel (Adventurers Backpackers) wasn't that nice like the Calypso in Cairns. Afterwards we had a stroll to the city centre, went grocery shopping, walked at the strand, had a small dinner (cereals and coke) at the amphi theatre (that's a bp's life ;-) ). After that we returned to the hostel (where, btw, the amenities were better than expected) and planned our next day at "Maggie".