Townsville
While staying in Bowen we took a drive to Townsville, just for a day trip as it is only 2 hours from Bowen.
When we arrived we did what any sane person does; went in search of coffee! We found a lovely little coffee shop and they made the best coffee.
After that we had a bit of a wander through the shops and then headed to Marine HQ, Townsvilles aquarium. As aquariums go it wasn't the best we've seen, however some of the reef fish were different to those we had seen before, being more tropical. They also have a marine turtle hospital and we were able to look around that and see some of the turtles being rehabilitated. They showed the kids the xrays taken from a patient that had swallowed fishing line.
At the aquarium there is an imax theatre, not quite like the one in Sydney, this one is a huge dome. The seats are reclined right back so that you are looking up at the dome and the movie is projected onto it. This means the movie is from the floor, over your head and to your right and left, you really feel like part of the movie. We watched an underwater/ ocean film. It was really quite cool.
By the time we left the aquarium it was 4.00 and we hadn't even had lunch. We headed to the shopping centre to grab a bite to eat and have a quick look around before driving back to Bowen.,
We didn't get to explore too much but will probably go back when we are back in Bowen.
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