Here’s the list. As promised. There are a lot of food related items. Apart from item num­ber one they are not yet in order of qual­ity. I will be putting these together as posts with pic­tures and stuff — prob­a­bly on a sep­a­rate blog.

My def­i­n­i­tion of Townsville is the same as Tourism Queensland’s — it includes every­thing north to Mis­sion Beach, west to Char­ters Tow­ers and south to the Burdekin.

So, Townsvil­lians — do you have any­thing to add or subtract?

I guess that I should state, for the record, that I enjoyed many of these expe­ri­ences either free of charge or at a sig­nif­i­cant dis­count. That did not guar­an­tee them a place on the list — I left a few things off.

1. Orpheus Island
2. Kopi Luwak at the Her­itage Tea Rooms
3. Bare­foot Art Food Wine, Mag­netic Island
4. Steaks at the Watermark
5. Yiros at WhiteBlue
6. Yiros from the Sou­vlaki Bar on Gre­gory Street
7. The view from Cas­tle Hill
8. The Strand
9. Horse­shoe Bay, Mag­netic Island
10. Break­fast with the Koalas, Bun­ga­low Bay, Mag­netic Island
11. Cin­na­mon Donuts white fudge sauce and Turk­ish Delight at Betty Blue
12. Break­fast at the C Bar on the Strand
13. Fly­ing in the Tiger Moth with Fly Scenic
14. Reef HQ Aquar­ium — the search for Minty
15. Beer at the Brewery
16. Sport on the Strand
17. Indoor Soc­cer at Wil­lows ISA
18. Wal­la­man Falls
19. Duck at A Touch of Salt
20. Build Your Own Burger at Cac­tus Jacks
21. The Hill at a Cow­boys Game
22. Watch­ing Rob­bie Fowler at a Fury Game
23. The Aus­tralian Fes­ti­val of Cham­ber Music
24. Crumbed Steak at Molly Malones
25. Hid­den Val­ley Cabins
26. Eggs Bene­dict with Doorstop Toast at Betty Blue’s
27. Sun­set beers at the C-Bar
28. Swim­ming at Riverway
29. Bar­beque break­fast on The Strand
30. Cof­fee from Cof­fee Dominion
31. Cof­fee school at Cof­fee Dominion
32. Steak at the Brewery
33. Greek Fest
34. Swim at Crys­tal Creek
35. Alli­ga­tor Creek
36. The view from Mount Stuart
37. Steak at South­bank Grill
38. Stretch Jeep tour of Mag­netic Island
39. Gelati from Juliettes
40. Mango Ice­cream from Frosty Mango
41. Platy­pus Tour at Hid­den Val­ley Cabins
42. Hir­ing a moke on Mag­netic Island
43. But­ter Chicken from Masala Indian
44. Walk up Cas­tle Hill
45. Rad­i­cal Bay Mag­netic Island
46. The sci­ence room in the Museum of Trop­i­cal Queensland
47. Bill­abong Sanctuary
48. Stay in a water­front apart­ment at One Bright Point — Mag­netic Island
49. Bush­walk on Hinch­in­brook — the pansy version
50. Fish­ing at Hinch­in­brook Island
51. Water­fall tour — Jourama, Wal­la­man, Mungalli, etc
52. Hang out by the hori­zon pool at Elandra, Mis­sion Beach
53. Meat Pies from Pukka Pies
54. V8s in July
55. Paronella Park tour
56. Watch­ing air­force practice
57. Ghosts of Gold Tour — Char­ters Towers
58. Indoor Paint­ball
59. Banana Thick­shake at BP Cluden
60. Twisty Greek donut things at the Greek Festival
61. Din­ner at Pep­pers Bue on Blue, Mag­netic Island
62. Bik­ing around the Ross River
63. Bik­ing around Ander­son Park
64. The maze and herb gar­den at the Queens Gardens
65. Jet­ski tours of Dunk Island
66. Boat around Mag­netic Island
67. Sail­ing on a tall ship around Mag­netic Island
68. Fish­ing at the reef
69. Venus Gold Bat­tery at Char­ters Towers
70. Sun­rise on the beach at Lucinda
71. Bird­watch­ing at Tyto Wet­lands with John Young
72. Snorkelling the Great Bar­rier Reef
73. Forts Walk Mag­netic Island
74. Sun­set at West Point, Mag­netic Island
75. Bar­ra­mundi Farm
76. North Queens­land Tourism Awards
77. Sleep­over at ReefHq
78. Water park on the Strand
79. Mud­brick Manor Cardwell
80. Camp­ing at Bluewater
81. Camp­ing at Broad­wa­ter National Park
82. Rock­slide at Crys­tal Creek
83. Swim­ming at the Secret Spot — Paluma
84. Lunch by the Marina in Anzac Park
85. Mari­ams Thai
86. Fish and Chips at the Strand
87. Michels on Palmer Street
88. Feed­ing the birds at Bun­ga­low Bay
89. Groovin the Moo
90. Catch a Dan­ceNorth production
91. Pof­fer­t­jes at Lukabean
92. Go to the the­atre with Tropic Sun
93. Get some cul­ture at the Civic Theatre
94. See a show at Riverway
95. Stay in a tree­house room at Hinch­in­brook Island
96. Cook­ing school at De Studi
97. Visit an art exhi­bi­tion at Pin­na­cles at River­way or the Perc Tucker Gallery on Flinders Street
98. The Great Trop­i­cal Drive
99. Cock­tails at Cac­tus Jacks Skybar
100. Sang Choy Bow at Benny’s Hot Wok

Author: Nathan Campbell

Nathan runs St Eutychus. He is currently a student at the Queensland Theological College. In a previous professional life he worked in public relations for an economic development and tourism marketing organisation. He is married to Robyn. He likes coffee and the internet.

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