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Back on Australian soil the thirsty travellers were taken along to the Green Beacon Brewing Co's tap house in Brisbane - a great range of craft beers were available but we only had time for a brief couple of samples - the Wayfarer IPA hit the spot! Also called in at the Power House, a riverside bar which inhabits a former power station - a jug of 50 Lashes pale was spot on. And we also tasted a new beer from the Burleigh Heads brewery from the Gold Coast - this being Twisted Palm, described as a Tropical Pale Ale.
Flying for two hours up the coast to tropical Townsville we moved from 30 degrees to 34 degrees all with high humidity. Julian Assange is from Townsville, 'from' being the operative word. At about 7 a.m. the streets are busy and the cafes are overflowing - three hours later and it's like a ghost town reminiscent of Spanish villages in full siesta.
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| Tropical Oz. |
Of course in weather like this beer is important thus we headed for the Townsville Brewery flagship pub which felt like a proper old Aussie Hotel (pub) but was in fact the city post office until twenty years ago. This photo shows that the city of Townsville is dominated by Castle Hill, which at 1000 feet above sea level, unfortunately offered no respite from the heat. So hot and thirsty we entered the pub and tried the Townsville Bitter, which in fact is more like a lager but it certainly did the trick.
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