The Greyhound, one of the most popular ways to travel Australia, does the famous East Coast route. Many of you who have taken this bus route will know the mass amount of people who get on and off at Cairns, Airlie Beach, and Rainbow Beach; the three biggest hotspots for tourism in Queensland. Cairns is the well-known home of the Great Barrier Reef, Airlie Beach is of course the gateway to the Whitsundays, whilst Rainbow Beach is one of the most popular stops on the way to Fraser Island.
As the unofficial capital of North Queensland, one of the gateways to the Great Barrier Reef, a popular stop among the V8 racing circuit, and home to CMC Rocks North Queensland and the 2015 NRL Grand Finalists, you would think that Townsville, in the sunny northeast of Australia, would be a haven for young travellers. It is the sad case, however, that most of the lovely backpackers, travelling families, and holiday makers making their way up the East Coast of Australia, will skip Townsville. It may be the case that Townsville has not made a big enough name for itself as one of the great destinations of Queensland, or maybe people have just heard that it is a boring industrial town. Whatever the case may be, it is a tragedy to hop on the Ring Road and drive straight by. So what are all these people, skipping straight from Airlie Beach to Cairns (or vice versa), missing out on?
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