Castle Hill and Stuart Mountain

We thought we would look at Townsville from a higher perspective and climbed a few mountains (by car).
First Castle Hill - 286 metres altitude. Beautiful 360 degree views. Blue sky.



View North over the airport.

View South looking over the soon to be V8 track

View East looking out to Magnetic Island



View West to Mt Stuart - the next destination

Next Mount Stuart - 576 metres altitude. 360 degree views - apparently. Cloud. Visibility about 10 metres!
Mt Stuart - the day started out OK but the weather soon closed in after we had made it to the top & shared (unwillingly) some of our afternoon tea with the local greedy peacocks! 

We literally watched & felt the clouds creep upon us as we dashed back to the car only just making it in time before the rain started!

That was pretty much the turning point as we have had a jumper on since & bunkered down for a couple of extra days than anticipated.  The wind was whipping us around & there were reports of over 300mm of rain further north where we were heading so decided to avoid any chance of flooded roads & stay put.