Sailing Soccer Mom | A Sailing Friendly Guide to Townsville | Sailing with the James's (Ep. 79)

Sailing Soccer Mum - A cruiser and family friendly guide to Townsville, Queensland. We have been in Townsville for a couple months and we have found some wonderful (and FREE) places to visit, see, and activities to do with kids - and bonus is that they are all within walking distance from the marina. Breakwater Marina- Walking distance to the supermarkets (Coles and Woolworths). Great Staff, you can be liveaboards in the marina. The facilities include toilets, showers, laundry area, bins and there is a courtest car for hire ($10 for 2 hours) Castletown Shopping Center - A bit further of a distance but it is certainly a fun day out. They have a Play center (free) for kids, supermarkets, BIG W, doctors, optometrists, cafes, shoppes, and lots lots more. We really enjoyed going to the Teddy Beat Tea Time out on during school holidays - a free event for kids! Townsville City Library (Flinders Street) Located on the second floor of the building, and it is free to become a member. They have free wifi, a crafts table for kids, and a kids courner filled with books, toys, dress up, and a tent! We really enjoyed our time at the library. Museum of Tropical Queensland Free entry but they do put on special exhibits and the special short time ones are a small fee. They have a science area that you can easily spend hours in with kids and lots of interactive activities and hunts to do around the museum. On the top level (and the far back) is a giant tropical tree with a slide and activity for the kids. Lots to see and very interactive. ________________ Welcome to Sailing with the James's! We are the James Family; we purchased an unfinished aluminum catamaran and are fixing her up as we sail around the world. Come onboard our boat and join this sailing family aboard on our floating home! ______________________________________________________________________________ If you missed last week's episode, watch it here: https://youtu.be/xmO6vIIo0wc Boat tour of our project boat, an Aluminum Catamaran: https://youtu.be/RhyaasimV9M ________________________________________________________ You can support us making sailing videos by: Become a virtual crew member by becoming a PATREON! - YOU are making these videos possible! https://patreon.com/Sailingwiththejamess You can make a once off donation for the price of a cup of coffee! https://ko-fi.com/sailingwiththejamess _________________________________________________________ SOCIAL MEDIA https://www.facebook.com/SailingWithTheJamess https://www.instagram.com/SailingWithTheJamess/ Chapter Content: 00:00 - Start 01:40 - Breakwater Marina 04:38 - Townsville City Libraries 06:49 - Castletown Shopping Center 07:39 - Dentist 08:37 - Museum of Tropical Queensland 09:45 - Playgroups 10:33 - Scooter Gang 11:04 - End Credits --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT US: We are a family of three sailing around the world and sharing our adventures in family-friendly episodes every week! Sam is originally from New Zealand, Cait is originally from the United States; we met in Cairns, Australia and a few years later Charlie was born! We purchased an old, unfinished, aluminum Catamaran and are fixing her up as we sail around the world. Subscribe and follow our journey! FAQs What equipment do we use? GoPro Hero 4 - https://amzn.to/3KtGz0g GoPro Hero 9 - https://amzn.to/3KuFHJ2 Drone: DJI Mini 2 - https://amzn.to/3XR8daS Samsung S21 - https://amzn.to/3xMdPbQ Microsoft Surface Laptop - https://amzn.to/3xHoMvh Baby Life Jacket - https://amzn.to/3Zfja6U Tether - https://amzn.to/3XZ0c3p Lifeline Netting: https://amzn.to/3SwtEwU Music Music: Tropic Fuse Music by French Fuse Music: Shake it Music by: Aakash Gandhi Music: Palace of Roses Music by: Aakash Gandhi THANKS for watching! SUBSCRIBE (it's free) and never miss an episode! * The James Family * Sam, Cait, & Charlie #sailingfamily #townsville #cruisingguide #tugwork #harbourexpansion #sailing #sailingaustralia #sailingaroundtheworld #kids4sail #kidswhosail