One day at a time

Nokia - Phone Models - Nokia E65 - Phone Features A new addition to my stable of phones and a lovely looking addition it is to. Well made and smooth to use. Can't fault it as a phone and the Nokia logical approach to their phones proves it's worth yet again. BUT - yes there is a but, for a phone that is touted as a wifi enabled it seems completely lost when it encounters un-named networks and to quickly gives up connecting - Nokia needs to work harder here. The only other down side so far has been the apparent short battery life, but my guess is that using the Wifi is probably to blame there. technorati tags: Nokia , E65 , 3G , 3 , Australia

I have learnt to be patient and it's something that I am remarkable good at (most of the time). I am patient with my family, especial my elderly relatives who have some very strange ideas about what is happening in the world on occasions, but I let them get off their chests and patiently listen to them. I am patient with my colleagues at work, even when it takes several attempts to explain something or I can hear them getting something wrong, I patiently let them learn what they need to do. And I am patiently waiting for a couple of businesses to pull their fingers out and provide me with refunds that I am entitled to. I am currently waiting for a refund for my shaver, GPS and PDA. One of these days though, my patience is going to run out !

Townsville 2007 Originally uploaded by PD Blog Pics . Townsville 2007 I have loaded the pictures from my trip up to my websites: Townsville Magnetic Island & Surrounds

Spend the morning sorting out the final things. The flight up went well, we got first row seats and I watched a video on Campbell's laptop on the flight up. Things took a slight turn for the worst when Campbell's bag didn't turn up; it was still in Melbourne, as it had lost its tag. Then the GPS got us a bit lost, although we found the hotel in the end and after driving around, we decided that Townsville must close very early, there was no supermarkets open and we only found one convenience store open!! Early to bed for us and lets hope Campbell's bag turns up tomorrow morning, as promised.

With the chances of Campbell's case turning up this morning virtually zero, we went shopping. We went to a couple of the shopping centres in and around Townsville. I still think that the Garmin GPS was better than the TomTom for accuracy, but I think that it is being let down by inaccurate maps. I bought a couple of things, one of which I had planned to buy. We spent the rest of the afternoon lazing by the pool and I used my goggles. They did the job that they were intended to do and I keep my contact lenses in my eyes. Finally Campbell's suitcase turned up this evening, still very much intact. We had dinner in the hotel restaurant, which was a very pleasant experience

Walked into Townsville this morning along The Strand. We found a couple of the cafes that have been mentioned in the guides, but only one was open and even that one didn't have a working kitchen. We made do with coffee and cake, before continuing on into the city and after a short stop at the Information Centre, we wandered into the Mall. Unfortunately, this has definitely seen better days and it was surprising not to see a department store there. After the mall, we went to the aquarium and I took lots of pictures, there are a lot that will be deleted, but hopefully there will be some good ones in there. After a short rest back at the hotel, we went up Castle Hill and it is an amazing view up there. The drive down was slow, avoiding all the pedestrians. We went shopping at the Woolworths in the town centre, and then found Palmer Street, we choose one of the restaurants along there for dinner.

We went to Magnetic Island today. It's a very pretty place, but it looks like it is going the same way as Hamilton Island. There is a lot of building work going on at the harbour and lots of places are up for sale. Surprisingly most of the places were closed, the only ones opened appeared to be the pubs. We went to Horsehoe Bay and Picnic Bay. We walked up to Hawkins Lookout which had a great view back over to Townsville. Got bored in the afternoon, Campbell was reading for most of it. We went to Palmer Street for dinner again and found a great indian restaurant, which was mentioned in one of the guides. (We later found out that it's consider the best indian restaurant in the city!)