Off to the Port!

Until very recently, many members of Townsville Senior Citizens had seen the Port of Townsville from a distance but not up close!

On 10th April, 2014, over 40 members climbed aboard two buses - a big bus and a smaller disability-friendly vehicle - to take a look at this important facility.

Betty settled in the TOTTS bus

With the commentaries of Port staff members, Sharon and Maria, the happy travellers learned some interesting facts including the following:

• Port activity injects more than $266 million into the regional economy annually; 
• There are 10 berths with the most recent, Berth 10, providing room for incoming tourists through the Townsville Cruise Terminal;
• Port activity supports more than 8,000 jobs directly and indirectly.

Most of the group outside the big bus

Townsville's port is, we understand, a Queensland export leader in metals, sugar, fertiliser, and molasses and among the top three ports in the state for cement, chemical, general cargo and container trade throughput.

A big thankyou to the Port of Townsville for giving us the use of the bigger bus and TOTTS for giving us the use of the smaller one. Their generosity is much appreciated.  And of course special thanks to Sharon and Maria from the Townsville Port who escorted us on our journey and who gave us such a lot of interesting information!