Australian Mixed Nationals, Castle Hill, and Magnetic Island

We went up to Townsville for Australian Mixed Nationals this past weekend. Our team broke seed and came in 4th in the tournament. The highlight of the weekend was this picture taken of our teammate, Zac. This picture immediately went viral on facebook and now reddit, at least in the ultimate frisbee community, spawning re-enactment photos and a photoshop battle. Some of my photoshop favorites are the violin player, the inept translator, and jazz hands. We can now say we have been present moment a meme came to life. Zac was even publicly recognized during the awards ceremony at the end of the tournament.

Our team, warming up with Castle Hill in the background: We were able to pay a short visit to the hill, which is apparently 10 feet short of being called Castle Mountain. The hill overlooks all of Townsville and Magnetic Island. After the tournament we took the ferry over to Magnetic Island and enjoyed some time on the beach with the remaining teammates who hadn't flown back to Sydney yet. 

View of Magnetic Island from the top of Castle Hill.

Townsville

Apparently Townsville was actually named after a man named Robert Towns, and not just the fact that it is town. Here is Michael doing his Powerpuff Girls impression.

Horseshoe bay at sunset (at Magnetic Island).