Townsville Attractions
Alligator Creek - Bowling Green Bay National Park
Bowling Green Bay is the largest National Park (55 300 hectares) between the city of Townsville and the town of Bowen on the North Queensland coast. The park includes the Mount Elliot area and adjacent coastal wetlands, saltpans and mangroves. Bowlin ...
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Alligator Creek Track
Alligator Creek flows through Bowling Green Bay National Park in a series of cascades, deep pools and waterfalls. The track to Alligator Falls meanders roughly parallel to the creek through the open forest to Hidden Valley. Discarded machinery is a ...
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Anderson Park Botanic Gardens
Anderson Park Botanic Gardens Townsville is one of the three separate gardens which together form Townsville Botanic Gardens being developed by the Metropolitan Council. Being a garden of international repute, Anderson Park is often crowded by plant ...
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Australian Institute of Marine Science
The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) is a leader in tropical marine science. The Institute is consistently ranked among the top one per cent of specialist research institutions internationally and is known for its unique capacity to inve ...
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Balgal Beach
Balgal Beach is a beachside community popular as a day and overnight trip destination for locals and tourists to Thuringowa and Townsville. Just a few minutes from Rollingstone, Balgal Beach features a stinger net, which is installed and patrolled f ...
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Bluewater
Bluewater hosts a picturesque fresh water attraction popular with picnic goers, including barbecues, toilets, showers and play equipment. Access the creek via the Bluewater Store (near the bridge), or Bluewater Park. Bluewater Park is a designated l ...
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Bowling Green Bay National Park
Diverse habitats are protected in Bowling Green Bay National Park, the largest coastal park in the region. Its coastal plains are dramatically set against a backdrop of rugged granite mountains rising abruptly in the distance. Camp overnight at Allig ...
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Bushland Beach
Bushland Beach is part of the Northern Beaches precinct of Thuringowa, located 15 minutes drive from Thuringowa central business district. Access to Bushland Beach is via a turnoff along the Bruce Highway. This beautiful stretch of beach is a suburba ...
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Cape Pallarenda Conservation Park
A scenic coastal park close to Townsville, Cape Pallarenda is the site of a former quarantine station dating from 1915. The buildings are typical 'Queenslander style' with high ceilings and wide verandahs. The park features ruins and relics from Worl ...
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Castle Hill
Castle Hill is a red rock monolith in the heart of Townsville offering panoramic views, and a slice of military history. There is a popular walking track for fitness focused locals, with a rocky “goat track” a favourite for shedding those unwant ...
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Cotters Markets
Cotters Market is North Queensland's award winning arts and crafts market held every Sunday between 8.30 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. in Flinders Mall Townsville. Cotters Market is a great place to shop. They have ultra-fresh fruit and vegetables, stunning j ...
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Cowboys Leagues Club
Tempt your tastebuds with a delicious meal from an award winning Bistro at Cowboys Leagues Club. Open for Lunch and Dinner daily, and breakfast on Sundays, guests can enjoy a laid back and friendly dining atmosphere. An extensive menu features daily ...
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Dan Gleeson Memorial Gardens
The Dan Gleeson Memorial Gardens are located along Thuringowa Drive, Kirwan in the city of Thuringowa (twin city of Townsville). The gardens feature a wide range of native flora situated amongst large lawn parks and paved pathways. The gardens also f ...
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Davies Reef Dive Site
Davies Reef, off Townsville on the Great Barrier Reef, is home to a number of dive sites from large pinnacles with small caves to prolific coral gardens and drop-offs. Deep gutters cut through the reef where the walls are decorated with soft corals a ...
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Frosty Mango
Welcome to Frosty Mango, a wonderful stop-over on the Bruce Highway, 65 kilometres north of Townsville and gate-way to the Great Barrier Reef. In air-conditioned comfort inside or shade alfresco outside, you can refresh with the large range of home-m ...
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Goold Island National Park
Goold Island National Park celebrates a pristine tropical island in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, where forests spill onto sandy beaches. Dugongs and turtles feed on seagrass beds in shallow waters surrounding the island. The park is si ...
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James Cook University of North Queensland
James Cook University offers study and research opportunities in a broad range of disciplines, whilst enjoying world leadership in subjects of special importance to the region. James Cook University increasingly focuses on a range of commercial link ...
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Lake Paluma
Lake Paluma is an attractive lake surrounded by World Heritage Rainforest. It provides a water supply for approximately one third of the year. Access is via a 12 kilometres gravel road just past the Paluma township. There are weather proof shelters f ...
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Lake Ross
Owned by NQ Water, Lake Ross stores over 200,000 million litres of water and supplies up to 80 per cent of the region's potable water supply. The dam wall stretches 8.3 kilometres across the Ross River floodplain (longest in the Southern Hemisphere) ...
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Maritime Museum of Townsville
The Maritime Museum of Townsville is best known for its display about the doomed ship SS Yongala, sunk south of Townsville in 1911 with the loss of all 122 on board. The display includes a video recording showing the discovery and archaeology of the ...
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Masala Indian Cuisine
Masala Indian Cuisine has a great selection of tandoori, curry and vegetarian dishes. The meals use authentic flavours and are good value for money. The restaurant has great atmosphere and is located along the Ross River with alfresco dining availa ...
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Mount Spec, Paluma Range National Park
Mount Spec, Paluma Range National Park is an accessible, scenic section of Paluma Range National Park, the most southerly park in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Straddling the Paluma Range, the upland rainforests are crossed by a maze of strea ...
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Museum Of Tropical Queensland
The Museum of Tropical Queensland (MTQ) is a world-class museum, bursting with fun, fascinating and interactive displays. With a primary focus on North Queensland, it reveals the secrets of life in the tropics, the region’s unique fauna and flora, ...
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National Trust Heritage Centre
The National Trust Heritage Centre in Townsville is a collection of three heritage houses restored and furnished to period. These include a Worker's Dwelling (1878), The Currajong (1889) - a grand villa residence, and The Farmhouse (1921) - an examp ...
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North Queensland Military Museum
The North Queensland Military Museum is located in Townsville, one of Australia's largest military bases with both an Army and RAAF presence. The Museum features exhibitions of Militaria and weapons from the 1890's to 1945 with an emphasis on local ...
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Paluma and Crystal Creek Rainforest
Paluma Range is a rainforest haven located approximately 60 minutes drive north of the city of Townsville. Paluma village is located on the mountain-top - a quaint rainforest township offering tea and craft rooms. Along the Paluma Range highway is L ...
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Perc Tucker Regional Museum
Housed in one of Townsville’s finest heritage buildings, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery is a dynamic visual arts centre and has a significant collection of North Queensland art. It is Townsville’s foremost gallery with an exciting and diverse progr ...
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Pipers Lookout
Travel up Hervey Range Road from Thuringowa Central, past the suburbs of Rangewood and Rupertswood to find Piper's Lookout which is near the top of the Range, on your right. Piper's Lookout offers stunning views over the bushland below Hervey Range a ...
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Queens Gardens
Queens Gardens are one of three botanical gardens of Townsville, Queensland. Queens Gardens are located in the suburb of North Ward, at the base of Castle Hill, near to both the city centre and The Strand beachside park. They have been called Townsvi ...
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Reef HQ Aquarium
Reef HQ is the world's largest living coral reef aquarium and national reef education centre for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. It is the only coral reef aquarium on the Queensland coast for visitors to experience the reef from a fish-eye-view. ...
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Rollingstone Park
Rollingstone's Bushy Parker Park is a designated limited free tent and vehicle camping area. It is a popular spot with an attractive freshwater creek swimming area next to the park. Download the flyer from the Thuringowa website for more information ...
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Saunders Beach
Saunders Beach is part of the Northern Beaches precinct of Thuringowa. Saunders Beach has a residential community and some commercial accommodation. The beach is largely untouched and visitors still literally have the beach to themselves. With over ...
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SS "Yongala" Dive Site
The SS "Yongala" off Cape Bowling Green near Townsville, is one of the best wreck dives in the world. At 110 metres long she is one of the largest, most intact historic shipwrecks and intriguing maritime mysteries. Sinking in 1911 with loss of all a ...
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The Forts Walk
From the turn-off to Radical Bay on Magnetic Island National Park, this track ascends to follow a ridge behind the bays before arriving at the ruins of the Forts complex operated during World War II. Magnetic Island's WWII forts are listed on the Que ...
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The Strand
The Strand is a seaside foreshore located in Townsville, Australia. It is located in the suburb of North Ward. The Strand has a magnificent view of the Port of Townsville and Magnetic Island, as well as views stretching all the way out to Cape Clevel ...
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Toolakea Beach
For a peaceful experience on yet another one of Thuringowa's gorgeous beaches, visit Toolakea Beach and bring the whole family for a relaxing day out! Enjoy a picnic lunch or spend a relaxing few hours fishing from the beach. This beach is also very ...
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Townsville Museum and Historical Society
The Townsville Museum and Historical Society has two large exhibition halls displaying artefacts relating to Townsville's medical, artistic, technological and social history. It is located in the suburb of Currajong, in the former Traffic Training Ce ...
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Townsville Palmetum
The Palmetum is a unique tropical experience covering over 17 hectares. It is a botanical garden featuring one family of plants - the palms. Approximately 60 species of palms are native to Australia and most are represented in the Palmetum. The colle ...
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Townsville Tennis Centre
The Townsville Tennis Centre, North Ward is the largest and most modern tennis centre in North Queensland. It is located only five minutes from Central Business District and 10 minutes from Townsville airport. The centre has 12 plexipave tennis court ...
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Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Townsville Town Common Conservation Park is a birdwatcher's paradise! Only minutes from the centre of Townsville - open woodland, grassland, swamps and vine thickets provide a habitat and refuge for as many as 280 bird species. Summer rains transform ...
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Watermark Townsville
Watermark Townsville is a unique waterfront restaurant located on The Strand and features breathtaking views of Cleveland Bay and Magnetic Island. The establishment features chic, stylish and contemporary design and decor, with white leather seating ...
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Wheeler Reef Dive Site
At Wheeler Reef, On the Great Barrier Reef off Townsville, you can enjoy diving or snorkelling on some of the most pristine reefs. Wheeler Reef is an ideal location for certified divers, the novice diver or snorkellers. The maximum depth is 18m and t ...
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