Townsville Attractions
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"The Moltke" Dive Site
Magnetic Island - "The Moltke" is a wreck dive accessible from the shore on Magnetic Island. The old cargo Boat has been here for over 70 years. The structure is fairly... More
Alligator Creek - Bowling Green Bay National Park
Alligator Creek - 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... More
Alligator Creek Track
Townsville - Alligator Creek flows through Bowling Green Bay National Park in a series of cascades, deep pools and waterfalls.
The track to Alligator Falls meanders... More
Anderson Park Botanic Gardens
Townsville - Botanic gardens containing important tree collections and an attractive conservatory. More
Arcadia at Magnetic Island
Magnetic Island - Arcadia is the smallest of the four main bays around Magnetic Island. Arcadia surrounds two of the Island’s prominent bays; Alma Bay and Geoffrey... More
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Townsville - 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... More
Balgal Beach
Townsville - 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... More
Beaver Reef Dive Site
Mission Beach - Located in the protected Beaver Cay Marine Sanctuary off Mission Beach, Beaver Reef is an unspoiled fringing reef surrounding a sandy cay and offers a... More
Bicton Hill Circuit
Mission Beach - Bicton Hill is part of the Clump Mountain National Park. The walk has a fairly easy grade as it winds up the hill and forms a loop track apart from the... More
Billabong Sanctuary
Townsville - Billabong Sanctuary, Townsville North Queensland is Australia's best interactive wildlife sanctuary. Visitors to the sanctuary join in animal encounters.... More
Blencoe Falls, Girringun National Park
Cardwell - Blencoe Falls, Girrungun National Park offers breathtakingly beautiful landscapes. Blencoe Falls tumbles 90 metrea into a rocky pool, before cascading... More
Bluewater
Townsville - Bluewater hosts a picturesque fresh water attraction popular with picnic goers, including barbecues, toilets, showers and play equipment. Access the creek... More
Bowling Green Bay National Park
Townsville - Diverse habitats are protected in Bowling Green Bay National Park, the largest coastal park in the region. Its coastal plains are dramatically set against... More
Broadwater, Abergowrie State Forest
Ingham - Two distinct forest communities feature in Broadwater, Abergowrie State Forest. Endangered riparian rainforest lines the clear waters of Broadwater Creek.... More
Bushland Beach
Townsville - Bushland Beach is part of the Northern Beaches precinct of Thuringowa, located 15 minutes drive from Thuringowa central business district. Access to Bushland... More
Buujan Quiinbiira Walk (Wet Tropics Great!Walk)
Ingham - Wallaman Falls is the largest single drop waterfall in Australia, tumbling 305 metres through a rainbow-fringed cloud of mist into a large pool. Before... More
Cape Pallarenda Conservation Park
Townsville - 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... More
Castle Hill
Townsville - 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... More
Cathedral Fig Tree
Mission Beach - The Cathedral Fig Tree, like the Curtain Fig Tree, is a gigantic 500 year old strangler tree. Located in the Danbulla State Forest, the Cathedral Fig has... More
Centenary Park
Charters Towers - Centenary Park has the gold discovery monuments, picnic tables, gas barbecues and is always cool and shady. Centenary Park also has an interesting history... More
Charters Towers and Pioneer Cemeteries
Charters Towers - Charters Towers Cemetery was established in 1895. It is the resting place for a number of interesting local characters including Jupiter Mosman who, as... More
Charters Towers Folk Museum
Charters Towers - This National Trust owned and run, Charters Towers Museum houses a large collection of photographs, equipment and other memorabilia that reflects Charters... More
Charters Towers Visitor Information Centre
Charters Towers - The Charters Towers Visitor Information Centre occupies a beautifully restored heritage building. The building itself is an attraction. It has been moved... More
Civic Club
Charters Towers - Drop into the Civic Club, originally known as the Londoner's Club, (a gentlemen's club) and enjoy a drink with a local, soak up the atmosphere of this... More
Cloudy Creek Track
Ingham - Cloudy Creek is one of a variety of short walks in the Paluma area. This walking track leads through the rainforest from McClelland's lookout, which is... More
Clump Mountain National Park
Mission Beach - With Bicton Hill at its centre, Clump Mountain National Park preserves one of the few remaining patches of undisturbed lowland tropical rainforest. Many... More
Coral Sea Battle Memorial Park
Cardwell - The Coral Sea Battle Memorial Park is Australia’s largest war memorial. The park was created to commemorate an air and sea battle which took place... More
Cotters Markets
Townsville - 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.... More
Curtain Fig Tree
Atherton - The Curtain Fig National Park contains the renowned Curtain Fig Tree, an enormous strangler fig tree. Located a short drive out of Yungaburra, a small... More
Dalrymple National Park
Charters Towers - Dalrymple National Park covers an area of 1640 hectares and is located 46 kilometres north or a 30 minute drive from the town of Charters Towers (90 minute... More
Dalrymple Sales Yards - Cattle Sales
Charters Towers - Experience the thrill of livestock going under the hammer. Cattle Sales are held every Wednesday at the Dalrymple Sales Yards. Beef is produced on 250... More
Dan Gleeson Memorial Gardens
Townsville - The Dan Gleeson Memorial Gardens are located along Thuringowa Drive, Kirwan in the city of Thuringowa (twin city of Townsville). The gardens feature a... More
Davies Reef Dive Site
Townsville - 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... More
Edmund Kennedy National Park
Cardwell - Edmund Kennedy National Park is within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Few parts of north Queensland's wet tropics can boast the range of vegetation... More
Elinike Guest Cottages
Echuca - Away from the hustle and bustle of town, Elinike Guest Cottages with an idyllic setting of cottage gardens, bushland and Murray River frontage, is renowned... More
Family Islands National Park
Mission Beach - Family Islands National Park covers a chain of islands near Mission Beach, with lush rainforest and woodlands, surrounded by coral reefs, tidal flats and... More
Fishing at Magnetic Island
Magnetic Island - Magnetic Island fishing just has to be seen to be believed. A catch is virtually guaranteed, and what a catch it can be; 22 pound Coral Trout and 44 pound... More
Fishing on Hinchinbrook Island
Hinchinbrook Island - Hinchinbrook Island abounds in flora, fauna, palm fringed beaches and extensive mangrove lined waterways. The extensive flats and channel systems surrounding... More
Frosty Mango
Townsville - 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... More
Golden Gumboot
Tully - Originally the Golden Gumboot was a competition between Tully, Innisfail and Babinda as to which town is the wettest in Australia. The winner for the competition... More
Goold Island National Park
Townsville - Goold Island National Park celebrates a pristine tropical island in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, where forests spill onto sandy beaches.... More
Great Barrier Reef
Mission Beach - Stretching more than 2000km along the Queensland coastline and covering 35 million hectares, the Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral... More
Gugigugi (Butterfly) Walk (Wet Tropics Great!Walk)
Ingham - On the first day of the Gugigugi Walk (18.7 kilometres) in the Wallaman Falls section of Girringun National Park, you can enjoy a pleasant walk through... More
Hinchinbrook Heritage Walk
Ingham - Ingham, a large, tropical town of gardens on the Herbert River, is set apart from other sugar centres of the north by its distinctive Mediterranean flavour... More
Hinchinbrook Island National Park
Cardwell - Hinchinbrook National Park on Hinchinbrook Island offers isolation and experience of wilderness. Hinchinbrook is one of Australia’s most impressive... More
Historic Ambulance Centre
Charters Towers - The Historic Ambulance Centre dates back to 1903 and was restored and reopened to the public 100 years from its first opening. The centre was the first... More
Horseshoe Bay
Magnetic Island - Horseshoe Bay is the largest bay on Magnetic Island. Ideal for watersports, almost every watercraft imaginable is available for hire as well as being... More
Jagany (Goanna) Walk, (Wet Tropics Great!Walk)
Ingham - In Girringun National Park you'll find Wallaman Falls - the largest single drop waterfall in Australia, tumbling 305 metres through a rainbow-fringed cloud... More
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