Townsville

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Travel Guide Oceania Australia Queensland Townsville

Introduction

Townsville

Townsville is a small city in northern Queensland. It is adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, making it a popular launching point for divers and those wishing to explore the reef. Magnetic Island, half of which is a National Park, is located just offshore.

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Neighbourhoods

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Sights and Activities

Reef HQ (formerly the Townsville Aquarium), which includes a big section of living coral reef.
The Museum of Tropical Queensland includes relics from the British warship HMS Pandora.
Magnetic Island - a holiday island 10km from the coast.
The Strand is a long tropical beach.

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Events and Festivals

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Weather

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Getting There

Greyhound buses stop at Townsville on the East Coast route.

By Plane

The Townsville International Airport has flights from Brisbane, Melbourne, Gold Coast and Canberra as well as some regional centres like Cairns and Mount Isa. It hasn't had any regular international flights since 2002.

By Train

Several trains travel to and from Townsville:

The Inlander between Townsville and Mount Isa
The Sunlander between Brisbane and Cairns
The Tilt Train between Brisbane and Cairns

By Car

By Bus

By Boat

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Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

By Foot

By Bike

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Eat

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Drink

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Sleep

Property	Address	Type	Popularity
Adventurers Backpackers	79 Palmer St	Hostel	70
Civic Guest House Backpackers Hostel	262 Walker St	Hostel	85
Globetrotters Townsville	121 Flinders Street East	Hostel	69
Jupiters Townsville Hotel And Casino	Sir Leslie Thiess Drive		-
Holiday Inn Townsville	334 Flinders Mall		-
Ibis Townsville	12 14 Palmer Street		-
Mercure Inn Townsville	Woolcock Street		-
Seagulls Resort	74 The Esplanade, Belgian Gardens		-
Best Western Castle Lodge Motel	Cnr Warburton, McKinley & Rose Streets		-
Oaks Gateway on Palmer	2 Dibbs Street		-
Grand Mercure Apartments Townsville	10 Palmer Street		-
Best Western Cluden Park Motor Inn	147-149 Stuart Drive Wulguru		-
Leisure Inn Plaza Hotel	Cnr of Flinders and Stanley Streets		-
Summit Motel Townsville	6-8 Victoria Street		-
Hotel M	81 Palmer Street		-
City Oasis Inn	143 Wills Street		-
Q Resorts Central Apartments	502-814 Flinders Street West		-
Quest Townsville	30 34 Palmer Street		-
Best Western Cascade Motor Inn	Rosslea		-
Rydges Southbank	23 Palmer Street		-
Robert Towns Comfort Inn‎	261 Stanley Street		-
Dovecote Motel	58 Dovecote Road, Stanley		-
Oaks Anchorage	51 Palmer Street, South Townsville		-
Aquarius on the Beach	75 The Strand		-
Q Resorts Itara Apartments	1-15 Sporting Drive, Thuringowa Central		-
Waters Edge The Strand	The Strand		-
Foreign Exchange Townsville Accommodation	8 The Avenue, Hermit Park Townsville	HOSTEL	82
Foreign Exchange Accommodation - Beachside	19 Eyre Street, North Ward	HOSTEL	79
Reeflodge	4 Wickham St City	Hostel	-
Foreign Exchange Accommodation - The Avenue	8 The Avenue, Hermit Park Townsville	HOSTEL	-

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Keep Connected

Internet

Phone

Post

Australia Post is the government's postal service. Most reasonably sizable townssuburbs will have at least one post office. A standard letter or postcard sent within Australia will cost $0.55. Internationally, it costs $1.40 to send postcards anywhere in the world. Letters cost $1.45 to send within the Asia Pacific region and $2.10 to anywhere else in the world. ^[1]. It is also possible to send things as parcels or by express mail.