Townsville Pictures
Townsville
Magnetic Island
Townsville is only a 20 minute ride, across Cleveland Bay, to Magnetic Island by high speed ‘Jet Cat’. The island can also be reached by direct flights from Brisbane and by a car ferry.
The island is predominantly covered in National Park (pine, eucalypt and rainforest trees) but it does have several tourist resorts, shops, [...]
Townsville, the regional capital of North Queensland
Townsville, with a population of over 180,000 is the largest city and considered the capital of tropical Queensland. It is ideally placed as a base for exploring the Great Barrier Reef, visiting the idyllic Mission Beach (several hours north), the nearby Magnetic Island, Hinchinbrook Island National Park and the North East of Australia.
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Mission Beach the natural way
Mission Beach is a natural mid way point between Townsville and Cairns. Mission Beach is made up of four beach villages linked by 14 kilometres of wide golden beach, a perfect base to [...]