Townsville information

This article is about the metropolitan area of Townsville in Northern Queensland.
For the Townsville CBD suburb see Townsville City, Queensland. For other uses, including local and state government divisions, see Townsville (disambiguation).
‎ Townsville (Postcodes: 4810-4819) is an urban centre on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland.
It is adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef in the dry tropics region. Townsville enjoys over 300 days of sunshine each year, which lends itself to tourism activities all year round and an abundance of outdoor activities.
Popular attractions include 'The Strand', a long tropical beach and garden strip; Reef HQ, a large tropical aquarium holding many of the Great Barrier Reef's native flora and fauna; the Museum of Tropical Queensland, built around a display of relics from the sunken British warship HMS Pandora; and Magnetic Island, a large neighbouring island, the vast majority of which is national park.
The urban centre known as Townsville is part of two local government areas, the City of Townsville and the City of Thuringowa which are administered by Townsville City Council and the Thuringowa City Council respectively. The urban area is collectively referred to as Townsville, while locally, the two local government areas are sometimes referred to as the "twin cities" or Townsville/Thuringowa. The two local government areas will amalgamate in March 2008 to form one large Council called 'Townsville City Council'. (...) more....

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