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Townsville

Description: Townsville city and major port, eastern Queensland, Australia, at the mouth of Ross Creek on Cleveland Bay of the Coral ... more

Townsville ... Sea. It is adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef in the dry tropics. The city 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. Lying close to Flinders Passage through the Great Barrier Reef offshore, it has one of Queensland's finest artificial harbours. A tourist base for the Great Barrier Reef and the Atherton Plateau, the city is dominated by the 938-ft (286-m) Castle Hill, which overlooks Magnetic Island.

Newest Review: ... famous. Ralph Harris, Bob” Dowde’ Under.who! They say. The IYH hostel in Townsville is a lot like an Asylum seeker detention center in set out only although not so full as hours with tight corridors and banging doors and very communal rooms and showers. I shared a dorm with four birds from Italy and Spain, guys you now what I’m saying about those latinas…Wow. Good ... more

... facilities and a touch manky /cramped kitchen with a cool TV room and chill area. I actually watched the men’s final from Wimbledon at 3 am in the morning sitting next to a girl who drinks in my local in Northampton who I ne ...more

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Townsville: Last one out turn off the lights (424 words)
by - written on 25/11/00
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I have to admit I kinda stumbled into Townsville with five dollars in the pocket after my final fruit pick in the outback at what quickly became the end of my chaotic”year out” Down under. Cant say that there's not a lot to do here if you have already done the reef in Cairns. I suppose it could be best described as a Floridian town where you have a lot of old shriveled prune faced couples wandering around mingling with the tourists being dispatched to The Whitsunday resorts and cruises or the delightful Magnetic Island with its distinctive Mediterranean look and feel. As the last major conurbation in Queensland before the rain forest kicks in up north ...

Townsville. Relax till you drop. (590 words)
by Puddy Tat - written on 23/10/00 (Very useful, 78 readings)
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Townsville is a city in North Queensland that is not well known in the tourist market. Which is understandable as the city itself has does not have much to offer the traveller. That said, it is one of the many Australia cities that is attractive for people looking for somewhere to live. However it does have a few redeeming features. The main one of these is that there is direct access to the Great Barrier Reef from Townsville. It also has an International Airport, although you might be a little pressed to find a carrier flying directly there. The only other place in Queensland with this combination of facilities is Cairns. If you do find yourself ...

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