Welcome to the City of Townsville

Council has recently received funding for Work Skills Traineeships, one of seven programs that make up the Queensland Government’s Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative.

Townsville Dashboards is a digital platform to access high quality, current data and information about Townsville, informing and enabling the Townsville community and those with an interest in investing in the region.

New water conservation measures are now in place across Townsville.

Residents can now use sprinklers and automatic irrigation from 5pm to 8am three days a week on the odds and evens system.

A career with Council offers challenging and rewarding work.

You might be surprised at the range of services the council provides and supports - explore our current available vacancies.

The Right to Information Act 2009 gives you the right to access and amend information held by public section agencies in QLD.

Find out what you can and can't access!

This transformative masterplan will deliver a number of large-scale infrastructure projects across Townsville.

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Tie up some ‘Loose Ends’ when this adventurous one-man show loaded with groovy gadgets, naughty puppets and madcap clowning lands in Townsville.

28 May - 29 May 2019 - Greek Community Centre

Music in the City is back!
Bring your friends and enjoy lunch in the shade at the Perfume Gardens every Friday in May, June and July.

Free live entertainment with different local artists every Friday, and weekly prizes to be won!

Visit What’s On for more information.

Build your very own hologram using simple materials and bring it to life with specially designed holographic videos. You'll be amazed at how realistic they look!

Ignite your child's imagination and accelerate their language development by listening to great children's stories, songs and thymes. Visit our Workshops page for details on Library session times.

Connie Hoedt is one of North Queensland’s most significant and influential potters, specialising in non-functional sculptural fantasy pieces influenced by her Dutch heritage as well as her environment in Far North Queensland.

Learn to digitise your organisation’s slides, negatives, photographs, papers and books to conservation standards during this free class. A trainer will teach you how to identify the best format and device to use in our Digitisation Lounge to preserve and save your precious materials.

CityLibraries Flinders Street

Free though bookings required

Join us in a hands on session where a facilitator will show you the basics of how to use a 3D printer.

CityLibraries Thuringowa Central

Free, though bookings required.

Submit your events for free!

Visit What’s On Townsville - to enter your community and sporting events, shows, exhibition, workshop, fundraiser, markets and a range of other events.

Throughout the Townsville region we have over 300 parks and open space areas, four botanics gardens, a great many walkways and bikeways throughout the city and surrounds and a variety of camping and caravan locations to suit everyone.

The 15-hectare heritage precinct commemorates the military and Aboriginal heritage of the Kissing Point headland through 32 specially commissioned public artworks, extensive interpretive signage and the restoration of significant elements of the Kissing Point Fort complex. Large-scale landscaping works have also opened up the area for public use.

With over 300 parks throughout the region, now is the perfect time to explore your local park.

The main aim of Sister City contact is to create friendship and understanding between peoples and to lay a foundation of goodwill and exchange for future generations.

Visit our Sister Cities page for more details.

Image: Hwaseong Fortress, Suwon - Japan

Street Art as an important factor in creating a vibrant and lively city centre. Contributing to placemaking and urban living transformation.

Image - Leans Mother Earth 2017, street art mural painted in Odgen St, Townsville

Townsville has four botanic gardens: Anderson Gardens, Palmetum, Queens Gardens and Dan Gleeson Gardens and they are a beautiful sight to behold. Visit them today!

Council has a range of sports and leisure facilities to suit every taste including boating and fishing locations, pools, cricket, AFL, skateboard parks and more.

We have three library branches and a mobile library so come in and explore your library.