Welcome to the City of Townsville

Animal Renewals for the 2018/2019 year will be issued to residents from Monday 6 August and are due on Friday 31 August, 2018.

Find out more information about Animal Registrations.

Register your baby to secure your place in the next Welcoming Babies ceremony being held on Sunday 9 September

Looking to adopt a furry friend?

Have a look on our Adopt a Pet page to see if you can find your paw-fect match!

Rates will be issued to residents from Thursday 9 August and are due on Monday, 10 September 2018.

Find out the different ways you can pay your rates.

Nominations are now open for Senior of the Year Awards 2018 - do you know some one over 60 years of age that volunteers their time, contributing to the well-being of the Townsville community?

Nominations close 5pm Monday 30 July.

Visit What’s On Townsville - for community and sporting events, TicketShop, theatre shows, exhibitions, workshops and a range of other events.

Submit your events for free!

Community Council is a great opportunity to meet your local Councillor and find out what's going on in your neighbourhood and across the city.

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 much admired poetic interpretations of the landscape as a living, ever-changing force are exhibited for the first time in Richard Dunlop: A Northern Survey.

Exhibition on display until 9 September 2018 at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery.

To make sure our libraries are providing the best services for our community, we want to hear from you!

The survey only takes 5 minutes to complete, and your responses will go towards shaping our future library services.

It's time to connect to your mob before it's too late. Come along to the walk-in Murri Family History Research session where no appointments are required.

Every second Friday of the month at CityLibraries Thuringowa Central from 10am.

Every week at CityLibraries Aitkenvale and Thuringowa Central

Getting active doesn’t have to be hard, or cost a lot of money. Visit our Active Townsville site for information and links to our upcoming events.

Get personalised help with a range of computer queries; learn how to troubleshoot problems with your portable devices and much more.

CityLibraries has a range of technology courses available for seniors including Introduction to Tablets, Email, Cyber Safety, Smartphones and more. Visit our workshops page for more dates and more information.

Visit What’s On Townsville - for community and sporting events, TicketShop, theatre shows, exhibitions, workshops and a range of other events.

Submit your events for free!

Discover the latest shows and programs available at our theatres and galleries.

Image from The 2016 Biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards at Pinnacles Gallery.

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.

Street Art as an important factor in creating a vibrant and lively city centre. Contributing to placemaking and urban living transformation, Street Art delivers considerable benefits for the city and its residents.

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!

Visit our pools, beaches, Riverway lagoons or rockpool for a refreshing dip.

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.

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.