Welcome to the City of Townsville

Due to the continual algal bloom in Cleveland Bay, the Rockpool on The Strand is currently closed.

The Rockpool will reopen when water quality in the bay improves and the pool can be safely refilled.

See What's On in the Townsville region or 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.

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.

Next meeting:

Division 8 - Aitkenvale - Wednesday 20 November.

Dress up in your best cocktail attire and join us for a Rio Carnival themed evening to support our local community in need at this year’s Mayor’s Christmas Tree Appeal VIP Cocktail Party, with special guest appearances from the North Queensland Cowboys, live entertainment, raffles and an auction.

Saturday 23 November 2019.

The biennial Percival Portrait Painting Prize is North Queensland’s own portrait competition.

Having begun in 2007, The Percivals is an open competition for artists.

Our online payment area allows you to pay rates and utilities, penalty infringements, animal registrations, business renewals and invoices.

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.

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.

See What's On in the Townsville region or 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.

The All Stars Concert showcases some of the city's most talented performers in a variety style concert in a cause to promote community resilience.

100% of proceeds will go to the Mayor's Christmas Tree Appeal to purchase Christmas hampers for people doing it tough this year.

Karen Knowles, one of Australia’s favourite singers, will return to Townsville for a special Christmas concert on 20 November 2019 at 11am.

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.

Next meeting:

Division 8 - Aitkenvale - Wednesday 20 November.

Dress up in your best cocktail attire and join us for a Rio Carnival themed evening to support our local community in need at this year’s Mayor’s Christmas Tree Appeal VIP Cocktail Party, with special guest appearances from the North Queensland Cowboys, live entertainment, raffles and an auction.

Saturday 23 November 2019.

The Animal Care and Adoption Centre are offering adult cat adoptions for $50 and kitten adoptions for $100 from 4 – 23 November 2019!

llustrators, animators, photographers, graphic designers, and cinematographers; twenty-eight emerging artists
from James Cook University’s graduating class showcase their best works.

Exhibition on display from 8 November to 1 December 2019.

Each year, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery is proud to provide a platform for TAFE students to display and coordinate an exhibition, curating the space to best display their work.

Exhibition dates: 8 November - 1 December

This time 20 years ago Townsville was preparing for the opening of what has become one of the city’s most popular destinations – The Strand.

On Saturday 19 October 2019, we celebrated The Strand’s 20th birthday in collaboration with Star 106.3’s Fire in the Sky event.

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

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 number of venues, parklands and facilities that are available for hire by residents, community and other groups.

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.

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

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery is Townsville's premier regional art gallery, offering a dynamic range of local, national and international exhibitions complemented by workshops, talks and a host of other programs.

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