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Bring your blanket along and enjoy the free open-air movie under the stars and raintrees this Friday 21 September.

Family favourite Paddington 2 will be on the big screen at Riverway Oval from 6.30pm.

Council will officially open Stage 2 of the Peggy Banfield Park upgrade, Bushland Beach to the public on the 29 September between 9am and 12noon with a Community Fun Day.

The School Holiday Guide 2018 – Spring Edition is out now!

With numerous low-cost and no-cost activities on offer, Townsville’s youth won’t have a moment to spare.

Come and celebrate the Palmetum Botanic Gardens 30th Anniversary on the 23 September!

Explore the Palmetum at this FREE community fun day.

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.

Council is offering FREE microchipping to currently registered dogs and approved cats. Kittens and puppies must be at least 8 weeks old to be microchipped.

Come down to the “Family Fun Day in the Park” at Charles Moroney Park, Kelso on 22 September 9am-1pm

Join us from 15 August - 17 November in celebrating our 80th birthday!

There's a whole program of events for all ages over the next few months, including the Library of Things!

Come and celebrate the Palmetum Botanic Gardens 30th Anniversary on the 23 September!

Explore the Palmetum at this FREE community fun day.

Council is offering FREE microchipping to currently registered dogs and approved cats. Kittens and puppies must be at least 8 weeks old to be microchipped.

Come down to the “Family Fun Day in the Park” at Charles Moroney Park, Kelso on 22 September 9am-1pm

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.

Join us from 15 August - 17 November in celebrating our 80th birthday!

There's a whole program of events for all ages over the next few months, including the Library of Things!

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!

The School Holiday Guide 2018 – Spring Edition is out now!

With numerous low-cost and no-cost activities on offer, Townsville’s youth won’t have a moment to spare.

Immersed takes the viewers through Alison's journey, reflecting our fundamental and essential daily need for water in various forms.

View this exhibition at the Perc Tucker Regional Gallery from 21 Sept - 18 Nov 2018.

Bring your blanket along and enjoy the free open-air movie under the stars and raintrees this Friday 21 September.

Family favourite Paddington 2 will be on the big screen at Riverway Oval from 6.30pm.

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.