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

The Animal Care and Adoption Centre are offering a 50% off all ginger cats and kittens from Monday 23 - Saturday 28 September.

All cats and kittens available for adoption are de-sexed, wormed, microchipped and have had their first vaccination.

Council is currently seeking applications for the 2020 Traineeship and Apprenticeship intake!

The First Start program primarily targets young Queensland school leavers and disadvantaged job seekers considered at risk of enduring prolonged periods of unemployment.

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.

Your ultimate guide to the Spring School Holidays is available for download!

School holidays can be expensive - check out all the FREE activities on offer in the guide below!

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 is a chance for you to promote your talent and have your artwork featured on our Reconciliation Action Plan.

Competition opens on Sunday 1 September 2019 and artwork is due by 5pm, Monday 30 September 2019, no late submissions will be accepted.

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.

Your ultimate guide to the Spring School Holidays is available for download!

School holidays can be expensive - check out all the FREE activities on offer in the guide below!

Join us for an afternoon of fitness and fun.

Sunday 22 September - 3-5pm
Sheriff Park - Love Lane, Mundingburra

Head down to Perc Tucker Regional Gallery this school holidays for fun, free and exciting workshops. Take inspiration from the soft sculpture exhibition Soft Core and form your very own crazy creation!

Drawing together twelve Australian and International artists, Soft Core surveys the fluctuating meanings of softness – time stamping soft and inflatable art making here and now.

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery - 6 September - 3 November 2019

Come and choose an origami item you would like to create from drawings and books.

CityLibraries Aitkenvale - Tuesday 24 September
Thuringowa CityLibraries - Friday 27 September

Come and learn how to make and decorate colourful Chinese paper lanterns.

Bookings required.

CityLibraries Aitkenvale - Tuesday 24 September, 1.30-2.30pm

Join us for a fun filled morning playing in nature.

Learn and enjoy all that nature has to offer!

Wednesday 25 September 9-11am - Palmetum

Come and join in traditional Iraqi children's games and learn a few basic Arabic words.

Bookings required.

Discover Townsville from its humble beginnings.

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!

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

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.

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.

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

Explore Townsville's history with Townsville Tours and Trails, a free, self-guided tour app.

Hear the city's past come to life with guided audio and walk through immersive GPS stop points.

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.