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The Mayor's Christmas Tree Appeal has been assisting thousands of local families and individuals in need for almost 25 years. We ask the Townsville community to celebrate Christmas Together and give generously.

Donate online now

Bring your blanket along and enjoy the free open-air movie under the stars and raintrees this Friday 16 November.

Family favourite Ferdinand will be on the big screen at Riverway Oval from 7.00pm.

Townsville residents can now register their interest in being part of Council’s $10 million Water Smart Package to help our community become more water efficient.

Townsville City Council invites the community to celebrate Christmas together. We ask neighbours to connect and spread the Christmas spirit, particularly to those that are socially isolated or less fortunate.

We are giving away a $200 grant to each division in Townsville to encourage the community to focus on the true meaning of Christmas, regardless of their faith or differences.

Artists are invited to submit concepts for Strand Ephemera.

Selected works will be on display along Townsville’s picturesque 2km beachfront promenade, The Strand, from 26 July – 4 August 2019.

Entries close 28 November 2018.

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!

Keep up to date with our emergency management dashboard - the latest emergency news, weather warnings, road conditions, power outages and more.

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

After Ferdinand, a bull with a big heart, is mistaken for a dangerous beast, he is captured and torn from his home. Determined to return to his family, he rallies a misfit team on the ultimate adventure.

Friday 16 November

These workshops are designed to bring together representatives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community groups in partnership to listen and yarn on common ground.

Breaky on the run - Thursday, 15th November 2018

Morning tea - Friday, 23rd November 2018

RSVP Required

Townsville City Council and Re.Group invite you to celebrate National Recycling Week 2018 at the FREE Recycling Open Day on Sunday 18 November, 9am-12pm

This is your chance to visit Townsville's one and only Materials Recovery Facility, where all the recyclables from your yellow lid bin are brought!

A club for children 8 and over to come together and trade battle cards, play video games and share their love of all things Pokemon. CityLibraries Thuringowa Central

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!

CityLibraries is Celebrating our 80th Birthday and we invite you to take a walk down memory lane with us.

Looking for an after school activity?
Do you like bricks, blocks and books?
Join us at Lego in the Library.

An after school program for children aged 6-12 years.

08 - 22 Nov 2018 - CityLibraries Thuringowa

The Centenary of Armistice provides a unique opportunity to consider how those who served during World War I returned from war and continued contributing to their communities. This exhibition explores the later lives of some of those returned men and women, and the benefits they bestowed on Townsville.
01 - 30 November 2018 - CityLibraries Flinders Street

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

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

Image Under The Rock from the exhibition 'from under the rock. Seppo Hautaniemi' which was on display from 27 January - 4 March 2018 at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery.

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.

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.

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

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.

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