Welcome to the City of Townsville

Expressions of interest are now invited for pipe work installation construction packages along the 36.5km of the new pipeline corridor for the Haughton Pipeline Duplication Project.

Submissions close 10am, Saturday 16 June.

Join us at the Rowes Bay Sustainability Centre and discover how your home can be more efficient and sustainable!

Sunday 27 May from 9am.

Townsville City Council in conjunction with Townsville Business Women's Circle requests the pleasure of your company at the Super and You breakfast.

Come and hear from the head of Australia's largest superannuation fund.

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

Download our FREE Tours and Trails app and learn about Townsville's story.

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

Council is upgrading Evans Street Bridge from 30 April for approximately six weeks. Evans Street Bridge will be closed while these works are undertaken.

An alternate access route will be provided from Old Common Road.

Eco Fiesta is a free family-friendly event that provides ideas, advice and inspiration to help you be more environmentally conscious.

Held at Queens Gardens on Sunday 3 June from 9am.

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!

Join us at the Rowes Bay Sustainability Centre and discover how your home can be more efficient and sustainable!

Sunday 27 May from 9am.

In 2018 the Percival Photographic Portrait Prize returns for the third time since its inaugural display in 2014. This prize was started to coincide with the Percival Portrait Painting Prize and ensure a city-wide celebration of portraiture.

Exhibition on display until 15 July 2018 at Pinnacles Gallery, Riverway Arts Centre.

Do you like bricks, blocks and books? Bring the kids along to this fun after school activity for children aged 6-12 years.

Every second Thursday at Thuringowa Library from 3pm.

Every week at CityLibraries Aitkenvale and Thuringowa Central

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

CItyLibraries host a Murri Rainbow Book Club, come and yarn as we discuss the latest book.

Every second Saturday of the month at CityLibraries Thuringowa Central from 10.30am.

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.

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 exhibitions and programs available at our galleries.
Image from Pinnacles Galleries recent exhibition - The 2016 Biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards

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.