Welcome to the City of Townsville

Council is looking for enthusiastic applicants who are ready to commence their careers early next year.

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

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 9 - West End - Wednesday 28 November.

Register your attendance.

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!

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.

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.

The 2019 Australia Day Awards recognise Townsville's unsung heroes. The awards pay tribute to the special people in our community who have gone above and beyond to help improve the lives of others and contribute to a diverse, friendly and strong community.

Nominations close 2 December.

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

Join Tammy this Friday lunchtime at Townsville Bulletin Square – A little bit of country before the professional bull riding kicks off Friday night.

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

Join us and Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds at Council's community event at Strand Park.

Protect your skin and stay sun smart everyday, talk with the team from Skin Repair Skin Cancer Clinic.

Saturday 24 November 8-11am

Every Tuesday joins us in a hands on session where a facilitator will show you the basics of how to use a 3D printer.

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

Utopia Tropicae: The Spirit of the North seeks to celebrate artists who reside in, or who have a strong connection to Townsville, Cairns, and the wider NQ region, and who have made an enduring commitment towards the area’s visual arts and cultural conversation.

Every week at CityLibraries Aitkenvale and Thuringowa Central

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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!