Welcome to the City of Townsville

Works to install the track and other infrastructure will occur in the lead up to the Watpac Townsville 400 Supercars event.

Changes to traffic conditions will commence 8pm, Friday 29 June 2018.

Tenders are now invited for the under bore construction package along the 36.5km of the new pipeline corridor for the Haughton Pipeline Duplication Project.

Submissions close 10am, Wednesday 27 June 2018.

The Townsville City Waterfront PDA Draft Design Guideline and Draft Inspiration Guideline are on public notification and available for community feedback until 5pm on Tuesday 3 July 2018.

The guidelines provide design detail for development in the Townsville City Waterfront PDA.

Townsville City Council gives you a hassle free way to pre-pay your rates.

You can pay now or later, in person or online, in installments or with a little extra help.

To make sure our libraries are providing the best services for our community, we want to hear from you!


The survey only takes 5 minutes to complete, and your responses will go towards shaping our future library services.

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.

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.

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

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.

Bring your blanket along and enjoy the free open-air movie under the stars and raintrees this Friday 15 June.

A Monster Calls will be on the big screen at Riverway Oval from 6.30pm.

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.