Welcome to the City of Townsville

Council is urging residents to take precautions before a predicted king tide expected from Sunday through to Thursday with a peak of 4.18m and 4.15m on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Townsville residents living in suburbs hit hardest by the record rain event are urged to start preparing for the upcoming bulk waste blitz. To see if your street is within the Collection Zone, visit Collection Zones - Residential Flood Waste & Debris Only

Looking to adopt a furry friend?
Council is offering residents a 50% discount on adoption fees to provide the animals with the best chance to find their forever home

Mosquitoes can have a large impact on our region's tropical outdoor lifestyle and on the health of the region's community due to their nuisance capabilities and the potential to transmit mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever, Ross River virus and more.

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

Have Your Say!

Council would like to work with you to develop a program that reflects the city’s strengths, creativity and thriving talents complemented by a range of high quality experiences and programs from outside the region.

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

Pokemon and Lego!

What more could you want?

Join us for both and meet others with similar interests.

If you are 12-18 years old, are a budding artist, interested in art or just want to place to hang out, Loud Lounge on Monday afternoons is the place for you.

OBJECT brings together a group of works from the City of Townsville Art Collection that fall outside of the traditional paint on canvas and ceramic, and in doing so, encapsulates a unique expression of art that is worthy of attention.

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery - 15 February - 10 March 2019.

Townsville City Council is pleased to announce our 2019 Theatre Season, bringing to the stage a line-up that includes comedy, drama, opera, dance, musical performances and a range of shows suitable for all family members.

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.

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

Ready to move on from Baby Rhyme Time? Not quite ready for Storytime? Come and join Toddler Time! Develop your toddler's concentration and early literacy skills with fun songs, dance and a story.

Visit our What's On Townsville guide for session times and locations.

Every week at CityLibraries Aitkenvale and Thuringowa Central

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

Throughout the Townsville region we have over 300 parks and open space areas, four botanics gardens, a great many walkways and bikeways throughout the city and surrounds and a variety of camping and caravan locations to suit everyone.

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.

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.

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.

Image: Hwaseong Fortress, Suwon - Japan

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.

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