March
Hundreds of residents are expected to participate in this year’s popular Ride the River event.
An exhibition by one of Townsville’s most celebrated and best loved artists, Dr Anneke Silver, will open at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery this Friday night. Rivers: un-cut highlights Dr Silver’s deep and enduring love of the landscapes and rivers of North Queensland.
Townsville is gearing up for another huge Anzac Day with a large number of schools and community groups already registered to participate in the program of events.
Townsville youngsters will have a range of free and low cost activities to choose from over the Easter holidays.
Council services over Easter
Dedicated environmental hunters have once again put a dent in local cane toad populations during the annual Toad Day Out event on Sunday.
The Townsville City Council vector control staff will step up mosquito spraying across the city, targeting parks and drains, following this week’s heavy rain.
Townsville’s environment will come under the spotlight this weekend with a big double header of popular annual events – Earth Hour and Toad Day Out.
Townsville is getting into the Fire’s Finals Fever and displaying it’s true colours at one of the city’s biggest roundabouts.
Calling all schools, theatre companies and groups across the North! Registrations are now open for the 24th North Queensland Festival of One Act Plays.
Pinnacles Gallery at Riverway Art Centre was a scene of excitement and anticipation on Saturday evening as the winners of the 2016 biennial North Queensland Ceramic Award were announced.
Townsville City Council is responding to another, much smaller, fish kill in Ross River following further heavy rain and run off this week.
Townsville Mayor Cr Jenny Hill has welcomed Commonwealth and State Government funding towards the construction of a Category 5 cyclone rated Local Disaster Coordination Centre in the city.
The Townsville City Council is continuing a clean-up operation after a fish kill in the Ross River over the weekend.
A $5 million package of priority works is underway on Townsville’s Entertainment and Convention Centre (TECC) to ensure the city’s principal venue continues to stage major events.
Townsville City Council is encouraging residents to help keep Australia beautiful and participate in this year’s Clean Up Australia Day.
Townsville’s Civic Theatre will light up with all the sparkle and red carpet glamour of Hollywood for an evening of singing, dancing and music that celebrates the city’s 150th birthday.
Residents will be able to do their own home energy audits and potentially save on electricity running costs thanks to a new initiative at CityLibraries in Aitkenvale.
Townsville City Council has turned off the spotlight at Alma Bay on Magnetic Island to allow turtle hatchlings to accurately find their way to the ocean.
Some of Australia and North Queensland’s most significant artists will converge on Townsville ahead of the opening of Director’s Pick – Recent acquisitions from the City of Townsville Art Collection at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery.
