2020

Townsville welcomes The Year of the Rat with CBD celebration

Lion dancers will welcome the Chinese New Year at the Victoria Bridge Forecourt this Friday night.

Pontoons destroyed in monsoon set to be replaced

A project to replace community pontoons destroyed in the 2019 unprecedented monsoon is currently underway.

New Reid Park bridge achieves key milestone

The new Reid Park Active Transport Bridge has achieved a key milestone today with the first of three structural components lifted into position.

Adventure is waiting in Townsville

Recreational vehicle (RV) and camping travel is one of Australia’s fastest growing tourism sectors with visitation to Townsville doubling over the last 10 years.

Blitz delivers facelift for Idalia

More than 500 cubic metres of mulch, enough to cover almost four football fields, has been used as part of a street transformation blitz on Idalia.

New managers for Cotters Markets announced

Townsville City Council has selected local company Pop Up Food Trucks Townsville Events as the new managers for Cotters Markets.

Pipelines being laid for Townsville’s future

Work crews are making great progress installing the pipelines that will carry recycled water to irrigate Townsville’s parks and gardens.

Public art to make Light fall on The Strand

A new public piece of art is set to illuminate The Strand with the installation of the sculpture beginning this week.

Get a new lease on Digital Life with CityLibraries workshops

Townsville City Council is helping locals integrate technology into their day to day lives with the roll out of CityLibraries’ Digital Life initiative.

Doughnut miss chance to make holiday art at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

Get hands on at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery these school holidays at the Ken Done-nut Shop this week.

60 Indigenous Townsville businesses added to Council supplier list

Sixty Indigenous businesses have had successful tender applications to become part of Townsville City Council’s Register of Pre-qualified Indigenous Suppliers.

Increase in prohibited activities prompts reminder from Council

Townsville City Council is reminding residents that tubing and freestyle jet-skiing is prohibited at Black Weir following a recent increase in these prohibited activities.

Start 2020 right at this weekend’s Get Active Expo

Townsville residents are being encouraged to Get Active and kickstart 2020 with a new sport or activity.

Climate, venues to attract Women’s World Cup team to Townsville

Townsville City Council is pushing to bring a FIFA Women’s World Cup team to our city in 2023.

Programmers enlisted to create game for life-sized console

Townsville’s best young computer game programmers are working together to create the first game for a life-sized console in Flinders Square.