Townsville Area Travel Guides

Blencoe Falls

Located in Girringun National Park, Blencoe Falls tumbles into a rocky pool, before cascading to the hoop pine-studded valley below. Eventually...

Arcadia at Magnetic Island

Arcadia is the smallest of the 4 main bays around Magnetic Island. Arcadia surrounds 2 of the Island's prominent bays, Alma Bay and Geoffrey...

Great Basalt Wall National Park

The Great Basalt Wall National Park (including the Red Falls section) is currently not accessible to the public. Please contact the Queensland...

Koolmoon Creek Track (Misty Mountains Trail)

Much of the Koolmoon Creek Track, which is located in the Queensland suburb of Tully, is recommended for more fit and experienced walkers. The...

Bowling Green Bay National Park

Bowling Green Bay National Park is the largest National park between Townsville and Bowen and includes the majority of habitats found between Cape...

Balgal Beach

Balgal Beach features an excellent boat ramp with easy access to the Palm Island Group.

Balgal is a superb sand beach with a wide creek...

Pioneer Park & Ross River

Pioneer Park is located in Thuringowa on the banks of the Ross River and Ross River Dam. The park provides recreational facilities and is a...

Light House Bommie

The Light House Bommie site off Lady Elliot Island in the Great Barrier Reef is a group of small coral outcrops packed with marine life. ...

Beaver Reef Dive Site

Located in the protected Beaver Cay Marine Sanctuary off Mission Beach, Beaver Reef is an unspoiled fringing reef surrounding a sandy cay and...

Jourama Falls

Jourama Falls in Paluma Range National Park cascades along Waterview Creek fringed by lush vine forest and drier eucalypt forest. Turn off the...

Paluma and Crystal Creek Rainforest

Paluma Range is a rainforest haven located approximately 60 minutes drive north of the city of Townsville. Paluma village is located on the...

Juwun Wet Tropics Walk

The Juwun walk starts at Blencoe Falls and follows the Herbert River downstream to Yamanie in the Girringun National Park and you will need to...

Dalrymple National Park

Located 46km north-west of Charters Towers, Dalrymple National Park covers an area of 1640ha. The park has unique and contrasting features...

Townsville Palmetum

The Townsville Palmetum is a rather unique tropical experience covering over 17 hectares of lush land. It is a botanical garden featuring just one...

Horseshoe Bay

Horseshoe Bay is the largest bay on Magnetic Island. Ideal for watersports, almost every watercraft imaginable is available for hire as well as...

Edmund Kennedy NP

Edmund Kennedy National Park is a diverse coastal park with mangroves, sedge swamps, melaleuca woodland, open eucalypt forest, tropical...

Lake Ross

Owned by NQ Water, Lake Ross stores over 200,000 million litres of water and supplies up to 80 per cent of the region's potable water supply. ...

Southern Great Barrier Reef Diving & Snorkelling

Stretching south to the waters of the Great Barrier Reef offer so many experiences almost a lifetime could be spent exploring it. From mid-August...

Thorsborne Trail

Hinchinbrook Island, one of Australia's largest island National Parks, is a mountainous wilderness, that lies adjacent to the coast between...

Licuala State Forest

Licaula State Forest boasts several enjoyable walking tracks. Enjoy the native wildlife of the area as you walk around the forest…the Ulysses...