Travel guide Townsville

The Townsville Living Expo is a three day event held at the showgrounds and includes a range of lifestyle products for the home, outdoors, travel, hobbies and recreational pursuits. The event will feature both outdoor sites and premium indoor pavilion sites. The pavilion will feature over 70 sites in air-conditioned comfort with full timber flooring and carpet tiles. The event will have an onsite food court, coffee shops, free entertainment and some great prizes to be won over the weekend.. www.... Read more

The Xstrata Greek Fest is a free cultural event aiming to provide a unique opportunity for North Queenslanders and visitors to North Queensland a chance to embrace both Greek and Australian cultures over a weekend of non-stop entertainment, wonderful cuisine, music and dance.There will be traditional and modern dance performances and also a Greek band from Sydney performing on stage. As a special treat for the children - Ben 10 and Power Puffs will be putting on shows during the day and roving the park for photos with the children.The Xstrata Greek Fest will bring a great deal of fun and excitement for the 35, 000 people who attend, with plate smashing, grape-stomping and olive spitting competitions, great children’s entertainment and rides, fireworks, Greek cooking demonstrations and our... Read more

Experience the serenity of cruising the crystal clear waters around Magnetic Island and the secluded wilderness or 13 other idyllic islands of The Palms group with Tropic Sail on your own private self-skippered boat. Averaging 300 days of sunshine a year, sparsely populated and lightly visited, these islands boast spectacular fringing reefs and safe, un-crowded anchorages unmatched by any other bareboat charter area. Choose from a variety of yachts &catamarans to suit couples, families or groups of friends. No formal qualifications or boating licence is required. Whatever your experience levels Tropic Sail can cater to your needs by offering self-drive or fully skippered charter holidays.Located in Townsville, midway between Cairns and the Whitsundays, Tropic Sails base is only ten minutes... Read more

It’s so massive, astronauts can see it quite clearly from space, however the Great Barrier Reef is much more impressive down low and up close. The largest reef system on earth is so huge (bigger than Italy!), you could dive, snorkel and sail around it for a lifetime without seeing everything. And you’d never lose your sense of wonder, as vast displays of coral, colourful fish, various shell shapes and designs fill three dimensions of ever-changing beauty.  Extending 2000 km and covering an area of 35 million hectares, 2800 living reefs combine to make The Great Barrier Reef, which today remains the largest-ever World Heritage Area. These reefs form an extensive eco-system teaming with around 1500 species of fish, 4000 species of molluscs, 400 varieties of sponge and count... Read more