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Townsville Region / Dunk Island Tourism

About the Townsville Region / Dunk Island Region

Townsville is a town on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef in the dry tropics region. Townsville enjoys over 300 days of sunshine each year, which lends itself to tourism activities all year round and an abundance of outdoor activities.

Popular attractions include 'The Strand', a long tropical beach and garden strip; Reef HQ, a large tropical aquarium holding many of the Great Barrier Reef's native flora and fauna; and the Museum of Tropical Queensland, built around a display of relics from the sunken British warship HMS Pandora.

Townsville is the venue for the Annual Australian Festival of Chamber Music, which runs over ten days each year in July. The festival has been running since 1991, and attracts many acclaimed international and Australian musicians. The region also has many renowned festivals, celebrating some of the various international cultures that call the region home. The Annual Greek and Italian Festivals (Italian based in Ingham and Greek based at Thuringowa's Riverway) are popular with the locals and tourists alike.

Magnetic Island, just offshore from Townsville is a 52 km² mountainous island which has effectively become a suburb of Townsville. The rest of the island is a 27 km² national park and bird sanctuary, and excellent walking tracks can be taken between the populated bays and to a number of tourist destinations such as the World War II Forts.

Dunk Island lies 4 km off the coast in the Pacific Ocean, opposite the town of Mission Beach. The Family Islands National Park covers 7.3 km² while an airstrip, resort and farm cover the remaining 2.4 km² in the north-west. The island is home to Dunk Island Resort, a relatively exclusive resort popular with couples.

Mission Beach itself is a thriving tourist town surrounded by rainforest on one side and the Barrier Reef on the other, it is home to many wildlife species, notably the cassowary.

List of Towns in the Townsville Region / Dunk Island Region

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AYR | BALGAL BEACH | CARDWELL | INGHAM | LUCINDA | MAGNETIC ISLAND | TOWNSVILLE | TOWNSVILLE MILPO

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