Townsville Region Travel Guide
Townsville accommodation, Townsville activities and attractions, Townsville maps, transportation to and around Townsville - the ALL NEW Jasons Townsville Destination Travel Guide is your complete visitor guide for Townsville.
Exxtending from Townsville south to
Bowen and north to
Mission Beach, Townsville Region enjoys more than 300 days of sunshine each year. This means visitors can truly enjoy the stunning natural beauty, rich history and fabulous man-made attractions that await them in Townsville region. Townsville Region is home to Australia's cleanest beach, The Strand – this recent national award is a testimony to the city's most popular leisure precinct.
Townsville city is the ideal base to explore a region whose colourful history was shaped by Aborigines, miners and pastoralists. From here, you can travel west to the old gold towns of
Charters Towers and
Ravenswood, south to the sugarcane farms and market gardens of Bowen and the Burdekin delta, north to Tully for whitewater rafting and east to the islands of the Coral Sea. Townsville region is also well known for its heritage buildings and historic pubs, and a wide range of museums, theatre, dance and arts and crafts.