Townsville

Filled with restaurants and cafes this would have to be the centre point of activity in the region.

Venture out and enjoy the nightlife as streets blossom with a lively atmosphere. Classy bars and clubs offer a convenient place to enjoy an evening out with friends.

Easy access to public transport provides the best of both worlds. Enjoy the tranquillity of hills living with the train station close by to bring you right to inner city in no time.

Local shops and supermarkets offer a place to dash out and grab fresh produce. The suburb also offers diverse living with ever changing streetscapes catering for both first home buyers right through to luxurious, upmarket living.

 

Townsville Economy

Economy

The Townsville Regional Economy is widely credited as being the most diverse of its kind in Australia. Its recent performance has outstripped neighbouring economies, with growth peaking in 2004-05 at a 12% increase in Gross Regional Product over the median term, and 7.8% in 2006-07, for an average rate of approximately 9% per financial year. Tourism has of late helped in the city's expansion, though its traditional role is an industrial port (via the Port of Townsville) for exporting minerals from Mount Isa and Cloncurry, beef and wool from the western plains, as well as sugar and timber from the coastal regions, trades which continue to influence corporate growth strategies.

Economic growth in the region was "not restricted to heavy industry growth attributed to the resources boom under the Howard Government, [as] the region’s tourism growth also outstripped neighbouring regions."

• Residents in Townsville have average household incomes about 10% above the state average: in 2003/04 it was closer to the New South Wales average than the Queensland average.
• The city remains popular with tourists, and backpackers are particularly drawn to Magnetic Island and the Great Barrier Reef. The city has excellent diving and snorkelling facilities, with a variety of vessels using the port as a home base for their reef tourism activities.
• Conference tourism has become lucrative with national and international organisations choosing the area for many business forums.

In 2004, there were 11,762 businesses in Townsville and 4,610 in Thuringowa. There were still "lots of well-paying job opportunities" in the city itself come mid-2008, when the number of unemployed had risen (nationally) by 100,000 workers, including "considerable employment requirements" in the trades (280 job vacancies), engineering (117), administration (100), sales (97) and hospitality (90

The city also has its own manufacturing and processing industries. Townsville is the only city globally to refine three different base metals—Zinc, Copper and Nickel—and it is currently in strong contention for an aluminium refinery. Nickel ore is imported from Indonesia, the Philippines and New Caledonia and processed at the Yabulu Nickel refinery, 30 kilometres north of the port. Zinc ore is transported by rail from the Cannington Mine, south of Cloncurry, for smelting at the Sun Metals refinery south of Townsville. Copper concentrate from the smelter at Mt Isa is also railed to Townsville for further refining at the copper refinery at Stuart.

Townsville has several large public assets due to its relative position and population. These include the largest campus of the only university in northern Queensland, James Cook University, the CSIRO Davies Laboratory, the Australian Institute of Marine Science headquarters, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, the large Army base at Lavarack Barracks and RAAF Base Townsville.

 

 

Townsville Geography

Geography

Townsville in 2005.

Townsville lies approximately 1,300 km north of Brisbane, and 350 km south of Cairns. It lies on the shores of Cleveland Bay, protected to some degree from the predominately south-east weather. Cleveland Bay is mostly shallow inshore, with several large beaches and continually shifting sand bars. Magnetic Island lies 8 km offshore, to the north of the city centre.

The Ross River flows through the city. Three weirs, fish stocking and dredging of the river in these reaches has resulted in a deep, stable and clean waterway used for many recreational activities. Thirty kilometres from the mouth (at the junction of Five Head Creek) is the Ross River Dam, the major water storage for the urban areas. This is supplemented by pipelines from a smaller dam in the Paluma range to the north, and in times of drought, further water may be sourced by pumping from the Burdekin Dam. Because of the shifting sand bars at the mouth, Ross River is navigable only by small vessels, where speed and wash limits apply in most sections.

The historic waterfront on Ross Creek, site of the original wharves and port facilities, has some excellent old buildings mixed with the later modern skyline. However, the central city is dominated by the mass of red granite called Castle Hill, 292 metres high (just 8 metres short of being a mountain). There is a lookout at the summit giving panoramic views of the city and its suburbs, including Cleveland Bay and Magnetic Island. There are a number of parks scattered throughout the city, including three botanical gardens - Anderson Park, Queens Gardens and The Palmetum.

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Townsville City

Townsville City, Queensland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

This article is about the suburb 'Townsville City' - representing the CBD of Townsville.
For urban Townsville, see Townsville, Queensland.

Townsville City Townsville, Queensland
Townsville City centre
Population:	1,988
Postcode:	4810
LGA:	City of Townsville
State District:	Townsville
Federal Division:	Herbert
Suburbs around Townsville City: Castle Hill North Ward Magnetic Island West End Townsville City South Townsville

Townsville City is the name of a suburb of the city of Townsville, Queensland, and essentially represents the Central Business District. Description

Townsville City is home to many regional offices of various government organisations as well as many private companies, serving as a hub for northern Queensland. There has been extensive construction in the city centre over the last 20 years. These include a major redevelopment on Flinders Street Mall by Jarrod McCracken's construction company and the construction of the North Queensland Cowboys Leagues Club.

The current retail focus is the pedestrian Flinders Mall, which is currently in the planning stages of a multi-million dollar upgrade. Suggestions have included the return of vehicular traffic.

View of Townsville CBD and its close proximity to The Strand and Castle Hill

Townsville postcodes and suburbs. 4810 (urban):[1] Belgian Gardens · Cape Cleveland · Castle Hill · North Ward · Pallarenda · Railway Estate · Rowes Bay · South Townsville · Townsville City · West End · Yarrawonga 4811 (urban and rural):[2] Cluden · Gulliver · Idalia · James Cook University · Mount Stuart · Oak Valley · Oonoonba · Rosslea · Roseneath · Stuart · Wulguru 4812 (urban):[3] Currajong · Gulliver · Hermit Park · Hyde Park · Mundingburra · Mysterton · Pimlico · Rising Sun · Rosslea 4813:[4] Lavarack Army Barracks 4814 (urban):[5] Aitkenvale · Annandale · Cranbrook · Douglas · Garbutt · Heatley · Mt Louisa · Murray · Thuringowa Dc · Vincent 4815 (urban):[6] Condon · Granite Vale · Gumlow · Kelso · Pinnacles · Rasmussen 4816 (rural):[7] Alligator Creek · Balgal Beach · Brookhill · Calcium · Cape Cleveland · Cleamant · Crimea · Crystal Creek · Cungulla · Hidden Vally · Julago · Majors Creek · Mount Elliot · Mutarnee · Nome · Orpheus Island · Palm Island · Pamula · Reid River · Rollingstone · Toomulla · Toonpan · Woodstock 4817 (urban and rural):[8] Alice River · Bohle Plains · Hervey range · Kirwan · Rangewood · Rupertswood · Thuringowa Central 4818 (rural):[9] Beach Holm · Black River · Bluewater · Blue Hills · Bluewater Park · Bohle · Burdell · Bushland Beach · Deeragun · Jensen · Mount Low · Mount St John · Purono Park · Saunders Beach · Shaw · Toolakea · Yabulu 4819 (Magnetic Island):[10] Arcadia · Horseshoe Bay · Magnetic Island · Nelly Bay · Picnic Bay · Geoffrey Bay

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