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| Remote Area Dive offers personalised dive courses/fun diving trips combined with camping safaris on tropical island paradises. The Northern most islands in the Palm Island group, Pelorus Island and Orpheus Island National Park are tropical wonderlands. The waters surrounding them are home to 310 of the regions 360 cora |
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Townsville , Townsville Region |
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| Adrenalin Snorkel and Dive is Townsville's longest established day trip operator specialising in providing snorkelling and diving trips. They dive the wreck of the SS Yongala, and snorkel / dive Wheeler Reef on the Outer Barrier Reef. Non-divers are also welcomed on Wheeler Reef.
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Townsville , Townsville Region |
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| As the region's largest coastal park, Bowling Green Bay National Park contains diverse habitats. Its coastal plains are dramatically set against a backdrop of rugged granite mountains rising abruptly in the distance. In this section of the park, Alligator Creek flows between two rocky mountain groups - Mount Elliot and |
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Townsville , Townsville Region |
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| Anderson Park Botanic Gardens Townsville is one of the three separate gardens which together form the Townsville Botanic Gardens being developed by the Metropolitan Council. Being a garden of international repute, Anderson Park is often crowded by plant enthusiasts and unfussy visitors.
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Townsville , Townsville Region |
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| The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) is a leader in tropical marine science.
The Institute is consistently ranked among the top one per cent of specialist research institutions internationally and is known for its unique capacity to investigate topics from broad-scale ecology to microbiology.
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Townsville , Townsville Region |
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| Bushland Beach is part of the Northern Beaches precinct of Thuringowa, located 15 minutes drive from Thuringowa central business district. Access to Bushland Beach is via a turnoff along the Bruce Highway. This beautiful stretch of beach is a suburban area with visitor accommodation and facilities available. Fishing, s |
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Townsville , Townsville Region |
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| A scenic coastal park close to Townsville, Cape Pallarenda is the site of a former quarantine station dating from 1915. The buildings are typical Queenslander style; with high ceilings and wide verandahs. The park features ruins and relics from World War II, when the cape was part of Australia's east coast defences. St |
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Townsville , Townsville Region |
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| Davies Reef, off Townsville on the Great Barrier Reef, is home to a number of dive sites from large pinnacles with small caves to prolific coral gardens and drop-offs. Deep gutters cut through the reef where the walls are decorated with soft corals and gorgonians. Small tropicals and large numbers of pelagics congregat |
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Townsville , Townsville Region |
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| 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. The dam wall stretches 8.3 kilometres across the Ross River floodplain (longest in the Southern Hemisphere) providing an additional flood mitigation benefit to the downstream com |
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Townsville , Townsville Region |
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| The Maritime Museum of Townsville is best known for its display about the doomed ship SS Yongala, sunk south of Townsville in 1911 with the loss of all 122 on board. The display includes a video recording showing the discovery and archaeology of the wreck, one of the world’s premier wreck dive sites. Other fascinating |
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Townsville , Townsville Region |
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| The Museum of Tropical Queensland (MTQ) is a world-class museum, bursting with fun, fascinating and interactive displays. With a primary focus on North Queensland, it reveals the secrets of life in the tropics, the region’s unique fauna and flora, and weird and wonderful creatures from the deep sea and Australia's past |
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Townsville , Townsville Region |
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| The National Trust Heritage Centre in Townsville is a collection of three heritage houses furnished and restored to their original period glory. These include a Worker's Dwelling (1878), The Currajong (1889) - a grand villa residence, and The Farmhouse (1921) - an example of an early house occupied by North Queensland |
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Townsville , Townsville Region |
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| Paluma Range is a rainforest haven located approximately 60 minutes drive north of the city of Townsville. Paluma village is located on the mountain-top - a quaint rainforest township offering tea and craft rooms. Along the Paluma Range highway is Little Crystal Creek and Big Crystal Creek, both of which are ideal fo |
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| Queens Gardens are one of three botanical gardens of Townsville, Queensland. Queens Gardens are located in the suburb of North Ward, at the base of Castle Hill, near to both the city centre and The Strand beachside park. They have been called Townsville's finest park.
The park covers over four hectares. The garden is |
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| Saunders Beach is part of the Northern Beaches precinct of Thuringowa. Saunders Beach has a residential community and some commercial accommodation. The beach is largely untouched and visitors still literally have the beach to themselves.
With over six kilometres of beach to discover, take a long refreshing walk, dr |
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Townsville , Townsville Region |
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| The SS "Yongala" off Cape Bowling Green near Townsville, is one of the best wreck dives in the world. At 110 metres long she is one of the largest, most intact historic shipwrecks and intriguing maritime mysteries.
Sinking in 1911 with loss of all aboard, she lay undiscovered for more than half a century. An exciting |
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| The Strand is a seaside foreshore located in Townsville, Australia. It is located in the suburb of North Ward. The Strand has a magnificent view of the Port of Townsville and Magnetic Island, as well as views stretching all the way out to Cape Cleveland.
Townsville's fantastic beachfront promenade, The Strand incorpor |
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| The Townsville Tennis Centre, North Ward is the largest and most modern tennis centre in North Queensland. It is located only five minutes from Central Business District and 10 minutes from Townsville airport. The centre has 12 plexipave tennis courts and all are lit for night play. The centre has also a clubhouse, a b |
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| Townsville Town Common Conservation Park is a birdwatcher's paradise! Only minutes from the centre of Townsville - open woodland, grassland, swamps and vine thickets provide a habitat and refuge for as many as 280 bird species. Summer rains transform the area into an immense wetland, attracting large flocks of waterbir |
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| At Wheeler Reef, On the Great Barrier Reef off Townsville, you can enjoy diving or snorkelling on some of the most pristine reefs. Wheeler Reef is an ideal location for certified divers, the novice diver or snorkellers. The maximum depth is 18m and the lagoon is abundant with an exciting array of marine life. Explore t |
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