3 Best Places To Visit in Townsville

“Billabong Sanctuary is an 11-hectare wildlife sanctuary that was opened in 1985. The Sanctuary is Australia's best interactive wildlife experience. The aim of the Sanctuary is for conservation, education, and entertainment to remain as high as ever. The Sanctuary includes thousands of native birds attracted to its coastline and islands. The Sanctuary is a permanent home to over 100 species of Australian mammals and reptiles, such as kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, wombats, crocodiles, and birds, including parrots and cassowaries. Visitors to this place can take a self-guided tour. Billabong Sanctuary is now a family-owned and operated business that ensures every visitor receives personal attention.”

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“Queensland Museum Tropics was opened in 2000 on the site of an earlier, smaller structure. The museum focuses on research and analysis of the cultural and natural heritage of tropical Queensland. Queensland Museum Tropics's new and current displays discuss life in the tropics from ancient to modern times. The museum is home to thousands of objects, specimens and artefacts that tell the changing story of Queensland. Queensland Museum Tropics includes hundreds of beautiful things that have been recovered from the wreck and are on display. The collection presented here is pure and applied science. The Museum of Tropical Queensland offers free entry for locals on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, outside public and school holidays.”

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“Townsville Museum was founded in 1984 and opened its doors in 1985 in the historic magistrate's court building on Sturt Street. The museum's document collections extend beyond the Townsville area into the North Queensland hinterland and provide researchers with valuable assets and materials. In 2003, the museum moved to its present location at the back of the ambulance centre in Hugh Street, Currajong. Experience what Townsville Museum offers from a large collection of artefacts, photographs and building plans of early Townsville buildings, some of which no longer form part of their landscape. The Museum is the memory bank of their past whilst conserving it for future generations to experience and enjoy.”

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