3 Best Places To Visit in Townsville, QLD

Great sanctuary and experiences. The sanctuary offers quite a few unique experiences as they have a large crocodile population. In addition, they have plenty of Australian animals such as tree kangaroos, wallabies and kangaroos. Even the very rare tasmanian devils and Cassowary It's really worth a visit. Every 15/30 minutes they organise free activities for visitors such as crocodile feeding, talks about wombats, snake etc and so on. You could spend a day and not see all of it. The wetland is also a very nice addition. You can also buy experiences.

Haven't been to Billabong since I was a teenager. A friend from the states was a perfect opportunity to visit again to see our beloved animals. Always educational and friendly. We were lucky to hear a Cassowary "boom" which I had never heard before. I missed feeding the kangaroos and holding baby crocodiles. Brought back so many memories. Friend from the states confirmed Crocs are bigger than alligators, especially after seeing Snappy Tom.

This was such a great experience! I knew going there would be impressive but holding these animals in my hands was just mindblowing. I never knew a snake felt like a very long contracted forearm, or that a baby croc felt like holding a heavy gummy bear ^^ Also the Koalas, Kangaroos and Wombats just blew us away. Amazing staff as well. 10 Stars.

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A must visit if you haven't already been! Love taking family to the museum! They always have a different exhibition and this time around it was Lego Man ! My daughter who is an avid collector and builder of all things Lego loved it! Food was reasonably priced and staff as always are so helpful and friendly. Worth a visit.

Absolutely loved the museum. The story of the HMS Pandore is greatly narrated by audiovisual materials, text and original artifacts from the ship wreck. In the upper levels the natural history museum is also very interactive and explained, I particularly liked the exhibition of sealife and corals.

Such a fantastic museum. I love the local history mixed with bits and pieces from world history as well. You can see how much care is taken in the preservation and presentation of all of the artifacts and displays. There was a gentleman walking around disinfecting surfaces the whole visit so it feels very covid safe. Be prepared to spend a few hours here as there is so much to see and learn.

Had a lovely time exploring the palmetum today, the second time we’ve been. Particularly appreciated that there are a lot of botanical name signs, which is something I always enjoy. Just a not that many are now so old they need a mould spray, or a wipe, as they aren’t entirely readable. Also a few now pointing to where a plant must have been and died, or on the wrong plant- hoping someone who works there might realise how important they area d how much the signs add to some people’s enjoyment and put it on the maintenance schedule. Also really enjoyed the arid zone plants, as we aren’t able to grow them outside at all, where I come from.

We were visiting from Victoria, this was a relaxing walk around, with a quaint cafe shop for lunch.

The park is very beautiful, very well-kept, and clean. It's worth a visit. Recommended.