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Take the time to travel to Magnetic Island and spend the day exploring - by a day long bus pass and do a little hiking on some of the trails.

The people from the airport to the hotels to the cabs and everywhere were xtra nice, accommodating and helpful.

A large regional city, with a diverse population. Best thing we went to was Renegade Handmade Market at the Aitkenvale School Hall.

We went there for a dance com.etition and it was fantastic. Highly recommend Dancensations Dance Studio.

A friendly laid back atmosphere great weather well thought out walking paths and parks especially along the strand.

Townsville is a vibrant tropical city. Good place to visit with a hire car as you are not far from beaches, rain forest, waterfalls & rural towns like Charters Towers.

Only there for just over one day. Enjoyed Reef HQ and the Strand. We were there over the weekend and the city itself seemed dead.

Townsville is a fairly quiet city that is mostly accessible by foot. Roads are very steep especially at the foot of Castle Hill.

There is a great strand and waterbomb park great resturants and after the moonsoons there is a place up near rollingstone called paluma or crystal creek full of waterfalls and swimming holes

Townsville was great for shopping but I found it a bit dirty and industrial looking. The area around the casino and the strand were beautiful but the rest wasn't great unless your really into shopping there's not much else to do.

Extremely friendly place. Fantastic attractions and activities. Brilliant location and accessibility.

Its a lovely city it has a country feel about it and not so hussel & bussel. Its also very pretty with the Strand and marina, has gorgeous resturants.

Castle Hill is a lovely spot to visit to get an overview of the city and very convenient to get to, magnetic Island is a nice day trip from Townsville, some good shopping and an easy laid back pace.

Townsville is a fantastic city to walk around - an incredible effort has been put into maintaining the Strand, the parks and the riverwalks as clean, tidy, friendly places for families visit/use and this can be seen in numbers that use these areas.

If you don't want to travel as far as cairns to visit the Great Barrier Reef, then Townsville is the place, its not over touristy and there is plenty to do for all age groups and Magnetic Island is a must.

very diverse city - rural meets city - university / defence force / mining support infrastructure - great place to visit and possibly STAY AWHILE!

not much to do, not good to travel there in summer. Difficult to get around, no real public transport.

We found the bus drivers and taxi drivers to be very friendly and helpful. The people that we met at the hotel allen were extremely friendly and welcoming.