North Coast Attractions

"The Moltke" Dive Site (Attraction)
Pacific Ocean, Magnetic Island, Queensland 4819, Australia

"The Moltke" is a wreck dive accessible from the shore on Magnetic Island. The old cargo Boat has been here for over 70 years. The structure is fairly broken up providing many corners and holes for marine life to hide in. Batfish, Grouper, Squirrelfish, Butterflyfish and Damselfish make this home. Crayfish and Nudibranchs can often also be found. ...

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Alligator Creek - Bowling Green Bay National Park (Attraction)
Via Bruce Highway 28 kilometres south of Townsville, Alligator Creek, Townsville, Queensland 4816, Australia

Bowling Green Bay is the largest National Park (55 300 hectares) between the city of Townsville and the town of Bowen on the North Queensland coast. The park includes the Mount Elliot area and adjacent coastal wetlands, saltpans and mangroves. Bowling Green National Park is near the southern limit of the Wet Tropical Rainforest. On Mount Elliot the rainforest is confined to areas about 66 ...

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Alligator Creek Track (Attraction)
Bowling Green Bay National Park, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia

Alligator Creek flows through Bowling Green Bay National Park in a series of cascades, deep pools and waterfalls. The track to Alligator Falls meanders roughly parallel to the creek through the open forest to Hidden Valley. Discarded machinery is a rusty reminder of a failed farming enterprise. Across the creek the valley narrows, with Mount Elliot and Saddle Mountain framing the landscape. ...

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Arcadia at Magnetic Island (Attraction)
Magnetic Island, Magnetic Island, Queensland 4819, Australia

Arcadia is the smallest of the four main bays around Magnetic Island. Arcadia surrounds two of the Island's prominent bays; Alma Bay and Geoffrey Bay. Geoffrey Bay is a Marine National Park Zone, which signifies no fishing or collecting, but is great for exploring during low tide. The old barge jetty, which is situated on the left side, is a great spot for feeding rock wallabies at dusk. Alm ...

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Australian Institute of Marine Science (Attraction)
Cape Cleveland Road, Cape Ferguson, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia

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. AIMS is committed to the protection and sustainable use of Australia's marine r ...

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Balgal Beach (Attraction)
Turn off via Bruce Highway, Townsville, Queensland 4816, Australia

Balgal Beach is a beachside community popular as a day and overnight trip destination for locals and tourists to Thuringowa and Townsville. Just a few minutes from Rollingstone, Balgal Beach features a stinger net, which is installed and patrolled from November to May, and an excellent boat ramp facility with easy access to the Palm Island group. It boasts a superb sand beach as well as a wide cre ...

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Beaver Reef Dive Site (Attraction)
Beaver Cay Marine Sanctuary, Mission Beach, Queensland 4852, Australia

Located in the protected Beaver Cay Marine Sanctuary off Mission Beach, Beaver Reef is an unspoiled fringing reef surrounding a sandy cay and offers a range of dive sites. Abundant soft corals and large gorgonian sea fans, lots of giant clams, helmet shells and bailer shells. Green and Hawksbill turtles are regularly sighted, large cod, big schools of spangled emperors, fusiliers, Whitetip reef sh ...

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Bicton Hill Circuit (Attraction)
Clump Mountain National Park, Mission Beach, Queensland 4852, Australia

Bicton Hill is part of the Clump Mountain National Park. The walk has a fairly easy grade as it winds up the hill and forms a loop track apart from the first half a kilometre. On the way up there are a few places along the way where you can see out past the rainforest to the coastal views below. Keep your eyes open for wildlife and rare palms and cycads. The summit was once used by locals ...

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Blencoe Falls, Girringun National Park (Attraction)
Girringun National Park, Cardwell, Queensland 4849, Australia

Blencoe Falls, Girrungun National Park offers breathtakingly beautiful landscapes. Blencoe Falls tumbles 90 metrea into a rocky pool, before cascading a further 230 metres to the hoop pine-studded valley below. Eventually, the water flows into the Herbert River, which winds through a gorge framed by towering cliffs more than 100 metres high. Take the five kilometre Jabali walk through open eucalyp ...

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Bluewater (Attraction)
Turn off via Bruce Highway, Townsville, Queensland 4816, Australia

Bluewater hosts a picturesque fresh water attraction popular with picnic goers, including barbecues, toilets, showers and play equipment. Access the creek via the Bluewater Store (near the bridge), or Bluewater Park. Bluewater Park is a designated limited free tent and vehicle camping area. Download the flyer from the Thuringowa website for more information on free camping. The Urba ...

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Bowling Green Bay National Park (Attraction)
Bowling Green Bay National Park, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia

Diverse habitats are protected in Bowling Green Bay National Park, the largest coastal park in the region. Its coastal plains are dramatically set against a backdrop of rugged granite mountains rising abruptly in the distance. Camp overnight at Alligator Creek campground; or visit for the day, picnic among the gum trees and swim in the creek's deep pools. (The campground, picnic area and toile ...

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Broadwater, Abergowrie State Forest (Attraction)
Abergowrie State Forest, Ingham, Queensland 4850, Australia

Two distinct forest communities feature in Broadwater, Abergowrie State Forest. Endangered riparian rainforest lines the clear waters of Broadwater Creek. Open eucalypt forest dominates the visitor areas. The park is home to the vulnerable rufous owl and endangered southern cassowary. Enjoy the cool air in this forest retreat. The possibility of camping, the walking tracks and a large grassy picni ...

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Bushland Beach (Attraction)
Turn off via Bruce Highway, Townsville, Queensland 4818, Australia

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, swimming and water activities permitted. At low tide, an old wooden shipwreck is ...

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Buujan Quiinbiira Walk (Wet Tropics Great!Walk) (Attraction)
Wallaman Falls section, Girringun National Park, Ingham, Queensland 4850, Australia

Wallaman Falls is the largest single drop waterfall in Australia, tumbling 305 metres through a rainbow-fringed cloud of mist into a large pool. Before setting out on your walk, take a moment to stand at the lookout (near the carpark) and gaze at the majestic white water dropping between sheer cliffs. On the first day of the Buujan Quiinbiira Walk (23.3 kilometres), you follow ...

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Cape Pallarenda Conservation Park (Attraction)
End of Cape Pallarenda Road, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia

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 Two, when the cape was part of Queensland's east coast defences. Stroll through the old quarantine station and imagine life in a bygone era. Vis ...

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