Townsville

Australia

Townsville is the largest city of tropical north Queensland, Australia, on Cleveland Bay. A military and university city — the north's unofficial capital — it is a gateway to the Great Barrier Reef. Attractions include the Strand waterfront promenade, Castle Hill's views, the Reef HQ aquarium's living reef, Magnetic Island's wild koalas and forts offshore, the Museum of Tropical Queensland's Pandora wreck, and excursions to the reef, Paluma rainforest, and the outback.