by Abigail Bibimauri | News & Events
Claude ‘The Mower Man’ Harvey isn’t like most 74-year-old men. The Gold Coast-retiree is walking across Australia while pushing a lawn mower to spread awareness of sexual assault against children and to raise money for child protection organisation Bravehearts. He has...
by Abigail Bibimauri | News & Events
A much-loved piece of community infrastructure, the Strand jetty, is set to receive a new lease on life. Townsville City Council will invest around $260,000 undertaking maintenance and ensuring the jetty, which was installed just over 20 years ago, can continue to be...
by Abigail Bibimauri | News & Events
A 20-metre length of steel pipe weighing around 25 tonnes that washed on to the banks of the Ross River adjacent to Apex Park during 2019’s unprecedented monsoon is set to be removed. Townsville City Council has engaged local commercial diving and construction...
by Abigail Bibimauri | News & Events
Just because Youth Week is wrapping up doesn’t mean Townsville City Council is forgetting about setting up infrastructure to support young people across the city. Council is focused on giving children and teenagers a wide range of free activities to enjoy any...
by Abigail Bibimauri | News & Events
Townsville City Council is widening and resurfacing a section of Bayswater Road in Mount Louisa to help make the road safer for motorists and other road users. The works are funded by the Queensland Government’s Works 4 Queensland Round 3 (W4Q3) program. ...
by Abigail Bibimauri | News & Events
A new memorial to recognise the bravery of Australian soldiers during a key battle of World War II has been unveiled in Townsville today. The Rats of Tobruk were soldiers of an Australian-led garrison that held the Libyan port of Tobruk against the Afrika Corps...