Hottest 100 things to do in Townsville

Here’s the list. As promised. There are a lot of food related items. Apart from item number one they are not yet in order of quality. I will be putting these together as posts with pictures and stuff – probably on a separate blog.

My definition of Townsville is the same as Tourism Queensland’s – it includes everything north to Mission Beach, west to Charters Towers and south to the Burdekin.

So, Townsvillians – do you have anything to add or subtract?

I guess that I should state, for the record, that I enjoyed many of these experiences either free of charge or at a significant discount. That did not guarantee them a place on the list – I left a few things off.

1. Orpheus Island
2. Kopi Luwak at the Heritage Tea Rooms
3. Barefoot Art Food Wine, Magnetic Island
4. Steaks at the Watermark
5. Yiros at WhiteBlue
6. Yiros from the Souvlaki Bar on Gregory Street
7. The view from Castle Hill
8. The Strand
9. Horseshoe Bay, Magnetic Island
10. Breakfast with the Koalas, Bungalow Bay, Magnetic Island
11. Cinnamon Donuts white fudge sauce and Turkish Delight at Betty Blue
12. Breakfast at the C Bar on the Strand
13. Flying in the Tiger Moth with Fly Scenic
14. Reef HQ Aquarium – the search for Minty
15. Beer at the Brewery
16. Sport on the Strand
17. Indoor Soccer at Willows ISA
18. Wallaman Falls
19. Duck at A Touch of Salt
20. Build Your Own Burger at Cactus Jacks
21. The Hill at a Cowboys Game
22. Watching Robbie Fowler at a Fury Game
23. The Australian Festival of Chamber Music
24. Crumbed Steak at Molly Malones
25. Hidden Valley Cabins
26. Eggs Benedict with Doorstop Toast at Betty Blue’s
27. Sunset beers at the C-Bar
28. Swimming at Riverway
29. Barbeque breakfast on The Strand
30. Coffee from Coffee Dominion
31. Coffee school at Coffee Dominion
32. Steak at the Brewery
33. Greek Fest
34. Swim at Crystal Creek
35. Alligator Creek
36. The view from Mount Stuart
37. Steak at Southbank Grill
38. Stretch Jeep tour of Magnetic Island
39. Gelati from Juliettes
40. Mango Icecream from Frosty Mango
41. Platypus Tour at Hidden Valley Cabins
42. Hiring a moke on Magnetic Island
43. Butter Chicken from Masala Indian
44. Walk up Castle Hill
45. Radical Bay Magnetic Island
46. The science room in the Museum of Tropical Queensland
47. Billabong Sanctuary
48. Stay in a waterfront apartment at One Bright Point – Magnetic Island
49. Bushwalk on Hinchinbrook – the pansy version
50. Fishing at Hinchinbrook Island
51. Waterfall tour – Jourama, Wallaman, Mungalli, etc
52. Hang out by the horizon pool at Elandra, Mission Beach
53. Meat Pies from Pukka Pies
54. V8s in July
55. Paronella Park tour
56. Watching airforce practice
57. Ghosts of Gold Tour – Charters Towers
58. Indoor Paintball
59. Banana Thickshake at BP Cluden
60. Twisty Greek donut things at the Greek Festival
61. Dinner at Peppers Bue on Blue, Magnetic Island
62. Biking around the Ross River
63. Biking around Anderson Park
64. The maze and herb garden at the Queens Gardens
65. Jetski tours of Dunk Island
66. Boat around Magnetic Island
67. Sailing on a tall ship around Magnetic Island
68. Fishing at the reef
69. Venus Gold Battery at Charters Towers
70. Sunrise on the beach at Lucinda
71. Birdwatching at Tyto Wetlands with John Young
72. Snorkelling the Great Barrier Reef
73. Forts Walk Magnetic Island
74. Sunset at West Point, Magnetic Island
75. Barramundi Farm
76. North Queensland Tourism Awards
77. Sleepover at ReefHq
78. Water park on the Strand
79. Mudbrick Manor Cardwell
80. Camping at Bluewater
81. Camping at Broadwater National Park
82. Rockslide at Crystal Creek
83. Swimming at the Secret Spot – Paluma
84. Lunch by the Marina in Anzac Park
85. Mariams Thai
86. Fish and Chips at the Strand
87. Michels on Palmer Street
88. Feeding the birds at Bungalow Bay
89. Groovin the Moo
90. Catch a DanceNorth production
91. Poffertjes at Lukabean
92. Go to the theatre with Tropic Sun
93. Get some culture at the Civic Theatre
94. See a show at Riverway
95. Stay in a treehouse room at Hinchinbrook Island
96. Cooking school at De Studi
97. Visit an art exhibition at Pinnacles at Riverway or the Perc Tucker Gallery on Flinders Street
98. The Great Tropical Drive
99. Cocktails at Cactus Jacks Skybar
100. Sang Choy Bow at Benny’s Hot Wok