Touring Shaw
The district Shaw of in Townsville (Queensland) is a subburb located in Australia about 1,117 mi north of Canberra, the country's capital place.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 28°C / 82 °F
Morning Temperature | 24°C / 74 °F |
Evening Temperature | 27°C / 81 °F |
Night Temperature | 25°C / 78 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 1% |
Air Humidity | 64% |
Air Pressure | 1014 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (7 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 36% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Monday, 25th of November 2024
28°C (83 °F)
25°C (77 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
29°C (84 °F)
25°C (78 °F)
Scattered clouds, moderate breeze.
Wednesday, 27th of November 2024
29°C (84 °F)
26°C (78 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Jacana Apartments
Itara Apartments
Mercure Townsville
Dalrymple Hotel
Vale Hotel
Secura Lifestyle The Lakes Townsville
Videos from this area
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AE86 Trueno at Bitumen Sprints, Sun City Raceway Townsville 25/04/2010
Onboard video of my fastest run for the Day. Lap times were 48.76, 48.24, 47.38, 47.02.
94 Summerland Drive, Deeragun QLD By Adam Fisher
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465 Sturt Street, Townsville City Queensland
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Video 5, Termites Gone, 16 Woodland Ct Townsville City QLD 4818
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6/100 The Esplanade, Belgian Gardens Queensland
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2 Ningaloo Crescent, Burdell Queensland By Malcolm Thomson
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10 Camphlin Court, Burdell Queensland
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Dunk Session #8
I haven't had any dunk sessions up until now because it has been raining almost every day for the past 3 weeks. It even started raining 20 mins into this session. Still far from landing that...
Dunk Session #5 - More Left Hand Dunks
Just some more left hand dunks as I've got nothing better to do. I feel like I've improved since the last left hand dunk session a week ago. More power and height on some of the dunks. I attempted...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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City of Thuringowa
The City of Thuringowa was a city and local government area in North Queensland, Australia covering the northern and western parts of what is now Townsville. The suburb of Thuringowa Central is the main business centre in this area. Thuringowa was named after the German region of Thuringia where the shire's first chairman, John von Stieglitz originated. Prior to its proclamation as a city on 1 January 1986, Thuringowa was a large rural shire, almost surrounding the City of Townsville.
Garbutt, Queensland
Garbutt is a residential and industrial suburb in the city of Townsville, in northern Queensland, Australia. Townsville International Airport (formerly known as Garbutt Airport) is located there. Other places at Garbutt are the RAAF Base Townsville and the Townsville station of the Bureau of Meteorology.
Mount Louisa, Queensland
Mount Louisa is a semi-rural residential suburb located on the north and ocean side of Townsville city. It is placed around the foothills of Mount Louisa itself rising from 15 m above sea level to the mountain's peak of 185 m ASL. The older section of Mount Louisa faces the ocean and Magnetic Island, while new developments have seen large new housing estates being built on the western and northern aspects of the mount.
Ryan Catholic College
Ryan Catholic College is a combined, co-educational, primary and secondary school in what is now the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was established by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Townsville in 1979. Ryan is the largest catholic school in Townsville. It currently has over 1900 enrolments and employs approximately 200 teachers. It is unique in the fact that students are not required to address their teachers by their prefixes and last names.
Ignatius Park College
Ignatius Park College in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, is part of the network of Edmund Rice schools which operates under the direction of the Congregation of Christian Brothers. The school was established in 1969 at its current location in Cranbrook, though it was built as a successor school to Our Lady's Mount, the former Catholic boys' secondary that was located in Stanton Hill. The College has a student population of 850 boys from grades 8 to 12.
Willows Sports Complex
The Willows Sports Complex, currently known as 1300SMILES Stadium due to sponsorship rights, is a grass football stadium situated in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It has historically been used mainly for rugby league, and is the home ground of the National Rugby League club the North Queensland Cowboys. It has also been used for rugby union. For sponsorship reasons, the stadium was previously known as Stockland Stadium (1995–98), Malanda Stadium (1998) and Dairy Farmers Stadium (1999–2013).
Douglas, Queensland
Douglas is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia south of the Ross River and west of the city centre. Though mainly residential, it does contain James Cook University and the Townsville Hospital. The suburb is also known due to the Douglas Arterial Road which is a thoroughfare single-carriageway motorway through the suburb, also the first stage of the Townsville Ring Road.
Vincent, Queensland
Vincent is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is a mostly residential suburb and borders Pimlico, Heatley, Gulliver and Aitkenvale. Parts of Vincent suffered major structural and tree damage from a tornado on the morning of 20 March 2012. {{#invoke: Navbox | navbox }}
Stockland Townsville
Stockland Townsville Shopping Centre is centrally located in Aitkenvale within the urban area of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The shopping centre is Townsville's largest shopping centre. In 1987 Stockland Townsville opened after a major upgrade to what was previously known as Nathan Plaza (named after the street the centre ran along).
Willows Shopping Centre
Willows Shopping Centre is a sub-regional shopping centre, located in Kirwan, a suburb of Townsville, Queensland. It is one of Townsville's largest shopping centers with a total of 130 retail stores. An Australian Breastfeeding Association five-star-rated parents' room is provided, complete with children's play area, as well as a state of the art new male, female and disabled room facilities.
Kirwan, Queensland
Kirwan is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Kirwan includes parks, shopping, Kirwan State High School and private schools as well as the Riverway complex which has a great deal of entertainment from swimming, barbecues and family outings to cultural events including an art gallery and night markets.
Kirwan State High School
Kirwan State High School is a coeducational state school located in Kirwan, Queensland, Australia, approximately 12 kilometres from the Townsville CBD. It has 2,304 students and over 120 teaching staff, making it the biggest high school in the state and the largest in North Queensland and The former Thuringowa city.
Riverway, Townsville
Riverway is a riverfront parkland attraction located in the Condon Suburb of Townsville that opened in July 2006. It stretches along 11 km of the Ross River, with areas at Pioneer Park, Loam Island, Apex Park and Ross Park at the Ross River Dam. The areas of Riverway that have been completed are Pioneer Park and Loam Island. Riverway is connected directly to the Thuringowa Central business district via a pathway along the foreshore.
Deeragun, Queensland
Deeragun is an outer suburb of Townsville in Queensland, Australia, located approximately 16.5 km west of the Townsville CBD. Deeragun is mainly a residential and rural-residential suburb characterised by the hill at Innes Estate and the Saunders Creek nature strip. As at 2011 the population is 3,525 residents.
Thuringowa Central, Queensland
Thuringowa Central is a suburb and a commercial hub in western Townsville, Queensland. It was the central business district of the former City of Thuringowa before its amalgamation with the adjacent City of Townsville in 2008. While consisting of predominantly commercial buildings it also contains a residential subdivision. The suburb and surrounding area is often referred to by locals as The Willows - Willows Shoppingtown in Kirwan is a nearby major retail centre.
Condon, Queensland
Condon is a suburb in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Condon is part of the Upper Ross District and is the first of three suburbs along Riverway Drive. Condon's first residential development was in 1968; it was named after the Condon family (William Condon) who had settled on the Ross River and had a dairy farm. Townsville's motor way runs through Condon. Thuringowa State High School is also in this suburb.
Kirwan Health Campus
Kirwan Health Campus is a hospital and health service located in the suburb of Kirwan, Queensland, Australia, and is the main health facility serving residents in the City of Townsville, about 12 kilometres west of the Townsville CBD. The Kirwan Health Campus offers a range of specialist services and is not an emergency or general hospital, such services are provided out of the Townsville Hospital in nearby Douglas.
Gulliver, Queensland
Gulliver is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. {{#invoke: Navbox | navbox }}
Aitkenvale Aerodrome
Aitkenvale Aerodrome was an aerodrome located 10 km southwest of Townsville, Queensland, Australia near Aitkenvale Weir on the banks of the Ross River. It was also known as Weir and Aitkenvale Weir. The aerodrome was constructed in 1942, during World War II, for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as part of a group of airfields to be used as aircraft dispersal fields in the event of Imperial Japanese attack on the Townsville area.
Bohle River Aerodrome
Bohle River Aerodrome was an aerodrome located 12.66 km west of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The aerodrome was constructed in 1942, during World War II, for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as part of a group of airfields to be used as aircraft dispersal fields in the event of Imperial Japanese attack on the Townsville area. The aerodrome consisted of a bitumen sealed 5,580 ft × 150 ft ( m × m) NE-SW runway. A remote receiving station was constructed nearby.
Cranbrook, Queensland
Cranbrook is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It one of many suburbs located within the Geographical Centre of the Urban area of Townsville, though it is located 8 km South-West of the Townsville CBD. It is close to the Aitkenvale Business District.
Tony Ireland Stadium
The Tony Ireland Stadium is an international standard AFL and cricket stadium in Thuringowa Central, Townsville, Australia. The stadium is a part of the Riverway sporting and cultural complex.
Bohle River
The Bohle River is a short river north of Townsville in Queensland, Australia. The Bohle river catchment is approximately 355 km², draining most of the coastal plain west of Townsville. Tributaries include Middle Creek, Stony Creek, Stag Creek and Garner Creek. The river supports recreational fishing, particularly of barramundi. The Bohle is less than 15 minutes from nearly anywhere in Townsville. Popular for river fishing, the Bohle River is also good for collecting bait.
Domain Central
Domain Central is an outlet shopping centre in Townsville. It is a Queensland's largest major outlet and large goods shopping centre, containing 50 stores including major retailers such as Dick Smith, JB Hi-Fi, Freedom, Lincraft, Trade Secret and a number of other homemaker, fashion and discount outlets. The shopping centre was developed in 2006 and 2007 by Lancini Developments and is currently managed by Fenis Real Estate.
Pinnacles Gallery
Pinnacles Gallery is a dynamic art space located within the Riverway Arts Centre at Riverway, Townsville, with a mission "to make sure its programs are contemporary, engaging, accessible, interactive and enjoyable". Artists can submit applications to have solo exhibitions of their work exhibited, and the gallery co-ordinates a number of group exhibitions in which artists can submit works.