By plane
By taxi
Taxis operate 24 hours and service all areas of Townsville.
By bus
Public transport in Townsville and the former Thuringowa city consists of bus services run by Sunbus. Sunbus provides services for most parts of the city with runs from the Thuringowa CBD, Townsville CBD and most suburbs thought-out Townsville, plus special services for the football nights at Dairy Farmers Stadium, Tony Ireland Stadium at Riverway and any major events at Black River Stadium or the Townsville Entertainment centre, for bus times and runs please visit the Sunbus website at (http://www.sunbus.com.au/...) or Phone: +61 7 4725 8482. There is also a bus service available from the Townsville's Hermit Park Bus Service, running from Bushland Beach in the Northern Beaches area to the Townsville CBD, For more information, visit the Hermit Park Bus Service website at (http://www.hpbs.com.au) or phone: 07 4779 1658 or 1800 351 225. Detours is another bus service that can take care of your charter or tour needs.
Tour Operators
North Queensland River and Road Tours
Pop Sullivan Tours
Tropical Tours
David and Justine Olsen's 4WD Tag-Along Tours
Queensland Rail, Traveltrain
operate Tilt Train services to both Cairns and Brisbane three times a week each direction, The Sunlander also serves Cairns and Brisbane twice a week. The Inlander to Mt Isa is operated twice a week.
By car
Townsville is on the Bruce Highway A1 between Cairns in the north, Mackay and Brisbane to the south. The city is also served by the A6 Flinders Highway to Charters Towers and Mt Isa to the West.
The Northern Beaches district part of former Thuringowa is also on the Bruce Highway A1.
As stage 2 of the Townsville-Thuringowa Ring Road known as The Ring Road is completed, it will become the new National Highway route through the city. The first stage, the 5.3 km Douglas Arterial Road, opened to traffic in April 2005, and stage 2 is to be opend by late 2008.