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Visit Reef HQ Aquarium’s Turtle Hospital where sick and injured turtles are cared for and rehabilitated. TURTLE HOSPITAL Join our daily Feeding and Predator Dive Shows too. 2-68 Flinders Street Townsville, 4810 Tel: 4750 0800 www.reefhq.com.au Join Reef HQ Aquarium’s Turtle Talk, departing daily at 12 noon and 3.30pm. The Reef HQ Aquarium Turtle Hospital is designed to rehabilitate sick and injured turtles so they can be released back into the ocean, enhancing their long term survival and sustainability as a threatened species. As the National Education Centre for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Reef HQ Aquarium plays a lead role in inspiring visitors, through educational talks and guided tours. Six of the world’s seven marine turtle species are found on the Great Barrier Reef and everyone can play a very special role in looking after them. Reef HQ Aquarium is a not-for-profit organisation, donations to the Turtle Hospital are welcome via our website www.reefhq.com.au or in person when you visit the aquarium. Anyone who finds a stranded turtle is urged to contact the hotline on 1300 ANIMAL (1300 264 625). 10 | Sept 2019 - Feb 2020
TOWNSVILLE LOOKOUTS Photos Megan MacKinnon CASTLE HILL Where: Access via Stanley Street, North Ward. Castle Hill is a red rock monolith in the heart of Townsville offering panoramic views and a slice of military history. There is a popular walking track for fitness focused locals with the rocky ‘goat track’ a favourite for shedding those unwanted kilos. A road offers access for vehicles and pedestrians. The hill is just metres short of being classified as a mountain. The rock face is home to Townsville’s iconic ‘saint’ - a graffiti rendition of the stick figure first seen on the cover of the 1920s Leslie Charteris ‘The Saint’ books. The Hill’s advantage was used by visiting American soldiers during World War II. According to local legend the visitors famously offered to demolish the hill and use the rock to build a bridge to Magnetic Island. A World War II observation bunker sits on one corner of the hillw which also boasts public amenities and car parking to those wanting to enjoy the best view of Magnetic Island. JEZZINE BARRACKS / KISSING POINT Where: North End of The Strand near the Rock Pool. Despite its romantic name, Kissing Point was probably named after a feature in Sydney Harbour. The area has long associated with the military and social history of Townsville. Kissing Point Fort, on the point, was designed by Major Edward Druitt of the Royal Engineers. Completed in 1891 to defend the harbour from the threat of foreign attack (at that time by the Russians). It was manned by One Battery Garrison and the Kennedy Regiment, composed mainly of volunteers. Townsville and Cape Cleveland from Castle Hill They held annual encampments at Norman Park, the area behind the point, now known as Jezzine Barracks/ Army Museum North Queensland. During World War II Kissing Point was the headquarters of the 265th Australian Infantry Battalion, and landing ship tanks used the beach near the point to embark and disembark men and supplies. Kissing Point also has a long association with recreation. In the first decades of the 20th century, the city’s first golf course stretched from Eyre Street to Warburton Street and occupied part of Jezzine Barracks. MOUNT STUART Where: Access via Tarakan St off the Flinders Highway At the top of Mt Stuart is a first class viewing platform with panoramic views of Townsville City and the surrounding Tropical Savanna and Coast. In the distance you can see Magnetic Island and the Great Barrier Reef World Hertiage Area. Looking up the coast you can see the Coastal Ranges of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. There is a short 20 minute walk around the summit with interpretative signage and spectacular views. The Mt Stuart summit is a 25 minute drive from the Townsville CBD. PIPER’S LOOKOUT Where: Travel up Hervey Range Road, past the suburbs of Rangewood and Rupertswood to find Piper’s Lookout which is near the top of the Range, on your right. Piper’s Lookout offers stunning views over the bushland below Hervey Range and out to the ocean. intownsville.com.au | 11
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