Delve into Cranbrook
The district Cranbrook of Townsville in Townsville (Queensland) is a subburb in Australia about 1,113 mi north of Canberra, the country's capital town.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Bowen, , , and . To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 26°C / 79 °F
Morning Temperature | 22°C / 72 °F |
Evening Temperature | 24°C / 75 °F |
Night Temperature | 22°C / 71 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 10% |
Air Humidity | 69% |
Air Pressure | 1015 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 51% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Wednesday, 8th of May 2024
26°C (79 °F)
22°C (71 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Thursday, 9th of May 2024
26°C (79 °F)
23°C (73 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Friday, 10th of May 2024
24°C (75 °F)
23°C (73 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Central Kensington Apartments
Central Holborn Apartments
Itara Apartments
Chifley Plaza Townsville
SEAGULLS RESORT
City Oasis Inn
Mercure Townsville
Comfort Inn Robert Towns
Comfort Inn Robert Towns
Q Resorts Paddington
Videos from this area
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Burdekin, Townsville
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Cairns Road Trip Day 1
Day 1 of 3. Only the first third of the trip but the young fella joined me for the first part. Hope you enjoy and be safe everyone.
Walk Around Ross River with NIK - Six Figure Mentors
A video I started back on New Years Day since I've been shooting my videos in the outdoors around the river, I thought it would be a good idea to take my audience around the river....through...
3D signs being painted on a football field
A quick "How do they do it" video showing how 3D signage is painted onto a football field - Video: Cameron Laird (http://blog.cameronlaird.com)
Pressure cleaning of Stockland Townsville
Townsville Concrete Cleaning http://www.townsvilleconcretecleaning.com.au Finished results of the pressure cleaning of Stockland Townsville car park prior to their big opening.
Cairns Road Trip Day2 Part 1
A quick trip up the Captain Cook Highway from Cairns to Port Douglas. I wish I could show the whole trip but you get the idea. According to the bike shop owner I visited, some of the best...
Cairns Road Trip Extra
Apart from the painful shopping, this is what we did in Cairns. This is Sugarworld. It is on the outskirts of Cairns and is a fun way to spend a few hours in the North Queensland heat.
LOZAROK Shit for free LIVE
Stopping off on the walk home to spread the word in the streets of Townsville, North Queensland Australia ,great city , visit and Enjoy...Rip it up ; )
CBR125 V R6 V VT1100
Yes, this is the same as the other vid, but I won't let youtube crop the top this time.
Legacy ride 2013
Legacy is a charity in Australia that supports families of soldiers affected by time in conflict. Legacy week was from the 1-7 September this year and this ride was organised by The Patriots...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
James Cook University
James Cook University (JCU) is a public university based in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The university has three Australian campuses in Townsville, Brisbane and Cairns respectively, and an international campus in Singapore. JCU is the second oldest university in Queensland—proclaimed in 1970—and the first tertiary education institution in North Queensland. JCU is one of only seventeen Australian universities that were listed in the ARWU top 400 academic world universities in 2008.
Annandale, Queensland
Annandale is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It borders the southern side of Ross River. It is the biggest suburb of Townsville and thus the most populated in the city. It was the biggest planned Housing development in Townsville City, which started construction in the mid-1970s and was completed in early 2005, Annandale is one of Townsville's newest suburbs and is home to some of Townsville's wealthy, who live more toward the riverbank.
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.
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.
The Cathedral School, Townsville
The Cathedral School of St Anne and St James is an Australian Anglican school for boys and girls from six weeks of age (Early Learning Centre on The Cathedral School campus) to Year 12, including boarding students from Year 7 to Year 12. The school is situated in the Townsville suburb of Mundingburra, Queensland and is open to students of all denominations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Palmetum, Townsville
The Palmetum is one of three botanical gardens of Townsville, Queensland. The Palmetum are located in the suburb of Annandale, near the Ross River, James Cook University and the Townsville Hospital.
Anton Breinl Centre
The Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine (Anton Breinl Centre or the ABC) is a constituent discipline of the School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, and specialises in public health and tropical medicine. The Anton Breinl Centre is one of only eight internationally recognised centres of excellence in tropical medicine worldwide and one of two in the Asia-Pacific Region.
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.
James Cook University School of Medicine and Dentistry
The School of Medicine and Dentistry is a constituent body of the James Cook University.
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.
James Cook University School of Business
The School of Business is a constituent of James Cook University which is responsible for Accounting, Economics, Business, Tourism, Marketing, Management, Development and Information Technology disciplines offered by James Cook University. The School of Business is located between the University's Cairn's Campus and Douglas Campus. The head of the school is Professor David Low.
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.
James Cook University School of Law
The School of Law is a constituent body of James Cook University, and is the only regional law school in Queensland. The JCU Law School offers a comprehensive course that provides entry to the legal profession. The first-year experience has four compulsory non-substantive courses and two substantive courses designed for a staggered introduction to the LLB.
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.