Car Rental in Townsville
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About Townsville
Townsville is located in the Tropical North of Queensland and is touted as Australia’s largest tropical city. The town is located by the sea and Castle Rock, which rises 300m above it.
Townsville's major attraction is the world-class Museum of Tropical Queensland, where a full size replica of the HMS Pandora is the magnificent focal point. The museum is next door to one of the city's most amazing attractions, the Reef HQ aquarium.
Townsville is also a great base from which to explore the Great Barrier Reef, with cruises leaving from the harbour for the journey of 2 hours, 30 minutes. Townsville’s Yongala Wreck is famous among scuba divers as one of the best dive sites in the world.
The Strand, a strip of 2.5kms, boasts beaches safe for swimming, a fitness circuit, a water park for kids, and lots of covered picnic areas and free gas barbecues. There are also many cafés, restaurants and bars with good views of the sea and Magnetic Island.
Townsville is just eight kilometres from the breathtaking Magnetic Island, a popular place for water sports, hiking, and spotting koalas in the wild. There are several rustic guesthouses, and backpacker places located here.
Townsville enjoys a dry tropical climate. Due to its geographical location, the region doesn’t experience as much rainfall as other parts of the tropics, resulting in over 300 glorious days of sunshine a year. Townsville’s climate can be characterized by its very distinct wet and dry seasons. The majority of the city’s rainfall occurs during the warm summer months, with a long dry season for the rest of the year. Annual average rainfall varies significantly throughout this diverse region.
Visitors flock to Townsville from cooler parts of the country to enjoy the comfort and sunshine of a tropical winter. July is the coolest month of the year, and has an average daily temperature ranging from 13.5°C to 25°C. The ideal weather experienced through the winter months is perfect for a wide range of recreational activities, and coincides with the height of the local tourism season. December, on the other hand, is the height of summer and has average daily temperatures that range from 24°C to 31.4°C. During the warmer months of the year locals and visitors make the most of the regions pristine beaches, public swimming lagoons, freshwater swimming holes, and mountaintop creeks.
Townsville Surrounds
Car rental in Townsville is certainly the best way to get around this city. Some of the surrounding suburbs are Garbutt, Garbutt East, West End, Townsville West, Currajong, so rent a car in Townsville and explore the wonderful surroundings.
Getting to Townsville
If you have a hire car, Townsville is on the Bruce Highway, three hours north of Airlie Beach and 4 hours, 30 minutes (346 kms) south of Cairns. There are many flights a day here from Cairns Airport, and several from Brisbane. Airport
Queensland Rail has train service stopping at Townsville each week. Greyhound Pioneer and McCafferty's buses stop at Townsville many times a day on their routes between Cairns and Brisbane.
Book online
If you are travelling to Townsville be it business or pleasure and need a car rental, central car hire offers you the easiest way to compare car rental prices in Townsville.
You can book your car hire online for lowest rates. It’s simple to compare car rental, simply use our online booking engine to select the pickup location, relevant dates and the driver’s age. Then select the vehicle you require, enter some personal details and your hire car will be ready on arrival. Finding the best rates and booking is as simple as that.
You’ll find that the Townsville car rental locations opening hours within the main city offices range between 08:30 – 17:00 on weekdays and 08:00 – 11:00 on weekends. Book you Townsville car hire now!
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