Townsville Town Common Conservation Park (solo trip)

Visited this wonderful place a couple of times during our Townsville stay. So many birds! Even as the sun set tonight we observed flocks of Magpie geese, Stilts, Spoonbills, Great Egret and best of all - three fabulous Jabiru. The Commons location map on the Birding Townsville website was a valuable resource.

good view, definitely worth coming, mind if walking with kids, don’t let kids run around on the fresh water trail, did saw one young saltwater crocodile, but there must be huge ones hiding in the water because we saw many different size croc footprints near those water’s edge including shocking huge footprints. Be croc safe and leave before the evening twilight.

Plenty of water around after the rains.. very pretty! The road in is gravel and corrugated, so a bit dusty but keeps the speed down! Quite a bit of bird life around mid-afternoon.

Beautiful conservation park located a short drive from Townsville’s centre. We spotted a ton of bird life along the roadside and walking tracks including Brolga, Pheasant Coucals, Rainbow Bee-eaters, and also a few Agile Wallabies.

This is such a special place so close to the city center. Great for birders, bush walkers and riders. This place comes alive at night with many herps and inverts to be found, but as with all wild places you need to take care. Some tips - take plenty of water, mozzie repellant, a hat and sunscreen. Take your rubbish with you and don't mess with the wildlife. This wetland/ hiking area needs to be ...