Whitsunday
Coast
Holiday Attractions Qld
The
Great
Barrier
Reef
Wonderland
Townsville
Containing
three
significant
attractions
- the Great
Barrier
Reef
Aquarium (world's
largest
living
coral
reef
aquarium), Omnimax
Theatre, and Museum
of Tropical
Queensland. The
complex
is also
a ferry
terminal
for
services
to Magnetic
Island,
and
for
day
cruises
to the
Great
Barrier
Reef.
Billabong
Sanctuary
Townsville
The
north's
most
spectacular
Australian
wildlife
park
set
on ten
hectares
of wetlands,
rainforests
and
native
eucalypt.
Prolific
birdlife
and
wildlife
can
also
be experienced
at the
world-renown
Town
Common
and
Environmental
Park,
only
7km
from
city
centre.
Bowen
Historical
Museum
Cared
for
by a
dedicated
group
of volunteers,
the
many
hundreds
of items
are
displayed
in one
of the
specifically
designed
museum
buildings
in the
State.
The
history
of the
area
is traced
through
the
different
displays,
including
the
geology
of the
district
and
history
of early
aboriginal
inhabitants
through
to Captain
Sinclair
and
the
early
settlers.
There
are
shipwrecks,
including
relics
from
the
Gothenburg
which
sank
off
Bowen
in 1875.
Beside
the
museum
is a
slab
cottage
built
in the
district
in 1873.
The
cottage
was
brought
into
town
slab
by slab
then
rebuilt
and
restored,
complete
with
period
furniture
and
fittings
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