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| | Townsville, Queensland, Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04) |
 | | Townsville, with its twin city of Thuringowa, forms the commercial centre of a fascinating and thriving region that extends north to Mission Beach, west to the historic goldmining towns of Charters Towers and Ravenswood, south to Bowen and east to the islands of the Coral Sea. |
 | | Townsville’s population is boosted by a large Defence Force presence at Lavarack Barracks and the RAAF Base at Garbutt, and with the main campus of James Cook University. |
 | | Townsville’s premier beachfront recreational area, The Strand, was revamped in 1999 at a cost of $25 million after a cyclone devastated the beach area, and now boasts four man-made headlands, rock pools, a children's play area with waterslides, water cannon and fountains and white, sandy beaches. |
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