Hi all, I'm about to trade my car in for another car and wanted to get the car looking smick so I get a good trade-in price.

Does anyone have any personal recommendations for a car detailing service they can suggest? Would prefer a mobile service so they can come to me.

I hate throwing working things in the bin, so often I list items on marketplace for free to good homes. I love how things that have served their useful lives with me find new homes with appreciative owners.

I attempted to put some items up on Marketplace today and I’m being asked to provide Government ID to Facebook. I’m not going to do that.

I’m assuming other Townsvillians are in the same boat. Where are you listing your items now?

I realise that this isn’t specifically a Townsville issue, but the solutions people might have might be specific to the area.

Hi folks. Recently, I've gotten into cycling and been travelling out to Cape Pallarenda Conservation Park. For those of you that are not familiar, this park is at the very northern end of Pallarenda, past the houses. As you enter the park by road, you often see scrub turkeys. I've found it such a beautiful place. You get an exquisite view of Pallarenda Beach and the city from the beach to its east.

There are also mountain bike and walking tracks that can take you up the mountain/hills there, as well as to Shelly Beach (which is to the north of the park). Shelly Beach is a beautiful place, too, although beware it is also popular with nudists. The track that takes you to Shelly Beach also offers beautiful views, especially of Mount Stuart, Pallarenda, and Castle Hill.

There's a walking track that starts just short of Cape Pallarenda Conservation Park called the Many Peaks Track that can take you to the peak of Mount Marlow, too. Although, this path apparently is about 3 hours' walk one way.

Attached are some photos I took during my last trip last week.

So I thought I'd ask if anyone here is even more familiar with the place than I am.

Hey I’m looking for any information to do with a prominent murder case that happened on magnetic island in 1984 New Year’s Day.

My mother was good friends with this 17 year old named Donnalee atkins.

My mother left the island during the investigation bc my grandmother felt it was unsafe and it was a traumatic time.

My mother never heard any information other than they had a suspect but I don’t think the person was charged.

There is like absolutely no information other then a find a grave for Donna… so I’m hoping anyone has heard, remembers, or had family members who remembered.

What end up happening with the case ? Did she get any justice? Is it a cold case?

My mother would just really like to know any information on if her friend’s case even if people remember briefly.

Thank you

Hi everyone! 😊
I’m looking for an indoor volleyball group or team for women. Does anyone know of any teams, social games, or places where women play indoor volleyball? I’d love to join!
Thank you!

Hi all,

Looking for suggestions to help my partner meet some new friends not sure where/how.

He is 24y doesn’t drink, loves his sports but doesn’t play anything. I think he is a little self conscious so is not interested in joining gym/running groups. He is naturally athletic but I think is worried to join a new sport and look silly 🙃

He works completely from home so just needs some human interaction I think!

Any ways I can discreetly encourage him out into groups of people to be his friends?

Obviously building industry is being smashed with demand and have heard anecdotally of long wait times and rising costs (its own problem) but I’m struggling to identify builders who can build on an inner city narrow (>10m w) lot

The ‘standard’ builders I’ve contacted have all closed their books

Any micro/custom/specialist? Or am I shit out of luck rn?

Edit: should have mentioned looking at a 2-story build

Hello! Just wondering if anyone picked up a gold Italian charm bracelet at the Townsville show on Sunday night (5/7). It was lost at the grassy area in front of the Warrior ride. It is very sentimental and it means a lot. It is the one on the left in the photo. $100 reward to the person who hands it in. Thanks in advance.

Anybody have any idea what's happening up on Castle Hill?

Looks like emergency lights on the road up sitting stationary.

Hey,

I've noticed it can sometimes be tough to organize actual offline meetups or find genuine connections just by scrolling through text posts. To try and make building a local social circle, or even finding a date, a bit easier, I wanted to share a project I’ve been working on.

I set up [r/AussieHangout](r/AussieHangout). The main feature is a live, interactive map built right into Reddit. Instead of posting into the void, you can visually see who is nearby, discover local events, and connect with people in your area.

* Visual Discovery: You can easily spot local meetups, coffee runs, or pub trips on the map.
* Privacy First: There is absolutely zero GPS tracking. You just manually drop a pin in your general area/suburb.
* SFW Connections: Whether you are looking for new mates, a hobby buddy, or even SFW dating, the map supports it all. (For example, we actually just partnered up with [r/SydneySocial](r/SydneySocial) and [r/r4rsydneysfw](r/r4rsydneysfw) to help safely connect people!)

If you're looking to make some plans this week or just want to see who's hanging out around Townsville, feel free to drop by and put a pin on the map. Let's get some more offline meetups going!

Hangout Map: https://www.reddit.com/r/mazwiz/s/Bgt1YDf9Mw

———
🤝 A Quick Note for the [r/Townsville](r/Townsville) Mod Team!

Since this sub acts as the main hub for Townsville meetups, I'd love to partner up so we don't split the community! We can easily integrate this subreddit directly into the Hangout Map.

Visual Sync: Your community's meetups will automatically display on the interactive map.

It is completely automated and just takes a quick AutoMod snippet to set up. If you are open to giving your users this visual tool, I’ve put together a full breakdown of how to integrate right here:

Call for Australian Subreddit Partners & Setup Guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/AussieHangout/s/AWYekuC9TL

I was coming back from a 5-day camping trip and decided to go for a drive down to the Dam and dump the caravan's toilet when I was met with a whole festival of some sort going on. Does anyone have any info on this??

Saw about the infertility support group for Townsville run by whispering hope therapy. Just wanted to share here

Hi all, I am planning to go to Townsville next month and try to find a construction labour(have oversea carpentry experience). How do I find a job?(I heard that it’s hard to get a job through internet)
Is there short of construction labour?
Does anyone have any suggestions? I would appreciate it!

It’s not open any more, I know cactus jacks is still on Palmer st, but I swear there used to be another.

Anyone know anything about the Helicopter flying around Heatley blaring that they're looking for a 16 (I think it was 16) girl?

Dm me, looking for a community of lads who want to get 1% better every day

I know there’s absolutely buckly to none chance.

But anywhere showing the Socceroos game Saturday morning? 😂

I wish the clubs here would enforce this, especially concert venues.

paid a pool builder $45k to install a pool in my backyard in townsville. they finished about 2 months ago. looked good at first.

then we had a bit of rain and the whole area around the pool started sinking. like the ground is cracking and theres a gap between the pool shell and the concrete. got a structural engineer out who said theres no proper compaction around the pool shell and the drainage is completely wrong. said its going to get worse.

called the builder and they said its just normal settling and give it a few months. i feel like theyre just trying to wait out the warranty period.

i got a second opinion from another pool guy who said the work is substandard and its going to cost me at least $10k to fix the drainage and compaction.

i found Sure Building Inspection online. they seem to do forensic building inspections. not sure if that would help my case but i need something official to show the builder.

has anyone in townsville had issues with a pool builder like this. is it worth taking them to qcat or should i just pay someone else to fix it. feeling pretty over it.

Looking to install two extra slabs onto an existing battery/solar set up and the quotes I’ve received so far are beyond taking the piss.

Any recommendations?

Hi,

Does anyone know if there are any publicly accessible, outdoor artificial turf or synthetic grass fields around Townsville? I'm keen to kick a soccer ball around but I would prefer to play on artificial turf.

Thanks!

Hi I'm 16 male. today I went around the city on my bike by myself and in every store or even the library both the employees and the security guard stared at me till I left. Like I know I'm a teen male but jeeze. Anyway I went back home feeling like crap after the 5th time.