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Townsville

Townsville is located on the central coast of Queensland, Australia, on a small bay west of Cape Cleveland and south of Magnetic Island. A small river cuts through the city, and a tall red granite hill towers over the center of the business district. It had a 2001 population of 120 thousand.1 It is served by one of Australia's busiest airports.2 The tallest building is the 20 story Holiday Inn, nicknamed the 'Sugar Shaker.'3

External references

skyline and Castle Hill of Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Footnotes

1. Bonzle.com, accessed 3/5/2014. The definition of 'city' is problematic in this context.
2. First chart in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Australia, accessed 4/21/2014.
3. Emporis.com, accessed 4/22/2014.