Townsville Showground - West End, Queensland

Gino Passerini

The place is looking run down.
Hadn't seemed to have changed in 8 years we had been away in WA.
It really needs refurbishment.

When we say 8 years away and no change it hasn't really changed much in 20 years.

They need to address the issues of public amenities such as toilets and also public seating and eating areas.

Some of the old pavilions need replacing,or if of significant historical value they need renovation!

Ben Garner

Haven't been since 2019 and thiis time i worked some dodgem cars for 3 days. Wife won a family pass so we went on Monday night. I was quite impressed by the work effort put in by the cleaners, everywhere we went was really clean. Would've given 5 stars if some maintenance of pathways had been done as there were countless trip hazards from tree roots and sunken ground. Others working the rides and stalls were great except for 1 of the showies I had to work with who was rude to customers. Otherwise pretty good experience.

Angela McCarthy

I hadn't been to the Townsville Show in years and a friend gave us some tickets, so we decided to check it out.

Thankfully it wasn't too crowded, but it was certainly a hot day and due to COVID restrictions at the time, masks were required to be worn. Thankfully, we didn't see any real complaints about this and visitors seemed to comply well.

They had a large range of rides and side show alley mini games. Checked out a few, however this is a costly event. Alley mini games start at $5 with some of your more fancy rides going up to $25. You can prepurchase show tickets with ride coupons/ vouchers to save, but expect to spend a minimum of $100 a person here to enjoy a day out.

There was a wide variety of displays as well, such as arts and crafts, baking, poultry, gardening and we even checked out some of the horse jumping events.

I did enjoy myself, but I feel that the cost of mini games and rides is too high for a local event, but can understand why due to costs of insurance.

FACILITIES:
Parking: Not on site, opposite facility has paid parking available
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Toilets available: Yes

PAYMENT Options:
Cash and Prepaid Coupons. Card payment was not available at the gate.

COVID SAFE:
Hand Sanitiser Available: Yes
COVID Check in: Yes
Private Details Handled Correctly: Yes

Sarah Riseley

The rides and activities are fun, and the food is good but i suggest you don't eat from the food trucks as they have not been cooked freshly and you may get sick. The fireworks are also very nice!

Steph Kent

Was a fun experience... and an expensive one too.
The atmosphere was perfect, everyone was happy to be at the local show and everyone working the booths and rides were friendly and made it a good one. The rides however couldve been priced a bit better; $15 for 2 minutes is a bit of an outrage... but worth the money nonetheless. Was a good set up and layout and made it seem like the fun was neverending as we kept walking and walking and always saw something to do.

Lochie K

2022 Townsville Show comes back in style with a bit more of a better show and other stuff to show off
Firework ? 10/10
Exit lot better this year 10/10

a nighttime show so could do a lot as more people are probably likely to sit down eat some food why they would watch the show

Danny Edmondson

Car show was great some fantastic and beautiful cars and cheap entry and food.

BM

had a fun time at townsville show, it
was great experience to go on rides
and play a game, a lot of show bags.