Townsville Plains (BBN01)

RegionSize(km2): 7,635

States: Queensland (QLD)

Latitude:

Longitude:

Climate Zone(s): Grassland, Subtropical, Tropical

Towns: Alva, Ayr, Barratta, Brandon, Cardington, Clare, Cromarty, Cungulla, Dalbeg, Deeragun, Giru, Home Hill, Inkerman, Jalloonda, Lochinvar, Manton, Millaroo, Mountain View, Nome, Pallarenda, Pioneer, Reid River, Toonpan, Townsville, Woldston, Woodstock, Yabulu

Local Government Area (LGA): Burdekin, Charters Towers, Townsville, Whitsunday

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Townsville Plains (BBN01) IBRA subregion land use

ALUMC code and description	Area (ha)	% total area
Total	761,989	99.8%
Grazing native vegetation	418,121	54.8%
Irrigated cropping	101,150	13.2%
Nature conservation	79,135	10.4%
Marsh/wetland	54,146	7.1%
Other minimal use	36,939	4.8%
Residential and farm infrastructure	20,133	2.6%
River	14,135	1.9%
Reservoir/dam	9,636	1.3%
Services	5,857	0.8%
Transport and communication	3,986	0.5%
Irrigated perennial horticulture	3,033	0.4%
Irrigated seasonal horticulture	2,212	0.3%
Managed resource protection	1,966	0.3%
Manufacturing and industrial	1,744	0.2%
Mining	1,480	0.2%
Channel/aqueduct	1,417	0.2%
Production native forests	1,374	0.2%
Grazing irrigated modified pastures	1,206	0.2%
Lake	1,202	0.2%
Irrigated plantation forests	928	0.1%
Cropping	753	0.1%
Intensive animal production	644	0.1%
Waste treatment and disposal	350	0.0%
Utilities	179	0.0%
Irrigated land in transition	110	0.0%
Grazing modified pastures	82	0.0%
Perennial horticulture	24	0.0%
Plantation forests	20	0.0%
Intensive horticulture	19	0.0%
Estuary/coastal waters	8	0.0%
Land in transition	3	0.0%

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Find local Townsville Plains (BBN01) resource reserve locations using the tabs below.

Drainage

Drainage Divisions

North East Coast

Drainage Basins

Black

Burdekin

Coral Sea

Don

Haughton

Ross

Drainage sub-basins

Barratta Creek

Black River

Bohle River

Bowen River

Don River

Haughton River

Lower Burdekin River

Ross River

Nationally Important Wetlands

Abbot Point - Caley Valley

Barrattas Channels ggregation

Bowling Green Bay

Burdekin-Bowen Junction and Blue Valley Weir Aggregation

Burdekin Delta

Burdekin - Townsville Coastal Aggregation

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Haughton Balancing Storage Aggregation

Jerona Aggregation

Junction of the Bogie River and Kirknie Creek Aggregation

RAAF Townsville

Ross River Reservoir

Southern Upstart Bay

The Serpentine Aggregation

Wongaloo Fans Aggregation

Wongaloo Swamps Aggregation National parks

National Parks

Bowling Green Bay National Park

Cape Upstart National Park

Magnetic Island National Park

Paluma Range National Park

Pinnacles National Park Marine parks: Great Barrier Reef Coast Marine Park Conservation parks Abbot Bay Conservation Park

Bolger Bay Conservation Park

Bowling Green Bay Conservation Park

Cape Pallarenda Conservation Park

Horseshoe Bay Lagoon Conservation Park

Horseshoe Lagoon Conservation Park

Magnetic Island Conservation Park

Magnetic Island Conservation Park

Townsville Town Common Conservation Park

Wongaloo Conservation Park

State forests

Clemant State Forest

Mingela State Forest

Resource Reserves

none

Fish habitat areas

Bohle River

Bowling Green Bay

Burdekin

Cleveland Bay

Nature refuges

Bolger Bay Nature Refuge

Corrick Plains Nature Refuge

Endeavour Creek Nature Refuge

Hells Gate Nature Refuge, Horseshoe Bay Nature Refuge

Serpentine Nature Refuge

Stuart Creek Nature Refuge

World Heritage areas

Great Barrier Reef

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Animals

Plants

Fungi

Protists

Bacteria

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References

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Townsville Plains IBRA subregion — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 13 June 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/ibra-subregion-townsville-plains/

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Wildlife of Manifold biogeographic subregion, WetlandInfo website, accessed 13 June 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=biogeographic-subregion-manifold