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Townsville attempted abduction suspects' comfit images released

Police have released comfit images of two men wanted over an attempted abduction in far north Queensland. A nine-year-old boy was walking home from The Willows State School in Townsville on July 23 when the two men approached him. Police said they ... >> view original

Police investigate tourist dive death at Lodestone Reef off Townsville

Police are investigating the death of an international tourist off the coast of Townsville in north Queensland. The 63-year-old woman was pronounced dead yesterday morning at Lodestone Reef. The woman was travelling with a commercial dive boat. >> view original

$500m Wingate Group project for Townsville

Wingate director Stephen Williams said Townsville was the centre of the radar for the government's Northern Australia development agenda. “We believe Townsville represents an absolute bargain for long-term investors,” Mr Williams said. “The city has ... >> view original

Mpingo Looking Good For Townsville Cup

Christopher Riordon has happy memories of the Group 3 Angliss Meats Townsville Cup (498m) and he believes Mpingo can score him the $25,000 top prize this year. The consistent greyhound, who produced another impressive run last start to finish second ... >> view original

The contrasting stories of Unmukt Chand and Virat Kohli - Townsville 2012 and ...

Two years after Townsville, Unmukt Chand was just one low score away from being dropped by Delhi. Three years after Townsville, he averages a modest 35 in first class cricket. He has 7 hundreds from 41 matches. Pretty good, but it's the period around ... >> view original

South Sydney Rabbitohs upset North Queensland Cowboys 31-18 in Townsville

South Sydney Rabbitohs bounce back to form with an impressive 31-18 win over the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville. PT1M30S 620 349. Autoplay OnOff; Video feedback; Video settings. Video will begin in 5 seconds. Don't play; Play now. >> view original

Festival of Bright Ideas: Science gathering opens young minds to Mars mission ...

The possibility of travelling to Mars and the benefits of eating bugs have been on show at a festival in Hobart aimed at getting more young people involved in science. The two-day Festival of Bright Ideas, presented as part of National Science Week ... >> view original

World's first digital seafloor map reveals 'paradise'

The oceanic atlas, compiled by scientists from the University of Sydney, is the most detailed map of the seabed ever created. Professor of Geophysics, Dietmar Müller, said the last time a complete map was made of the seafloor was in the 1970s. >> view original

Climate Change: Seafloor Graveyards Digitally Mapped

There's a new digital map limning the composition of the seafloor, a major factor in global climate change, and it's shown evidence of “microfossil” graveyards off the coast of Australia, in addition to other complex deep-ocean geology. >> view original

Humpback whale rescued off Cape Cod

Continue reading below. Marine researchers rescued a young humpback whale that was entangled in rope off Cape Cod on Friday afternoon, according to officials from the Center for Coastal Studies. Passengers and crew of the Provincetown-based Dolphin ... >> view original