Upon stepping into the Port of Townsville’s flourishing environmental park, it is easy to forget you are less than a kilometre away from a bustling commercial hub.
The environmental park was developed to reduce the effect of Port operations on the surrounding community – thereby providing a buffer between the Port’s activities and the nearby residential areas. The environmental park also provides a high quality natural area for use by the local community.
The project was launched in November 2000 and a community day was held to encourage input into the park. The event attracted a large attendance and, as a result, sparked a high level of community input. The original plans were altered to include suggestions made by the community and construction commenced in October 2002.
Townsville-based landscape architects, WSA, came up with a visionary blueprint for the area to resemble a coastal dune system, which included 90,000 plants including species such as Beach Spinifex and Lovegrass which are not widely cultivated for commercial use. To obtain these species extensive seed collection, germination and care over 6 months was required to get the numbers required. This buffer zone now provides a useful seed bank in itself for a wide range of native species.
While the roadside reveals only a narrow strip of green vegetation dotted with the occasional flowering yellow groundcover, the sweeping expanse of the park is revealed in all its glory once you take just a few steps inside. This area has an impressive range of birds that live or feed in the park including bower birds, rainbow honey eaters, and parrots of all kinds.
Stage 1 of the park was completed in November 2003.
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Upon stepping into the Port of Townsville’s flourishing environmental park, it is easy to forget you are less than a kilometre away from a bustling commercial hub.
TPA-Environmental_Park_Brochure.pdf 
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