About 350 km, 4 hours 26 mins. using Bruce Hwy/National Highway A1 and National Highway A1.
It will take about 50 minutes.
The road distance between Cairns and Townsville is about 350km, and takes four and a half hours to travel.
The city that fits this description is Cairns.
Cairns is further north than Townsville.
The driving distance from Cairns QLD, Australia to Townsville City QLD 4810, Australia is 215.65mi / 347.05km
Gold was not found in Cairns or Townsville, both coastal cities of far north Queensland. These cities do not lie in gold-bearing country. The closest gold discoveries to either place were in Ravenswood and Charters Towers.
Cairns is a city, the population of which was over 150,000 in June 2007.
When Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi hit on February 2-3, it certainly affected Townsville, as well as numerous other centres such as Mission Beach, Cardwell, Tully and Cairns.
Basically, almost any town along Australia's eastern coastline (except for Cooktown and Port Douglas) is south of Cairns. This inlcues, Edmonton, Tully, Cardwell, Ingham, Townsville, and the towns further south.
Dunk Island is located 4km opposite of Mission Beach, between Cairns and Townsville Postcode: 4816;
Dunk Island is in Australia!! near Cairns and Townsville in Tropical North Queensland. Dunk Island is a small island near the Great Barrier Reef.
That point is in northeastern Australia, about 56 miles west-northwest of Townsville, and 145 miles south-southeast of Cairns.