Townsville DOOH · Flinders Street · The Strand · Woolcock Street · July 2026

Billboards under Castle Hill's pink granite

The capital of North Queensland near 205,000, from Flinders Street and The Strand to Woolcock Street, the stadium precinct and the Bruce Highway, bookable by the hour, priced per play, matched to how Townsville actually moves.

Updated June 15, 2026By Blindspot · location intelligence

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Townsville, large-format DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Castle Hill's pink granite face glowing over The Strand foreshore and Cleveland Bay in Townsville at dusk · JCDecauxBooked by the hour
The short answer● Quotable

Townsville billboard and DOOH (digital out-of-home) costs span from a few cents per play on urban panels to premium Flinders Street / CBD, Stadium / Palmer Street and landmark networks. On Blindspot, Townsville screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.26, with no contracts or minimums.

The smart Townsville play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the arteries at commute peak, the malls through the afternoon, the nightlife and tourist cores after dark.

BookingBy the hour
PricingPer play · upfront
MinimumsNone
Go liveWithin hours
DeliveryVerified play logs

Billboard ranking points

Townsville's billboard spots, ranked

Scored by Blindspot's location intelligence on visibility, dwell time, and footfall (directional, 1–10). Every one is bookable by the hour on the platform.

01

Flinders Street / CBD

Best for: Office · Dining · Nightlife

Flinders Street carries the CBD's office traffic by day and the city's main dining and going-out crowd after dark, with digital faces in the heart of town.

Visibility9
Dwell time7
Footfall9
02

The Strand / North Ward

Best for: Seafront · Leisure

The Strand's 2.2 km foreshore of pools, parks and cafes along Cleveland Bay holds the city's morning walkers and evening families year-round.

Visibility9
Dwell time8
Footfall8
03

Woolcock Street / Garbutt

Best for: Big-box · Airport run

Woolcock Street runs the city's largest retail precinct at Garbutt and the airport approach, the heaviest signalised drive-time corridor in town.

Visibility9
Dwell time6
Footfall8
04

Stadium / Palmer Street

Best for: Events · Dining

Queensland Country Bank Stadium and the Palmer Street dining strip fill together on Cowboys game nights and concert weekends.

Visibility8
Dwell time7
Footfall7
05

Aitkenvale / Ross River Corridor

Best for: Suburbs · Shoppers

Aitkenvale and the Ross River corridor carry the suburban shopping flow around Stockland Townsville and the Nathan Street strip.

Visibility8
Dwell time5
Footfall7
06

Bruce Highway / University Road

Best for: Drive-time · Commute

The Bruce Highway approaches and University Road past James Cook University and the hospital carry the region's heaviest daily commute.

Visibility8
Dwell time4
Footfall6

The media estate · operator partners

Townsville screens, in the wild

Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Townsville's media owners, Bishopp, POA Outdoor Advertising, oOh!media among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.

Townsville, Flinders Street · CBD digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Flinders Street · CBD digitalJCDecaux
Townsville, The Strand / North Ward · seafront digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
The Strand / North Ward · seafront digitalJCDecaux
Townsville, Woolcock Street · retail-precinct digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Woolcock Street · retail-precinct digitalJCDecaux
Townsville, Stadium precinct · events digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Stadium precinct · events digitalJCDecaux
Townsville, Bruce Highway · drive-time bulletin, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Bruce Highway · drive-time bulletinJCDecaux
Townsville, Translink Townsville · city interchange transit screen, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Translink Townsville · city interchange transit screenJCDecaux

Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.

Formats

Every Townsville format, one map

From a highway bulletin to a single mall screen, Blindspot puts Townsville's digital out-of-home and classic OOH formats on one map, each priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter here:

Digital billboards & LED

Large-format LED on highways, bridges and boulevards, motion, dayparting and dynamic triggers.

Street-level & urban panels

Pedestrian-scale panels and citylights in high-footfall retail and downtown corridors.

Bulletins & roadside

Highway and arterial bulletins built for commuter frequency on the busiest routes.

Mall & retail screens

High-intent shoppers from midday to evening across the city's retail destinations.

Transit & place-based

the Translink Townsville bus network out of the city interchange off Flinders Street plus stations and place-based screens with captive dwell.

Iconic & landmark

Landmark and spectacular placements for brand statements in the city's signature locations.

Location insights

Where Townsville moves

Townsville is the working capital of North Queensland, a garrison, port and university city under Castle Hill's pink granite. Flinders Street holds the CBD's offices and nightlife, The Strand carries the morning walkers and the evening families along Cleveland Bay, and Woolcock Street runs the big-box retail flow past Garbutt toward the airport. On Cowboys game nights the stadium and the Palmer Street dining strip fill together, and the Bruce Highway feeds the daily commute past the university and hospital. Buy the Woolcock Street drive-time and the game-night stadium peak.

Townsville footfall heatmap · typical weekday● Stylized
Flinders St
The Strand
Woolcock St
Stadium
Aitkenvale
Bruce Hwy
Flinders St
The Strand
Woolcock St
Stadium
Aitkenvale
Bruce Hwy
Castle Hill
Palmer St
JCU Douglas
Magnetic Ferry
QuietPeak flow
Townsville · DOOH coverage map · stylized● per-play pricing
Stylized map of Blindspot DOOH screen locations across Townsville Per-play price pins across prime Townsville advertising zones over a footfall density wash. Stylized; live availability and per-screen pricing are shown in the Blindspot platform. Castle Hill ◊ Flinders Street 60+ $0.44$0.40$0.36$0.32$0.26 $0.48 The StrandWoolcock StStadiumAitkenvaleBruce HwyFlinders St
FootfallPeak

Footfall rhythm · by hour

Commuterspeaks 7:30–10 AM & 5–8 PM
Shoppers & mallspeaks 12–8 PM
Nightlife & diningpeaks 8 PM–1 AM
12AM6AM12PM6PM11PM
Commuter tide, twice a day

The Strand / North Ward and the main arteries surge 7:30–10 AM and 5–8 PM. Book exactly those hours and your frequency climbs for the same budget.

Retail plateau, all afternoon

Stadium / Palmer Street and the city's malls hold heavy footfall from noon to evening, long windows where dwell and shopping intent, not rush, do the work.

Evenings change the audience

Flinders Street / CBD shifts from daytime to social and tourism after dark. Different audience, same screens, swap the creative, not the location.

Location intelligence summary

One city, several audiences a day

Townsville doesn't have one rush hour; it has rotating audiences sharing the same streets. The only buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the windows when your audience owns the city, skip the ones when it doesn't.

ObjectiveBook these zonesBest hours
Brand launchFlinders Street / CBD + The Strand / North Ward6–11 PM
Commuter frequencyWoolcock Street / Garbutt, The Strand / North Ward7:30–10 AM · 5–8 PM
Retail foot trafficStadium / Palmer Street, Flinders Street / CBD12–8 PM
B2B / decision-makersAitkenvale / Ross River Corridor, The Strand / North WardWeekdays 9 AM–6 PM
Tourism & eventsFlinders Street / CBD, Bruce Highway / University Road10 AM–8 PM
Match the tide, not the calendar

A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Townsville’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.

Creative by daypart

Morning commuters read in 2 seconds; evening crowds dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.

Proof, not vibes

Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.

The zones above already draw a specific buyer: defence and military around Woolcock Street / Garbutt, home to RAAF Base Townsville, in a city that also hosts Lavarack Barracks, the largest Australian Army base, and mining and resources services along Bruce Highway / University Road, which runs through Stuart, where Glencore's copper refinery and the Sun Metals zinc refinery process minerals from Queensland's North West Minerals Province.

Book Townsville by the hour

Cite this

Key facts at a glance

Quotable, self-contained, sourced, Blindspot, June 2026

  • Townsville is home to about 205,000 residents (2024), the largest city in northern Australia and the unofficial capital of North Queensland.
  • Castle Hill, an isolated pink granite outcrop, rises about 286 metres directly behind the CBD, one of the most distinctive natural features on the Queensland coast.
  • The Strand, the 2.2 km beachfront foreshore of pools, parks and cafes along Cleveland Bay, was named Australia's cleanest beach in 2008.
  • Magnetic Island sits about 20 minutes across Cleveland Bay by ferry, inside the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
  • Townsville is a garrison and university city: Lavarack Barracks is one of Australia's largest army bases, James Cook University anchors the Douglas precinct, and the 25,000-seat Queensland Country Bank Stadium (opened 2020) hosts the North Queensland Cowboys.
  • On Blindspot, Townsville screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays from ~$0.26, no contracts or minimums.

Pricing · updated June 2026

Townsville billboards: priced honestly

Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.

FormatPrice per playTypical presenceWhy it works
Flinders Street digitalfrom ~$0.46 per playthe CBD coreoffice and going-out dwell
Strand seafront digitalfrom ~$0.42 per playthe Cleveland Bay foreshoremorning and evening leisure crowds
Woolcock Street digitalfrom ~$0.38 per playthe Garbutt retail runbig-box shopper and airport flow
Stadium events digitalfrom ~$0.35 per playthe stadium and Palmer Street blocksgame-night and concert audiences
Highway & transit screensfrom ~$0.26 per playthe Bruce Highway and Translink routesdrive-time commuter reach

No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen

Four things move the price on any Townsville screen: the format (pricing runs higher on highway & transit screens than on flinders Street digital), the zone (Flinders Street / CBD carries the highest footfall premium), the daypart (peak commute and evening hours price above the overnight lull), and how far in advance you book, since the busiest zones and formats sell out first.

What a campaign costs

Townsville budgets, three ways

Because you pay per play and schedule by the hour, your budget buys the exposure you actually need, not filler plays, so it works as hard on a big campaign as on a small one, with no minimum. Here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.

Commute test

$600-$1,800

A week of hourly bursts on Woolcock Street and the Bruce Highway approaches.

Multi-zone Townsville push

$5,000-$14,000

Flinders Street, The Strand and the Woolcock corridor running together across peak dayparts.

Game-night flagship

$22,000+

Full CBD and stadium saturation timed to Cowboys home games and the dry-season events run.

FAQ

Townsville billboard FAQs

Do I need a permit to advertise on a Townsville billboard?

No. Blindspot books time on screens that are already installed and permitted by their media-owner operators, Bishopp, POA Outdoor Advertising, oOh!media among them, so you're leasing airtime on an existing structure, not erecting a new one.

What creative specs do I need for a Townsville screen?

Specs vary by screen: orientation, resolution and file format differ from one panel to the next. Every screen shows its exact requirements in the platform before you upload, so there's no separate spec sheet to track down before you book.

Can I book a Townsville billboard for just a few hours?

Yes, on Blindspot every Townsville screen is bookable by the hour with no minimum contract, so you can buy only the commute peaks, shopping afternoons, or evening windows that match your audience.

Which DOOH networks can I reach in Townsville?

Blindspot aggregates digital out-of-home inventory across Townsville onto one map, roadside and boulevard screens, transit, mall and place-based panels, bookable per play. The wider OOH supply is run by operators such as Bishopp, POA Outdoor Advertising, oOh!media.

How fast can my ad go live in Townsville?

Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Content approval typically averages around two business days across networks.

What can I get in Townsville for $500?

A multi-day hourly presence on a high-traffic The Strand / North Ward corridor, a concentrated burst across the busiest transit and retail screens at peak hours, or thousands of plays on central urban panels.

Is there a minimum spend for Townsville billboards?

No. Blindspot has no minimums, retainers or platform fees; you can run a focused hourly burst on a single screen or a full multi-zone Townsville campaign.

How to book

Live on a Townsville screen in three steps

No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.

01

Pick screens & hours

Open the map, filter Townsville by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.

02

See the per-play price

Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.

03

Upload & go live

Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.

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