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Where
is AIMS located - Townsville
District
map
Townsville district map showing the location of AIMS
The Australian Institute of Marine Science
(AIMS) was established in 1972
and has its headquarters on a 207 hectare site at Cape Ferguson, east of Townsville in North Queensland, (nearly 50km by road).
Townsville, the administrative
centre of North Queensland, with a district population
of more than 150,000 is the largest city in tropical
Australia and a major import/export centre for northern Australia.
Access is by
appointment only or escorted
tours.
General office hours are between 8:00 am and
4:40 pm Monday
to Friday
How to get
there
Travelling from Townsville
on the south-bound Bruce Hwy, the turn-off to AIMS is on the left
where the highway and the railway meet the salt-pans, approximately 32
km from the Townsville CBD. Turn left off the highway, cross the
railway line and continue in a northerly direction for a further 16km
to where the Institute is located at Cape Ferguson.
There is no public transport
to the Institute.
See
also
 Contacting the Institute
Facilities
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for general information about the facilities at AIMS.
Tours
at AIMS - for information about participating in a tour at AIMS.
Townsville environs
- what's
in the district.
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