Townsville

Townsville, Bendigo score WNBL wins

ABC (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008

Townsville narrowly edged the Dandenong Rangers to claim a 64-60 victory in their Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) clash at NPA Stadium on Saturday evening.

Townsville couple wounded

Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008

A QUEENSLAND woman is undergoing emergency treatment in a Mumbai hospital after she and her partner were both shot in today's terrorist attacks.

Santas rob Australian bar

Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | yesterday

TOWNSVILLE, Australia, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Two men wearing Santa hats and long white beards were takers, not givers, robbing a bartender in Australia at knifepoint, police said. The robbery occurred Sunday evening at the Cutheringa Bowls Club in Townsville on the northern coast of Queensland, The Townsville Bulletin reported. Police have appealed to local retailers for help in identifying...

Bad Santas hold up Aust bowls club

New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday

Australian police are on the lookout for two bad Santas who held up a Townsville bowls club at knifepoint. The pair were dressed in white beards and Santa hats as they robbed the Cutheringa Bowls Club on Sunday, and police are hoping...

• Santas rob Australian bar - Times of the Internet

Jail housing for sex offenders

Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday

DANGEROUS sex offenders will live in new housing developments on prison land in Townsville and Rockhampton to cope with growing numbers.

Road rage driver gets snakey

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008

A MAN brandished a snake at a terrified woman driver and her children, claiming it was a death adder and she was going to die, the Townsville Magistrates Court heard yesterday.

Not a friendly sleigh-load of Santas

IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sydney - Australian police warned Townsville residents on Wednesday after thieves dressed in Santa Claus outfits held up a bowls club at knifepoint.Police have interviewed retailers in the north Queensland town about recent purchases of Christmas costumes.The pair threatened staff and made off with cash from the till. - Sapa-dpa

MOTO-X: Reed wraps up inaugural SuperX title.

Crash.Net (Free subscription) | yesterday

Reigning AMA/World Supercross champion Chad Reed has won the inaugural Australasian SuperX Pro Open Championship.As expected, the new Rockstar Makita Suzuki rider was the dominant force throughout the series, winning six of the seven rounds including the final round at Brisbane in Australia.Having surprisingly missed out on the final last week in Townsville, Reed was back to his best in Brisbane,...

Drowned bride’s dad seeks answers

MSNBC.com: Today (Free subscription) | yesterday

... before a judge in Australia formally charged Watson with murder and set a trial date for Feb. 3 in Townsville Colonial Court in Queensland. If Watson does not voluntarily appear to be tried, extradition proceedings could take many months more. And there is no guarantee that American courts will order an extradition.Watson declined an invitation to appear on the program, but his lawyer, Bob...

Not a friendly sleigh-load of Santa's

IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sydney - Australian police warned Townsville residents Wednesday after thieves dressed in Santa Claus outfits held up a bowls club at knifepoint.Police have interviewed retailers in the north Queensland town about recent purchases of Christmas costumes.The pair threatened staff and made off with cash from the till. - Sapa-dpa

Road-rager wields snake at mum

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008

A MAN brandished a snake at a terrified woman driver and her children, claiming it was a death adder and she was going to die, a court has been told.Jeffrey Leon O'Keefe, a 22-year-old stonemason, pleaded guilty to a charge of public nuisance and a second offence of the improper transporting of wildlife. Sergeant Greg Mobbs told Townsville Magistrates Court the woman was driving along Palmerston...

Bad Santas rob bowls club

Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008

THERE was no Christmas cheer involved when two Santas, armed with a knife and after money, paid a visit to a Townsville bowls club.

Mission Beach to Magnetic Island

Travelblog (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008

G'day from Magnetic IslandWe Chris Jack and I left Cape Trib on Sunday and made our way down to Mission Beach. We were staying in a lovely place called the Mission Beach Retreat. We went to the beach in the afternoon had a swim within the stinger net enclosure and played some frisbee.In the evening we had a lovely italian meal.Yesterday morning we took the bus down to Townsville and had a wo...

Proposed club wants Schwarzer

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008

FFA will expand the A-League to 10 teams next season with Townsville Fury and Gold Coast United coming in. While bids are expected from another western Sydney franchise, Tasmania, Canberra and Wollongong, chairman Frank Lowy made it clear last week he would like to see another team from Melbourne and one from western Sydney join the following season to make it a 12-team competition.

Taipans stunned by Crocs comeback

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008

TOWNSVILLE overcame a nine-point deficit at the end of the third quarter to edge out Cairns 94-90 at the Cairns Convention Centre.