Picnic Bay

Picnic Bay is a town and suburb of Magnetic Island in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is named for the bay on the southernmost corner of Magnetic Island where the town is situated.

Type: Hamlet with 383 residents
Description: suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Also known as: “Picnic Bay, Queensland” and “Picnic Bay, Queensland, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Magnetic Island and SS City of Adelaide.

Magnetic Island

Photo: Leonhard Fortier, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Magnetic Island is an island directly off the coast of Townsville in Central Queensland. Over half the land area of the island is a National Park. Magnetic Island is roughly 7 km by 5 km, with 25 km of walking tracks and several beaches and little bays.

SS City of Adelaide

Disaster remains

Photo: Twistie.man, CC BY-SA 3.0.

City of Adelaide was an iron-hulled ship that was launched in Scotland in 1863, spent a long career in Australian passenger and cargo service, and sank off the coast of Queensland in 1916.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pallarenda and Rowes Bay.

Pallarenda

Suburb

Pallarenda is a northern coastal suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Pallarenda had a population of 778 people. Pallarenda is situated 8 km southwest of Picnic Bay.

Rowes Bay

Suburb

Photo: ROxBo, Public domain.

Rowes Bay is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Rowes Bay had a population of 541 people. Rowes Bay is situated 9 km southwest of Picnic Bay.

Townsville

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Townsville is a laid-back coastal city of over 173,724 people in North Central Queensland. Townsville is on the coast and enjoys an average of 320 days of sunshine a year.

Picnic Bay

Categories: suburb and locality
Location: Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-19.17624° or 19° 10′ 35″ south

Longitude

146.83843° or 146° 50′ 18″ east

Population

383

Elevation

20 metres (66 feet)

Open location code

5RG8RRFQ+G9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 252355354

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

8310766

Wikidata ID

Q7190973

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Satellite Map

Discover Picnic Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From French to Polish—“Picnic Bay” goes by many names.

French: “Picnic Bay”
Polish: “Picnic Bay”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include History and Craft Centre and Magnetic Island Police.

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