Rattlesnake Island Bombing Range

Jungle Warfare and Survival Training Camp

Type: Training facility
Region: Townsville

Rattlesnake Island, Rattlesnake Island 4816

Rattlesnake Island is one of the islands South of the Great Palm Island group, northwest of Magnetic Island, and directly east of Rollingstone in the Halifax Bay.

Royal Australian Air Force Base Townsville (No. 323 Combat Support Squadron RAAF) conducts live firing with military aircraft on regular occasions. When the RAAF are not live firing, they also conduct survival courses on the island.

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