Events
Dams Closed To Water-based Activities
Toowoomba Regional Council has closed Cooby, Cressbrook and Perseverance Dams for water-based activities until further notice. Due to health concerns related to increased microorganism levels Toowoomba Regional Council Water and Waste General Manager Damian Platts says Council officers had decided to stop water-based activities at all three dams as a safety precaution . Council will […]
CUA calls on volunteers to Step Up in 2020
Volunteer registrations for Clean Up Australia Day 2020 are open with an appeal to Australians to step up on Sunday 1st March, to reduce the amount of waste across the Darling Downs. We are calling on Australians to step up to clean up and join us on Sunday 1st March to collect as much of […]
Lifeline Darling Downs’ Fundraising Dinner
Lifeline Darling Downs and South West Queensland Ltd are hosting a fundraising dinner on Saturday, 21st March to raise funds for their local drought and fire relief services. With this year being 2020, the organisation has taken the opportunity to hold a 1920’s themed fundraiser with guests encouraged to dress in the style of the […]
The Chronicle Lifeline Bookfest 2020
The Chronicle Lifeline Bookfest is just around the corner and this year this major fundraiser for Lifeline Darling Downs & South West Qld Ltd celebrates it’s 40th anniversary! This year’s massive book sale will be held on Saturday 7th March and Sunday 8th March at the Founders Pavilion, Toowoomba Showgrounds. It is hard to believe […]
Tram Finds Its Way To Queensland
The Volunteers of Highfields Pioneer Village, Museum & Park Inc. are very excited to announce their latest acquisition… a W Class Melbourne Tram from VIC Track! The W-class trams are a family of electric trams built by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB) between 1923 and 1956. Over the 33 years of production, 752 vehicles spanning 12 sub-classes were […]
Measures To Stay In Place
With heavy falls from slow moving thunderstorms continuing, Toowoomba Regional Council Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG) remains on alert status. Mayor Paul Antonio says the alert status would stay in place as a precautionary measure until conditions change. [cleveryoutube video=”7MuJTHg5woo” vidstyle=”10″ pic=”” afterpic=”” width=”” quality=”inherit” starttime=”” endtime=”” caption=”” showexpander=”off” alignment=”left” newser=”” margin=”true”] The Mayor said […]
Rainbow Faith Dinner
Launch of Equal Voices Toowoomba This Friday night, Equal Voices Toowoomba is holding their first Rainbow Faith Dinner for LGBTQIA+persons of faith, their families and allies. The dinner aims to provide a safe gathering for Christians who have difficulty expressing their identity and finding affirmation in their own faith community. The Reverend Deborah Bird observed […]
Darling Downs Pioneering Spirit Captured
Family historians have captured the stories of 60 pioneers from Toowoomba and across the Darling Downs. The book titled “Men of Fire, Iron and Leather” gathers the history of coachbuilders, blacksmiths and wheelwrights, saddlers and bootmakers across the 19 th and early 20 th centuries. The Toowoomba and Darling Downs Family History Society documents family […]