General Interest

See The Next Generation Of Stars In Country Music At The 2014 Country Music Rush

The Neil’s Parts Australia Country Music Rush organised by Garden City Country Music Assn Inc (Toowoomba) is being held on Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 March 2014 at the fully air conditioned Oakey Cultural Centre. Competitors from South East Queensland will come up against each other in nineteen different sections over the two days competition […]

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Together We Can … Celebrate Harmony Day in Toowoomba On Friday, 21st March

The major civic Harmony Day event for this year’s celebration will be on the Village Green next to Toowoomba City Hall. Library and Cultural Services portfolio, Cr Ros Scotney, sees Harmony Day focusing on sharing aspects of the various cultures, faiths and languages that make up Toowoomba and the Darling Downs region. “Harmony Day provides […]

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USQ 2014 Harmony Day Celebrations In Toowoomba

Harmony Day is a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home †from the traditional owners of the land to those who have come from countries around the world. The USQ community marked the occasion on Wednesday, 19th March with dancing, singing, food stalls, sporting activities, cultural games and a fashion show. The […]

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Still Time To Enter St Patrick’s Day Competition

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES EXTENDED! To enter, simply email your favourite Irish joke or limerick and be in the running for a $50 voucher from Kendo’s Irish Cafe, 490 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba. And remember to visit Kendo’s on Monday March 17, St Patrick’s Day for traditional Irish food including Irish stew, Irish coffees and desserts and Irish music. You’ll be served […]

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First Model Rocket Launch Of The Year

From 1:30pm Saturday 15th March, those who wish to have an “afternoon with a difference” or who want to take the kids to something ‘different’ couldn’t do better than to come to the Model Rocket Launch at the TARMAC (Toowoomba Amateur Radio-Controlled Model Aircraft Club) field on the New England Highway, 10kms south of Toowoomba […]

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Premiere of ‘Tailgate’ Coming Soon To Dalby

Since a small team of filmmakers descended on the Darling Downs there have been whispers in the wind that their feature film †filmed largely in Dalby †will soon be making its way to Dalby’s Civic Theatre. Now, Brisbane production company Socrates Films can confirm that Queensland film ‘Tailgate’ will have an exclusive screening […]

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Highfields Dispersal May Increase Short Term Flying Fox Activity

Toowoomba Regional Council will begin its dispersal program of the flying fox colony at Woolmer Road, Highfields on March 11 and Environmental Health and Parks spokesperson Cr Sue Englart said this may lead to the possibility of increased interaction between residents and flying foxes in the short term. “There are a range of unknowns in […]

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Our Local Government Areas Drought Declared

State Minister for Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, and Member for Toowoomba South, Dr John McVeigh has advised  more than 79% of Queensland is now officially drought declared, the largest area ever recorded. The 15 shires now listed  are Banana, Bundaberg, Cherbourg, Fraser Coast, Gladstone, Goondiwindi, Gympie, Moreton Bay, Noosa, North Burnett, South Burnett, Southern Downs, […]

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