General Interest
Dalby Hospital Renal Unit Thanks Rotary For Donation
Dalby Hospital director of nursing Bronwyn Luxon has thanked the Rotary Club of Dalby for fundraising efforts which have enabled the purchase of additional equipment for the hospital’s renal service. “This donation of $9,500 has been used for the purchase of a VScan Extend Dual Probe, which will be used in our renal dialysis unit,†[…]
Toowoomba Hospice Holding Palliative Care Week Event
Toowoomba Hospice will be holding an event to celebrate the tireless efforts of palliative care workers and volunteers. The National Palliative Care Breakfast will be held on Friday, 25th May during National Palliative Care Week. The week’s theme is ‘What Matters Most?’ which asks Australians to reflect on what would be most important to them if they […]
Royal Bull’s Head Inn Open Day †Sunday May 6th
We all have that one piece of special furniture or treasured item of jewellery, all of which come with their own story.  During our Open Day, Sunday 6th May, we will have Brenton Kinnear from Kinnear’s Antiques in the morning, and Jeremy Green of Range Antiques in the afternoon, available to value that special piece you […]
Award Winning Technology Eyeing Site At Wellcamp
A pre-lodgement meeting has been held with Toowoomba Regional Council to determine the planning steps to be taken for the construction of a plant to recycle old tyres into oil, carbon and steel at the Wellcamp Business Estate in Toowoomba, using world-first environmentally friendly Australian technology. The plant will be operated by Green Distillation Technologies, […]
ALDI Harlaxton To Launch With New Look
Local residents are set to enjoy an even better shopping experience at ALDI Harlaxton as it completes a comprehensive store upgrade. ALDI Harlaxton closed temporarily from Monday 9 th April and reopens on Friday 20th April with a fresh new look, including better product displays, improved navigation and modern styling. Many of the improvements have […]
USQ Astronomers To Begin New Exoplanet Observations
Following a successful launch of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), USQ astronomers will be ready to begin planetary observations . The TESS launch will mark a major expansion of the search for planets beyond the Solar system and is expected to catalogue thousands of exoplanets in addition to those already discovered by the Kepler mission. […]
Too Much To See In One Day! + Photo Report
The 3 Day Highfields Pioneer Village Easter Vintage Festival is running on Easter Saturday, Sunday and Monday 31st March, 1st and 2nd April 2018. The theme of the festival is ËœFollowing Footsteps”. Come and experience rural life in the Australian Pioneer days! Milk a cow, learn how to crack a whip or be a blacksmith. Enjoy Billy […]
USQ-Produced Documentary Up For Three Ozzies
A documentary created by two lecturers from USQ’s School of Arts and Communication has been nominated for three awards in the inaugural OzFlix Independent Film Awards. Written and directed by Leonie Jones and produced by Dr Daryl Sparkes, the documentary titled The Battle of Fire Support Base Coral tells the largely untold and unknown story […]