The Federal Attorney-General and Minister for Emergency Services,  Nicola Roxon visited Toowoomba on January 10th, 2013 to mark the second anniversary of the devastating floods. The flooding in Toowoomba, Murphy’s Creek, Grantham and the Lockyer Valley claimed 20 lives. During a special morning tea, Minister Roxon met with SES volunteers, members of Emergency Services Queensland […]

The Christmas Tree Festival at St Luke’s is in its 6th and final year – Christmas Tree Festival chairman Mr Stephen Buckley says there are no plans to hold the Festival again in the future. Attendances are up, and he is urging those who haven’t visited as yet to do so to experience the Toowoomba […]

St Luke’s Anglican Church on the corner of  Herries and Ruthven Streets, Toowoomba will be holding a candlelight vigil from 5pm this afternoon with prayers for those who have lost their lives in the school shooting in Connecticut, USA , and for their families. All are welcome. Submitted by: Stephen Buckley for St Luke’s Toowoomba

The Silver Spike refers to the traditional method of laying rail track. Queensland Rail, in celebrating more than 145 years of rail history dating back to the bygone era of manual tracklaying, started a competition more than 20 years ago. ‘Silver Spike Teams’ compete to see which team can lay a 13m length of track […]