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Police Issue Urgent Scam Warning
QPS phone number used by scammers …. Detectives from the State Crime Command’s Financial and Cyber Crime Group have issued a warning to Queensland residents about a scam using a Queensland Police Service phone number to legitimise a government or Australian Taxation Office (ATO) impersonation scam. In this instance the criminals are using a practice […]
Lost Trades Fair In Toowoomba
Master artisans and traditional tradesmen and women with hundreds of combined years of training will demonstrate and share their skills and talent for heritage trades at Lost Trades Fair Queensland at Cobb+Co Museum, Lindsay Street, Toowoomba. Come and see trades being practised, just as they always have been, but usually behind closed workshop doors. Find […]
DV Summit Coming Up On May 16th, 2019
Its nearly here…. the anticipation is building of a great gathering at the DV Summit on May 16th, 2019. Its not a talk fest, it’s an information session, combined with a report card with a ‘where to from here’ call to arms for the whole community, an event not to be missed. There are still […]
Clifford Park Special School Cashes In With Containers For Change
Clifford Park Special School has cashed in more than $10,000 with the recent introduction of the Containers for Change recycling program. The school has operated its own recycling facility for many years which was used as a school-based work program for students. Recycling program coordinator David Shinners said the funds would be used to increase […]
Emergency Training Saving Lives
Training provided by Toowoomba Hospital emergency specialists is saving lives in rural areas. Just weeks after completing an Emergency Medicine, Education and Training (EMET) refresher course, Dr Lindsay Haase put his skills into practice with excellent results. “While working in the South Burnett recently we had an EMET refresher course for advanced life support (ALS) […]
X Marks The Spot
USQ’s bid to preserve traditional Indigenous game It’s like noughts and crosses, but played by young hunters in pre-colonial Australia. Visitors to Toowoomba’s Cobb+Co Museum, part of the Queensland Museum Network, would be familiar with the floor game Burguu Matya, a traditional Australian Aboriginal activity from the Wiradjuri people. In a bid to share this […]
Wildlife Rangers School Holiday Fun
Kids can step into the shoes of a Wildlife Ranger these school holidays at Cobb+Co Museum. Running each weekday until Thursday 18th April, a variety of animals will visit the Museum for the Wildlife Rangers school holiday program. With live animal shows daily, children have the opportunity to meet furry new friends and learn all […]
Brennan Family Museum A New Feature At Highfields Pioneer Village
The Volunteers of Highfields Pioneer Village are very excited to be offering another very special museum to visit and enjoy during the Easter Vintage Festival – the Brennan Family Museum. The museum was the result of a 50 year long friendship between Volunteer Manager Ray Ashford OAM and his mate Merv. Mervyn Roland Brennan was […]