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A public lecture conducted by the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society, Toowoomba

An expert on all things Parisian, Thirza Vallois will present a public lecture on the gardens of Paris for the Toowoomba Group of the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society (ADFAS) on 21 September.

Everyone who has visited Paris is struck by its wonderful public gardens including the Tuileries, the Luxembourg and the Jardin des Plantes. In her illustrated lecture Thirza Vallois will take us on an historical journey through the gardens from the medieval to contemporary ones.

Thirza Vallois has lived most of her life in Paris. She holds several post-graduate degrees from the Sorbonne University including the prestigious agregation, is an acclaimed author, lecturer and broadcaster.

Thirza’s  lecture will be given in the Glennie Room, The Glennie School, Herries Street, Toowoomba on Tuesday 21 September starting at 6.45 pm and will be followed by supper.

Members of the public are very welcome to attend. The cost is $20 for persons who are not members of ADFAS and $10 for students.

For further information about this lecture and about membership of ADFAS contact the Secretary of ADFAS, Toowoomba on 07 4636 6164.

It was a scintillating evening at the Empire Theatre, Toowoomba on Monday, 13th September with the 2010  Carnival of Flowers Young Ambassador Awards Presentation Ceremony.

The 13 entrants stepped out on to red carpet on arrival at the Empire forecourt,  where an informal reception was taking place with fire twirlers, and drinks and nibblies.

Adjourning indoors,  the audience was treated to musical entertainment, past and present Carnival Queens and Ambassadors, and the Awards presentation ceremony, compered by Channel 10 Weather Girl, Amanda McLeay.

The TCOF Young Ambassador Program Committee called on three judges, Tony Minasi, Ann-Marie Ryan and Mary Wagner to ultimately select the individual awards.

The 2010 Young Ambassador was announced by Toowoomba Regional Council Mayor, Peter Taylor.

See and Hear the Announcement

And the Winners are:

2010 Young Ambassador Award: Lauren Gray (Sponsored by Downlands College)

Congenial Award (joint winner) Lauren Gray (Sponsored by Downlands College)

Fundraising Award: Lauren Gray (Sponsored by Downlands College)

1^st Runner-up: Nicole Whiting (Sponsored by FK Gardner and Sons)

Encouragement Award: Lauren Blakeley (Sponsored by Horizon Wealth Invest)

Congenial Award (joint winner): Kate Harley (Sponsored by Ambrosiussen Accountants and Advisors)

Entrepreneur Award: Dave Granfield (Sponsored by Star GardenTown Café and Chipironi Mountain Coffee)

All entrants, Dave Granfield, Lauren Blakeley, Kate Harley, Lucy Mayne, Leila Carrick, Nicole Whiting, Staicee Barber, Lauren Gray, Sarah-Jane MacDonald, Coralie Mainwaring, Natalie Webb, Jim Forsyth and Akech Manyok, can hold their heads high, having helped raise $30,000 this year for the Toowoomba Hospice and the Kath Dickson Centre, and truly embracing what it means to be an ambassador for the region.

Each year the TR Register Australia holds a National Meeting and Concours with the host venue moving annually from state to state. This year it is to be held in Toowoomba.

TR Register Australia was formed in the mid ‘70s to facilitate restoration and preservation of English Triumph Sports Roadsters manufactured from 1953 to 1961 (TR2, TR3 and TR3A).

The Queensland organisers of the 2010 TR Register National Meeting and Concours have chosen Toowoomba as the host destination at this time of year due to the proximity to the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. The opportunity to see Toowoomba in ‘full bloom’ has sparked the interest of many Register members and their partners with almost 70 vehicles and 150 members attending from all over the country including Tasmania and Victoria.

The Concours is an annual judging where each entered vehicle is lined up and judged – with awards available in a number of categories. It will be held from 9am to 4pm on Saturday, September 11 at the Godsall Street Oval of Queens Park. All welcome.

Bruce Scott was officially announced as the re-elected Federal Member for Maranoa yesterday,at the AEC’s declaration of the poll in Dalby.

Acting Divisional Returning Officer Gordon Marshall announced that the poll for the electorate of Maranoa had been declared, with Bruce Scott re-elected with a result of more than 57,000 primary votes.

Mr Scott said that whilst he was pleased his re-election was now official, he was disappointed to learn that the Coalition would not form government.

Mr Katter’s electorate shares many similarities with the Maranoa electorate, and I am pleased Mr Katter acknowledged that a Coalition Government would have been better for rural Queensland,” he said.

Mr Scott was the only candidate for Maranoa who attended the official AEC declaration of the poll, where he thanked the hard-working AEC staff in Dalby who processed more than 90,000 votes.

Chase Pollard – Media Officer

chase.pollard@aph.gov.au

www.maranoa.info

I would like to acknowledge the staff of the local AEC office in Dalby, who have worked

tirelessly over the past two months to organise the many polling booths across the vast

electorate of Maranoa,” Mr Scott said.

Labor will govern with support of 1 Green MP and 3 Independents.  The Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter had announced earlier his support would go to the Coalition. The deadlock in Canberra was broken with Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott announcing they will support a Gillard minority Government. This gives Labor 76 seats to the Coalition’s 74 in the 150 seat House of Representatives.