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Queens Park Lights Up New Year’s Eve

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Queens Park Lights Up New Year’s Eve

Toowoomba residents and visitors to the region will have plenty to enjoy this New Year’s Eve with a fantastic fireworks display again lighting up Queens Park.

Toowoomba Region Mayor Paul Antonio said the fireworks display would again be free and held at the family friendly timeslot of 8.15pm on Saturday night. We encourage families to get out and celebrate the end of 2022 with a fireworks display at Queens Park.

‘While there will be no prior live entertainment again this year, we encourage families to grab some dinner at their favourite local eatery and bring a picnic rug to Queens Park for the 8.15pm display.

The New Year’s Eve fireworks is a much-loved family tradition and Council is proud to provide this free entertainment to celebrate the end of the year and to ring in the New Year with a bang,” Mayor Antonio said.

Attendees are encouraged to arrive early to secure a parking spot nearby for the fireworks display from the Godsall Street Oval section of Queens Park in Toowoomba.

Australia In Space Exhibition

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Australia In Space Exhibition

Discover out-of-this-world science and technology at Cobb+Co Museum’s new exhibition Australia in Space now on display. This exciting, hands-on experience reveals the ways that Australian innovations are used in space, and the surprising benefits space technologies bring to everyday life here on Earth.


Earth & Beyond
Discover how Australia’s location and expertise give us a unique advantage in space. Be inspired by stories of how Australian innovators are using space technologies to improve life on Earth, and how Earth observations from space are transforming the ways we live and work.


Mars: The Big Picture – A Photographic Exhibition  –
A visitor from Earth would find features on Mars that remind them of home. As rocky planets, Mars and Earth share similarities – mountains, canyons, ice caps and seasons. But in the stark Martian landscape, these landmarks are as strange as they are familiar. Don’t miss this incredible pop-up display of 26 framed images of Mars.

Things to see and do:
Use a virtual telescope to ‘link up’ with iconic deep space missions;
Discover how satellites allow over-the-horizon communications in a laser-based puzzle game;
Tackle space junk with a friend in a cooperative computer-based game;
Control a simulated Mars rover and much more …

Experience the entire Australia in Space exhibition across two venues. When you purchase general admission at Cobb+Co Museum 27 Lindsay St Toowoomba,  you also receive free entry to The Workshops Rail Museum in Ipswich. Conditions apply.

Your Book Launch Invitation

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Your Book Launch Invitation


I hope you will join us on what will be a very historic occasion for the launch of the first book ever published on the history of the drivers of the Cobb & Co horse-drawn coaches.  It was written by local author Hazel Johnson and this is the third in a sequence about Cobb & Co.

To the best of my knowledge, the last attempt to write a similar publication was made by the late Mr Bill Bolton MBE in his role as Managing Director of Cobb & Co in 1960. There have been other attempts to write similar books previously, however I am unaware of any published before now.

On Thursday 1st December 2022, Jim Thompson, CEO of Queensland Museum will officially launch Hazel’s book at the Cobb & Co Museum Toowoomba. This 200 page book contains information on some 700 drivers, including females, as well as photographs.

A summary of Hazel’s previous publications follows for your easy reference:

The first was titled Along the tracks of Cobb & Co – The Northern Road (Tenterfield to Maryland) released in 2021, and the second some twelve months later which was titled  Along the tracks of Cobb & Co – The Western Run (Brisbane, Toowoomba, Roma & Charleville). 

Thanks for your interest and I hope to see you on December 1st at 11.30 am at Cobb+Co Museum, 27 Lindsay Street, Toowoomba. Light refreshments will be on offer after the launch.

Meanwhile should you have any queries please call me.

John E Osborne OAM
Cobb & Co Book Launch Organiser
0419 650 459

It’s Starting To Look A Lot Like Christmas, And We Need Your Help!

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It’s Starting To Look A Lot Like Christmas, And We Need Your Help!

Toowoomba’s favourite and Australia’s largest community Christmas event, Toowoomba’s 2022 Christmas Wonderland is seeking enthusiastic and festive-loving volunteers to help at this year’s 20th Anniversary event.

Since its inception, Toowoomba’s Christmas Wonderland has welcomed over one million visitors and has returned over $1.32 million back to the local community through its beneficiaries.

Toowoomba’s Christmas Wonderland is proudly presented by the Lions Club of Toowoomba West, and it takes thousands of volunteer hours to set up the event, open nightly and pack up.

Project Chairman, Lion Marshall Cox, is calling on the generous people of the Toowoomba area to come and help with this year’s event. In previous years we have relied on the generous people of Toowoomba to help us with this fantastic family event and this year is no different,” he said.

I’m asking anyone who would like to help bring the joy of Christmas to our community to go to our website and register as a volunteer.  Your assistance will be greatly appreciated, and you get to work with like-minded locals.”

To register to volunteer visit: www.christmaswonderland.com.au

Work on setting up this year’s Toowoomba’s Christmas Wonderland commenced on Friday 18th November and this annual event will open to the public at 7pm on Saturday 3rd December and close at 9pm on Christmas Eve.

Toowoomba’s Christmas Wonderland is a family-friendly event held in the Botanic Gardens, Queens Park. The event operates from 7pm to 10pm each night from Saturday 3rd December 2022 up to, and including Christmas Eve. Enter by gold coin donation or ‘Tap & Go’ payment at each of the three entry points.

The annual Toowoomba’s Christmas Wonderland is proudly hosted by the Lions Club of Toowoomba West Inc. – in 2021, over 66,000 visitors enjoyed Toowoomba’s Christmas Wonderland in December last year and we are looking forward to welcoming back our community in 2022.

Enjoy the traditional Christmas lights display, as well as local and roving performers, raffles, BBQ and Christmas entertainment for the whole family.

Toowoomba’s Christmas Wonderland proudly supports the following local organisations. The major beneficiaries include Toowoomba Hospital Foundation, The Toowoomba Hospice and Lifeline Darling Downs and South West Queensland. All donations are evenly distributed to the beneficiaries.

ABOUT VOLUNTEERING

With tens of thousands of people visiting the display, we need at least 35 volunteers EACH night from 3rd to 24th December. Volunteers help with all sorts of roles like handing out free ice creams and popcorn, selling food and drinks, greeting visitors and more.

It’s a wonderful way to give back to the community and get in the Christmas spirit, so why not grab your friends or friends and volunteer.  You must be a minimum of 15 years of age and volunteers work from 6.30 to 10.00 pm.  For mor einformation and to sign up https://christmaswonderland.com.au/volunteer

Donate Life Service To Honour Organ And Tissue Donors

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Donate Life Service To Honour Organ And Tissue Donors

A service of remembrance will be held at Toowoomba Hospital this Sunday 27th November to pay tribute to organ and tissue donors, and their families.

Nursing staff at Toowoomba Hospital for Donate Life


Donate Life Services of Remembrance are held across Australia most years to acknowledge the gift that donors and their families make to the wider community.

The Toowoomba service is organised by Toowoomba Hospital’s clinical nurse consultant for organ and tissue donation, Elizabeth Hill.

We would like to invite anyone who has a connection to organ and/or tissue donation to attend,” Ms Hill said. “That includes people who have received a life-saving transplant or people whose family members have donated their tissues and/or organs.”

The service will be held at Toowoomba Hospital’s Jeff Prebble Lecture Theatre on Sunday 27th of November. For more information about the service contact Liz Hill on 4616 5139 during business hours.Submitted by: 
Media and Communications Team,
Administration Building,
Baillie Henderson Hospital.
e: ddh_@health.qld.gov.au

Be Snake Aware!

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Be Snake Aware!

Darling Downs residents are encouraged to be snake aware as the warmer weather brings more snake bites.

The region has seen 13 snake bites in local emergency departments in October 2022, which is 13 less than the same time last year. In September 2022, there were 19 ED presentations for snake bites across Darling Downs hospitals, and four in August 2022.

Darling Downs Health

Snake bites in ED across the region
2021 2022
January 29 19
February 20 7
March 17 19
April 10 18
May 2 7
June 2 2
July 2 1
August 3 4
September 8 19
October 26 13
November 10
December 21

Executive Director Rural Dr Christopher Cowling said it’s important to learn early, effective first-aid if you or a family member is bitten, especially if you’re bushwalking in a remote area.

While snakes can be encountered any time of the year, we know that more people present to our emergency departments with snake bites during Spring and Summer,” Dr Cowling said. It’s a timely reminder for residents to be on the lookout for snakes, and the best advice is to leave them alone. If you do come across a snake, don’t try to touch it or pick it up, instead back away to a safe distance.”

After a snake bite or suspected snake bite, people should:

  • Check airway, breathing and circulation. If the patient has collapsed, start CPR immediately.
  • Call 000 for an ambulance to the emergency department of the nearest hospital. Treat any snake bite as an emergency, regardless of whether you think the snake was venomous or not.
  • Don’t attempt to drive yourself to hospital or walk. Sit or lie down, and stay as still as possible.
  • Apply a pressure immobilisation bandage as soon as possible. Apply a firm bandage over the bite site, and then cover the entire limb.
  • Immobilise the limb using a splint. Any rigid object may be used as a splint – e.g. spade, piece of wood or tree branch or rolled up newspapers.
  • Keep still and try to remain calm.

You should not wash venom off the skin, cut the bitten area, try to suck the venom out or use a tourniquet.

Dr Cowling is urging residents not to take any risks around the reptiles. If a snake needs to be relocated from your home, leave it to the professionals and call a snake catcher.”

The species most commonly recorded in Queensland as being the cause of snake bite presentations to hospitals are brown, black, tiger and taipan snakes, with the majority of cases being due to brown snakes.

More information on what you need to do if you get bitten by a snake can be found here: www.health.qld.gov.au/news-events/news/what-to-do-if-you-get-bitten-by-a-snake

Seniors Expo Toowoomba, 2022

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Seniors Expo Toowoomba, 2022
The Seniors Expo will be the place to between 9.00am and 3.00pm on Thursday 20th October. More than 100 sites have been booked at the Toowoomba Showgrounds Founders Pavilion.
This is a great chance for seniors, their families and friends – anyone with an interest in the second half of life – to observe, speak with someone, participate in an activity or simply collect information on a diverse range of interests. It is a day designed by seniors for seniors.

This expo is hosted by Garden City – Toowoomba Branch of National Seniors Australia in partnership with Toowoomba Regional Council and held in the Toowoomba Showgrounds Founders Pavilion.

The Toowoomba Hospice Needs Help!! 

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The Toowoomba Hospice Needs Help!! 

Administration and Fundraising Manager Mr Mark Munro said they are working hard to recruit more volunteers to their team, if you, or anyone you know, would like to become one of our Hospice Heroes and can spare a few hours each week or even fortnightly, please give Emma our Volunteer Coordinator a call or email on volunteer@toowoombahospice.org.au

At present we are particularly looking for volunteers to help in gardening, the kitchen (breakfast and lunch shifts), nurses station reception, housekeeping (Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays), front reception (Friday mornings), and with fundraising events. So lots of opportunities to get involved in something very worthwhile. As they say, many hands make light work”, so the more people we have involved in helping, the lighter the load for everyone, Mr Munro said.

The Hospice runs Volunteer information sessions each month, these sessions normally go for 2 hours at the Hospice.  Due to being on High Risk numbers are limited. For more information contact the Hospice on 04 4659 8500 or go to www.toowoombahospice.org.au to register on line.

Submitted by:
Mark Munro
Dip.Community Education
Dip.Management
CertIV Business Administration
Dip. Public Relations, Publicity & Promotions
Administration and Fundraising Manager
Toowoomba Hospice

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