Thousands Of Kids On Parade At Toowoomba Showgrounds
8,200 Pacific kids and leaders have taken up camping in Toowoomba this week. Toowoomba showgrounds has become the site for the biggest-ever Adventist Church gathering of 10-15 year olds from all the territories in the South Pacific Division – Australia, New Zealand, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, Samoa, […]
Support Requested For Lawrence Family
Tragedy struck the Lawrence family just a week out from Christmas, on the 17th of December at 3am. This Dalby family of 10 saw their family home burn to the ground. They lost everything except the clothes they had on. Luckily the initial support from the community has been great and they have been able […]
Bacterial Outbreak Closes Perseverance Dam
Perseverance Dam has been closed to the public as a precautionary move due to elevated numbers of E.Coli bacteria. The number of E.Coli bacteria exceeds primary and secondary recreational contact guideline limits as set in the Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality 2000. Toowoomba Regional Council Parks and Recreation Services […]
Advance Notice Of 2015 “Pink Stumps Day†From McGrath Foundation
Throughout 2015, The McGrath Foundation will be celebrating its 10th anniversary. That’s 10 years of funding McGrath Breast Care Nurses, who provide invaluable care and support for women with breast cancer and their families. The cost of funding each nurse for a 3-year placement is around $370,000 and the work they do collectively has benefited more than […]
Annual Toy Run Helps Kids Celebrate Christmas
The passion for helping kids in need at Christmas time will see over 200 motorcycle enthusiasts take to the streets of Toowoomba when the Downs Motorcycle Sporting Club (DMCSC) conducts their 28th Annual Toy Run on Sunday (21st December) from Picnic Point. Bikers from all over the Downs, South East Queensland and northern NSW will […]
Mayor’s Thunder Stolen By Storms
Toowoomba Regional Council Mayor, Cr Paul Antonio’s thunder in switching on the lighting of the CBD Christmas tree and City Hall Christmas lights was supplanted by the real thing. He conceded to a ‘soft” opening as Nature took over and thunderstorms rolled across the city late Thursday afternoon, December 4th. Santa and his sleigh had […]
Junior Tennis Anyone? Schools Invited To Participate In Club Challenge
On Saturday, 29th November from 8.30am to 1.00pm Range Tennis Club will be running the AO Blitz Ultimate Club Challenge in Toowoomba. The aim is to increase tennis participation in Toowoomba and grow the Club Membership base. This is part of the AO Blitz Australiawide Competition that has tennis clubs all over the country pitted […]
Inaugural ‘Friendly Games’ Being Held In Toowoomba
The Friendly Games is a chance for Pacific Island Communities; Cook Islands, Fiji, PNG, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Samoa to firstly, know that there are other Pacific Island Community members in the area, interact with other Pacific Island Communities in a shared lunch (also open and FREE to all other Community Friends who will be […]