Queensland
Young Guns Set To Dazzle In Garden City
Young bowlers from across Queensland will take part in Queensland’s 2021 Junior State Championships held at North Toowoomba and Toowoomba Bowls Clubs from Sunday, 17 January to Friday, 22 January to showcase the extraordinary young talent being developed throughout the state. Juniors compete in Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours in the under-18 category, while there […]
The FATAL FIVE For Road Safety Awareness
Learn and know :Speeding Speeding – What is the problem with speeding? THE FACTS (Click Here) Speeding increases the risk of being involved in a fatal or serious injury crash: You travel further in the time it takes you to notice and then react to hazards; You are more likely to lose control of your […]
Qld Road Safety Week 2019
Qld Road Safety Week 2019 is firing up from Sunday, 25th August through to Friday, 30th August, with a state-wide official launch on Sunday 25th in Brisbane. THE DAILY THEMES ARE: Monday †Seatbelts Tuesday †Speeding Wednesday – Fatigue Thursday †Distraction Friday †Drink & Drug Driving Toowoomba Police have advised the following […]
Amendments to legislation – Personal Mobility Devices
The State Government has changed legislation to allow electric scooters and other electric motorised devices to be legally and responsibly used in Queensland. They are known in legislation as Personal Mobility Devices (PMD). These laws came into effect on 14 December 2018, and we wanted to let you know of the changes given the trial […]
Temperatures On The Rise With Severe Heatwave Conditions For Queensland
Temperatures are forecast to peak in inland areas towards the end of the week with widespread temperatures in the low 40s, and gusty winds contributing to elevated fire danger across Queensland. Severe to extreme conditions are forecast for much of southern and central Queensland from Thursday, and forecast to continue into early next week with […]
Bureau Says Queensland In For A Weekend Of Heavy Rain, Storms
A deep trough is forecast to move across southern and central Queensland from late Friday, generating widespread moderate to heavy rainfall throughout the weekend before moving off the southeast coast late Sunday. Acting Queensland Regional Director, Richard Wardle, said with catchments already wet from recent rainfall we’re likely to see localised flash flooding and river […]
Support Grantham Flood Victims
Like many of those affected by the flood disaster, displaced Grantham resident Nury Barros simply could not sit idle listening to the loss of her neighbours. Instead she has been hard at work establishing a disaster relief and rebuilding fund. ‘Grantham Flood Support’ started as a Facebook group, which by its second day had around […]