Toowoomba
Valentine’s Day And Newtown Park, Toowoomba
Friends of the Queensland State Rose Garden would like to thank everyone who supported their Valentine’s floral arrangements sale and assisting the fund raising for further improvements to the Garden in Newtown Park, Toowoomba. The Friends have had a fabulous offer of a collection of 200 rare Historic Roses and are seeking funding support to […]
Community Shows Generosity
After launching on the 27th of November, and in just 15 days, the METRO Care Loads of Love Appeal has seen more than 6500kg of non-perishable food and personal items donated to help families in the Toowoomba region who are doing it tough. This equates to more than 100 shopping trolleys full of food or […]
Aerospace Research At USQ Proving It Can Take The Heat
Mechanical and mechatronic engineers have built the modern world, and University of Southern Queensland (USQ) research continues to make strides in this space. For example, the work of Professor David Buttsworth has reached around the world and, potentially, far beyond it. Based in USQ’s School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Professor Buttsworth’s recent research projects […]
Free Christmas Rockmelons At Farmers’ Market
Whoa! ‘My Local Feast’ Farmers’ Market offers free Christmas rockmelons at last farmers’ market for the year Who said you never get anything for free? Organisers of the My Local Feast Farmers’ Markets believe Christmas is a time of giving and feasting, and have organised a special treat for shoppers at this week’s market at […]
A Christmas Festival For All In The Toowoomba Area!
The Toowoomba Philharmonic Society is presenting a Christmas Festival on Saturday 12th of December, 2015. There will be games for all ages, face painting, bubble blowing and a sausage sizzle. A Christmas concert will follow with all the classics and some new favourites. The evening will also feature a visit from Santa, a raffle, and […]
Raising The White Flag?
No, Toowoomba isn’t surrendering to anyone. On Thursday 10th December the Zonta Clubs of Toowoomba are hosting a flag raising to honour the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and endorse Toowoomba & Zontas ‘Say No to Violence’ campaign. Flags of Australia, the United Nations and Zonta will be raised in solidarity to […]
Toowoomba’s Christmas Party With The ‘Gift Of Giving’
Local Toowoomba based not for profit, Goodwill Village is raising money to build an earthquake proof school for over 670 children in a remote region of central Nepal. Goodwill Village is an initiative of Moyalia and Irfan Tokmak, owners of Sofra Turkish Cuisine, who saw a great need to support their 10 Nepali staff post […]
Toowoomba Reflection for Paris Terror Victims †Saturday, November 21
Residents are invited to join a community gathering at Toowoomba’s Village Green to honour the lives lost in the Paris terror attacks on Friday, 13th November Paris time. The community gathering (wet weather venue – St Luke’s Church, corner Herries and Ruthven Streets) will be held between 10-11am on Saturday, November 21. Those attending will […]