Toowoomba
Free Catholic Super Aged Care Seminar Program in Toowoomba
Catholic Super’s free seminar is designed to keep locals informed about Catholic Financial Services’ Aged Care Advice to help you make well informed decisions when the time comes. Each 60 minute session will cover: • The types of aged care services available • The costs of residential aged care • The payment options available to […]
Easterfest 2014 Underway In Toowoomba
During the Easter weekend, most of Queen’s Park and some of Toowoomba’s CBD is converted into an event precinct for Australia’s largest drug and alcohol-free festival. Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the ticketed and free events during three-day festival over Good Fraday, Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday. The artist lineup in […]
Toowoomba’s Kokoda Challenge On May 4th
Registrations are open NOW for team entries into the Toowoomba Kokoda Challenge. In honour of the Kokoda Spirit, hundreds of locals will take part in the Toowoomba Kokoda Challenge 30km and 15km trekking event at Redwood Park, Range Escarpment on Sunday May 4th. Over 400 participants are expected, comprising of teams of young and old. […]
Redwood Park Upgrades Unveiled At 5th April Open Day
On Saturday 5th April, Friends of the Escarpment Parks Toowoomba will be holding an open day at Redwood Park Picnic Ground. This year the Open Day will see the culmination of several years of work and planning with the: · Opening of a walking circuit through the dry rainforest; · The naming of the picnic […]
Indigenous Trainees Graduate From USQ Program
Jacob McKellar and Joshua Horner have finished off an excellent year building their skills and knowledge in the University of Southern Queensland’s (USQ) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traineeship Program. The program, which started in 2012, is committed to closing the gap in employment outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians by employing trainees at USQ […]
Lose Your Tools, Lose Your Car = Lose Your Job
The Darling Downs District Crime Prevention unit is working in partnership with Masters Home Improvement Toowoomba to hold a ‘Tradies Breakfast’ on Friday, April 4th to promote “Toolbox Secure †Lose your Tools, Lose your Car = Lose your Jobâ€Â. This event aims to educate ‘tradies’ and their apprentices to highlight the value of locking […]
Together We Can … Celebrate Harmony Day in Toowoomba On Friday, 21st March
The major civic Harmony Day event for this year’s celebration will be on the Village Green next to Toowoomba City Hall. Library and Cultural Services portfolio, Cr Ros Scotney, sees Harmony Day focusing on sharing aspects of the various cultures, faiths and languages that make up Toowoomba and the Darling Downs region. “Harmony Day provides […]
First Model Rocket Launch Of The Year
From 1:30pm Saturday 15th March, those who wish to have an “afternoon with a difference” or who want to take the kids to something ‘different’ couldn’t do better than to come to the Model Rocket Launch at the TARMAC (Toowoomba Amateur Radio-Controlled Model Aircraft Club) field on the New England Highway, 10kms south of Toowoomba […]