Toowoomba & Darling Downs
Pittsworth & District Campdraft Association in conjunction with Hooper Accountants, are bringing an up and coming horse sport – Team Penning to Pittsworth this weekend, the 11 & 12th September.
Volunteers at work in preparation for this weekend's Team Penning.
Team Penning is an extremely entertaining equine [...] Continue Reading…
Labor will govern with support of 1 Green MP and 3 Independents. The Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter had announced earlier his support would go to the Coalition. The deadlock in Canberra was broken with Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott announcing they will support a Gillard minority Government. This [...] Continue Reading…
Community forum
The USQ Community Capacity Building Project in conjunction with the Community Development and Facilities Branch, Toowoomba Regional Council invites you to a Public Lecture – Understanding Youth Suicide (with Garry King, Guidance Officer, Teacher and Youth Counsellor specialising in the area of suicide prevention and Garry Hansford, Community [...] Continue Reading…
Over 60 paintings by Julie Boyce are being displayed from 1st to the 30th of September at Village View Gallery, Highfields Pioneer Village. All works are on sale.
'Broken Bottles'
'Early in the Morning'
Julie, who was brought up on a 27,500 acre property [...] Continue Reading…
There are plenty of sheep and helpers to get them ready
The Millmerran Sheep Races is a major fundraiser for St Joseph’s Primary School. We are a small school with 80 enrollments and the Sheep Races is now in it’s seventh consecutive year.
The Sheep Races [...] Continue Reading…
Schools, Businesses, Clubs/Community Groups or individuals on the Downs and in the Lockyer Valley are encouraged to have a Trash Ya Hair Day during the month of October.
You can colour, mousse, gel or shave your hair to raise money for the Toowoomba Hospice. These funds will assist the daily [...] Continue Reading…
Students and staff at The Glennie School for in Toowoomba have celebrated the official opening of their new hospitality training centre recently.
Member for Toowoomba North, Kerry Shine said the new centre was a major asset for the school community.
“The hospitality centre offers an excellent training facility for hospitality students,” [...] Continue Reading…
Local primary school children are being encouraged to celebrate Children’s Book Week this week (August 21-27).
Member for Toowoomba North Kerry Shine Week said “With the State Government’s continued focus on improving children’s literacy, Children’s Book Week represents another opportunity to help us spread the word about the importance of [...] Continue Reading…
“Treasures from the Royal Collection” is the topic chosen by Oliver Everett for the public lecture he will present for the Toowoomba Group of the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society (ADFAS) on 24 August.
The Royal Collection comprises more than 485,000 objects collected by the Royal Family over the [...] Continue Reading…