Events
Town Crier At 75th VP Day Commemoration
The Toowoomba Region’s Town Crier, Kevin Howarth will join a global chorus on Saturday, August 15th to commemorate one of the final acts of World War Two when he delivers a heartfelt tribute at Toowoomba’s Mother’s Memorial at 11.05am. Mr Howarth will mark the 75th anniversary of VP Day (Victory in the Pacific), marking the […]
Megan O’Hara Sullivan To Contest Toowoomba North
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced Megan O’Hara Sullivan will join her team to contest Toowoomba North for Labor in the election to be held later this year. As a Toowoomba Councillor, Megan O’Hara Sullivan knows how to get things done, and has always valued results over politics. On Council, Ms O’Hara Sullivan has helped deliver […]
2020 Bronze Swagman Award
The results for the 2020 (49th) annual Bronze Swagman Award for Bush Verse have been announced by organisers, The Winton Business and Tourism Association. Judge Jack Drake of Stanthorpe has chosen Marco Gliori’s poem “FUMBLES” as the winner of $500 and a bronze statuette crafted by Queensland sculptor Daphne Mayo. Marco hails from Warwick in […]
Landcare Week 3rd-9th August 2020
Householder’s Options to Protect the Environment (HOPE) Inc. invites you to celebrate Landcare Week. Landcare Week, coordinated by Landcare Australia, is an opportunity for all Australians to ‘get connected with the environment in your local community.’ An initiative of Landcare Australia, Landcare Week begins on August 3rd and ends August 9th. Landcare Week is an […]
Freemasons’ COVID-19 Grant Assists Re-Opening
Highfields Pioneer Village is another step closer to fully re-opening thanks to a $10,000 COVID-19 Emergency Community Grant from Hand Heart Pocket, the Charity of Freemasons Queensland. The community hub for education, recreation and connections will put the funds towards making the necessary safety modifications needed to comply with COVID-19 health requirements. Highfields Pioneer Village […]
Royal Bull’s Head Inn Re-Opens To The Public
We are excited to announce that the Royal Bull’s Head Inn in Drayton has re-opened to visitors with added health and safety measures in place. Each Wednesday between 9.00am and 1.00pm our visitors are able to tour the Inn and gardens and out-buildings whilst our volunteers complete various tasks. Our monthly Open Days will re-commence […]
Big Cow Being Reassembled
The Big Cow was built in the 1970s to attract tourists to a working dairy farm on the Sunshine Coast. It is one of the many Australian Big Things and was sculpted by Hugh Anderson, who also sculpted the Big Bulls in Rockhampton. The Big Cow is seven times the size of an Ayrshire cow on which it is modeled. It is […]
Stress Down Day 2020 Launched
Lifeline Darling Downs has launched Stress Down Day 2020, a fun and easy initiative designed to reduce stress and raise vital funds for the local not for profit organisation. Research shows that one in eight Australians is currently experiencing high or extremely high psychological distress and it is estmated that 90% of Australians need to […]
