General Interest
Australian Golfing Greats To Visit City
Some of Australia’s greatest professional golfers will converge on Toowoomba for this year’s staging of the $10,000 R & O Communications Senior Pro Am at the City Golf Club on Monday 2nd August. Former Australian Open champion & three times Queensland Senior Open champion Rodger Davis will spearhead the field which also includes the likes […]
Council Connections: Week 4, July 2010
The weekly program keeping you up to date with Toowoomba Regional Council’s facilities, activities and services. Council Connections with Darren Burton This week Darren talks with TRC’s Eddie Briffa who is involved in the skills formation strategy targeted at the aged care sector. Powered By WP Content Discovery
Council Connections: Week 3, July 2010
The weekly program keeping you up to date with Toowoomba Regional Council’s facilities, activities and services. Council Connections with Darren Burton We look at the Community Information Directory, the Languages and Cultures festival, roadworks, the Carnival of Flowers program and some gallery information. Powered By WP Content Discovery
Lifeline Skills Toowoomba Green Army
A Queensland Green Army project that gave six recruits the skills and experience they need to find jobs in recycling or waste management wrapped up in Toowoomba recently after 23 weeks. Lifeline received funding of $228,000 under the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative to help 12 people through two intakes to get the skills they […]
Diabetes Week – Are You The Type?
Member for Toowoomba North Kerry Shine is encouraging Toowoomba residents to think about their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes this National Diabetes Week (11 -17 July 2010). Mr Shine said diabetes was the fastest growing chronic disease in the state, with more than 250,000 Queenslanders living with the disease. “In 2007 it was estimated […]
Hopney Moffet At Jondaryan Woolshed
A talented new eight-member ensemble will bring their fanciful musical style to the Jondaryan Woolshed for the Big Country Sunday Brunch on 18 July. With two guitarists, three vocalists, a pianist, a drummer, and a jack-of-all-instruments, Hopney Moffett create unique interpretations of jazz, funk, rock, pop and folk hits, as well as their own original […]
Showcase Your House On Sustainable House Day
Householders’ Options to Protect the Environment (HOPE) is seeking expressions of interest from home owners in the Toowoomba Regional Council area to participate in this year’s Sustainable House Day in September. “We are seeking local owners of sustainable houses willing to open their houses to the public between the hours of 10am and 4pm on […]
Landscapes, Legends And Archaeology In Ethiopia
A public lecture conducted by the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society, Toowoomba – 20 July 2010 Louise Schofield, an internationally recognized archaeological expert, will present a lecture on Ethiopian art and archaeology for the Toowoomba Group of the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society (ADFAS) on 20 July. Following a career as Curator of […]