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2019 Gemfest Hosted By Toowoomba Lapidary Club
Come along to GEMFEST this weekend, 19th and 20th October. We don’t just have gemstones and jewellery – you’ll also see crystal and mineral specimens from all over the world. There’s plenty to experience both inside and outside the Centenary Heights High School Assembly Hall in Toowoomba. Inside the hall around 25 gem traders from […]
Picnic Supporting Drought Affected Families
Every year, the Glennie School Foundation’s ‘Ben’s Pop Up Picnic’ has an exciting twist – guests don’t know where they are going until the morning of the event. Previous locations have included Reflections at Cooby and DownsSteam Tourist Railway and Museum. This year’s location will not disappoint and is somewhere that the majority of people […]
‘Look To The Stars’ Plaque Dedication, Crow’s Nest Police Station
On Saturday 19th October, 2019 at 9.30 am, there will be a dedication/acknowledgment on behalf of the Queensland Police Service of the “Look to the Stars” plaque. After a considerable work and assistance from Toowoomba Regional Council and the Crow’s Nest Men’s Shed, the front of Crow’s Nest Police Station is looking resplendent with its […]
Highfields Poets Breakfast Community Event
If you feel like a good laugh and a hearty breakfast; on Sunday the 20th of October, the Highfields Pioneer Village is hosting the Bush Poets Breakfast from 7:30am to 9:30am showcasing bush humour by renowned poet Wally Finch. Wally Finch is a quick-witted comedic force, and one of Australia’s most renowned bush poets, with […]
Taking Time For Mental Health
Baillie Henderson Hospital is hosting a free event to raise awareness on what all of us can do to look after our mental health and how to reach out to those who need support. The mental health event will be held on Thursday 10 October from 10am to 2pm at McDonald Hall This event is […]
October Open Day At Royal Bull’s Head Inn
Everyone is welcome to come along to the Royal Bull’s Head Inn at 59 Brisbane Street, Drayton on Sunday 6th October between 10am and 4pm. Entry fee’s apply …. To keep up to date on what’s happening at the Royal Bull’s Head Inn, head to our Facebook Page or follow us on Instagram. Also, if […]
Learn To Be Savvy With Your Sugar Intake
Darling Downs Health will host a free wellness seminar to inspire more people to ‘Get Sugar Savvy’. The one-hour seminar will be presented by Angela Emmerton (left), an ambassador for ‘That Sugar Movement’. Darling Downs Health Community Wellbeing Senior Project Officer Jodie Van Zandbergen said the seminar would demystify the sugar trap. “The average Australian […]
Grand Central’s ‘Carnival Cows’ To Be Auctioned For Charity
If you’d like to own a colourful fibreglass cow hand-painted by a local Toowoomba artist, here’s your chance! Grand Central Marketing Manager Marieke Bridgeman said the centre recently commissioned six local artists to create designs on fibreglass cows through the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers theme, ‘The Power of the Flower’. “Artists Joy Heylen, Kym Breeze, […]
