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Water Restrictions In Dalby Eased
Thanks to advanced repairs being effected at Dalby’s Water Plant. Western Downs Regional Council is easing water restrictions in Dalby from Level Five to Level Three, from midnght Friday 11th February. Under the new restrictions, residents connected to the bulk town supply will be able to water their gardens up to nine hours a week, […]
Volunteers Turn Out To Clean Up Myall Creek
After being strewn with rubbish by recent flood waters, the much loved banks of Myall Creek in Dalby are one step closer to returning to their natural state. After a public call for help an enthusiastic team of volunteers braved the heat and helped remove rubbish, predominantly plastic packaging, in trees and on the banks […]
Caddy Needed For Peter O’Malley
A unique opportunity to caddy for golfing legend Peter O’Malley will go under the hammer this week to help flood recovery efforts in Toowoomba, in conjunction with the 2011 Cellarbrations QLD PGA Championship to be played from Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th February. Despite severe flood damage, City Golf Club is well on the road […]
Queensland Governor Inspects Flood Damage And Recovery Effort
Queensland Governor Penelope Wensley AC paid a two-day visit last week to the Western Downs to inspect first-hand the widespread flood damage and recovery efforts in local communities. She was accompanied by her husband Stuart McCosker, Inspector Ian Thompson AD, Western Downs Regional Council Mayor Ray Brown and councillors. Together, the group toured Dalby, Chinchilla, […]
Dalby Pool Reopens After Floods Friday 4th February
The Dalby Swimming Pool has reopened, almost three weeks after floodwater washed through the facility. It was forced to shutdown when the wading pool and then the 50 metre pool were inundated with floodwater twice just prior to New Year’s Eve. Dalby’s biggest flood in almost 30 years left patrons unable to utilise the facility, […]
Call For Volunteers To Clean Up Myall Creek Saturday 5th February
A working bee is being organised to clean up flood debris along Myall Creek in Dalby this Saturday. The effects of the December and last month’s floods is evident with a high amount of rubbish and debris cluttering the creek. That’s just part of the clean up task facing Western Downs Regional Council and Condamine […]
Amy Meredith To Appear For Flood Appeal
Up and coming Australian band, Amy Meredith, fresh from their recent gig at The Big Day Out in Sydney and their appearance at the tennis championship finals, will be in Toowoomba for a Flood Relief Appeal concert on Friday night, 18th of February. They are signed to Sony and 4 of the tracks from their […]
Pittsworth Footballer Wins Postle Gift Run On Australia Day
The A B Postle Gift commemorates the exploits of professional runner, Arthur Benjamin Postle (1881 – 1965) born at Springside near what is now Pittsworth, Queensland. He achieved world fame in his crimson costume as ‘The Crimson Flash’, competing in England, Wales, Scotland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Before going into semi-retirement in 1912, […]
