New restaurant brings Mexican fever to Toowoomba and other top stories

New restaurant brings Mexican fever to Toowoomba

TOOWOOMBA'S first taqueria is opening today and the owners are celebrating by giving out free burritos. The popular restaurant chain Guzman Y Gomez Mexican Taqueria has opened its doors on the corner of Ruthven and Alderley Sts. Brisbane couple ... >> view original

Toowoomba photographer creates urban ballerina project

Her work contrasts the dancer's delicate beauty against the edgy graffiti walls and rustic architecture of Toowoomba's city scape. As the mother of two dancers, she had unlimited access to the Dance Central Studio and started taking photos behind the ... >> view original

Two mothers with 32 children between them meet

A light pole was snapped at the base after a truck crashed into it on Hume · Powerlines down in Hume St crash. COMMON BOND: Jeni Bonell and Wendy Jeub have 32 children between them. The Bonell and Jeub families meet in Toowoomba. Nev Madsen ... >> view original

Darling Downs Showgirl crowned at Toowoomba Royal Show

GOONDIWINDI showgirl Michelle Mesner was crowned as the Darling Downs Showgirl at this year's Heritage Bank Toowoomba Royal Show. Ms Mesner competed against 15 other young women for the prestigious title and she will now compete in the ... >> view original

War prisoner saw beauty in captivity

TOOWOOMBA schoolgirl Benita Becker will retrace some of the steps taken by a relative who spent most of the First World War as a prisoner. Her great, great uncle Private Henry William Petersen survived his captivity and returned home, dying a month ... >> view original

Toowoomba to switch off lights to celebrate Earth Hour

Artists Maryika Welter and Carol Walden produce speed art at the Earth Hour day in Toowoomba. Nev Madsen. "If there are more droughts or more floods it is going to be harder for farmers to get the food from the paddock to the plate. "Earth Hour is a ... >> view original

10 things to do in Toowoomba this weekend

ENJOY an evening of beautiful music as Toowoomba choir Ars Cantorum presents its Sacred Easter Concert Music For Passiontide at St James Church, Toowoomba on Sunday. The concert starts at 6pm and guests soloists include soprano Calista Walters, ... >> view original

Toowoomba teenager Alyssa Azar hopes to become the youngest Australian to ...

If Alyssa Azar reaches the summit of Mount Everest this year she will become the youngest Australian to reach the top of the world. It is a long way from the hills of her home in Toowoomba on Queensland's Darling Downs to the 8,848-metre peak of ... >> view original

Toowoomba Range reopens after traffic crash

UPDATE: Both lanes of the up-section of the Toowoomba Range have reopened after a single vehicle crash this morning. The crash occurred about 7.35am. Authorities were forced to close both westbound lanes to remove the ute, which overturned and ... >> view original

$145000 painting to attract art fans

THE Toowoomba Grammar School Art Show convener Pam Brown is predicting thousands of art fans will attend the exhibition on the weekend. More than 600 paintings from 200 artists will be on display at the show, making it one of Toowoomba's biggest ... >> view original