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Toowoomba Second Range Crossing project: cutting replaces tunnel

A 30-metre deep cutting through the Great Dividing Range replaces the planned tunnel in the winning design announced Friday morning for Toowoomba's $1.6 billion four-lane Second Range Crossing project. The key design change was confirmed by ... >> view original

Toowoomba Bypass winner Nexus will use local crews

International infrastructure consortium Nexus has been named the preferred builder of the $1.6 billion Toowoomba Second Range Crossing. With $67 million in extra features, the development - 30 years in the making - will generate 1800 full-time jobs in ... >> view original

Toowoomba Rugby League offside over double booking

It's great for Darling Downs rugby union to have the NRC's Queensland derby played in Toowoomba, but it shouldn't be at the expense of other codes. The TRL already had the stadium booked out for the first week of the finals series and yet it has been ... >> view original

Man critical after truck and car collide in Toowoomba

About 12.20pm police were called to the intersection of Taylor and Greenwattle streets after a truck and car collided. The 25-year-old man who was driving the car has sustained serious head injuries as a result of the crash. A 25-year-old man is ... >> view original

Fifi explores Toowoomba's quirky antique scene

At Home In Toowoomba, just a few doors down, provides another escape into a parallel classic universe, where playing the latest hits of the 1800s on your gramophone, and hanging up on telemarketers with a dashing Bakelite phone, are a possible reality. >> view original

10 things to do in Toowoomba this weekend

Live music acts on Saturday include Elephant Rock at the City Golf Club at 7.30pm, Jimmy Barnes at the Empire Theatre at 8pm, Geoff Rayner at Fitzy's Tapestry at 9.30pm and Sunday, Toowoomba Blues Session at Hotel Norville at 4pm, Jazz at Bon Amici at ... >> view original

New cafe brings welcoming laneway vibe to CBD

TOOWOOMBA'S newest cafe, The Finch, would not be out of place in a cosy little laneway in Melbourne. The cafe exudes a welcoming warmth from the moment you enter. Daniel and Edwina Farquhar thought they would take advantage of our city's ... >> view original

Toowoomba crew claims second Ergon safety title

A TOOWOOMBA crew has for the second consecutive year claimed top honours at Ergon Energy's annual field safety day. The Toowoomba Substations team of Shane MacDonald, Kieran Holcombe, Ron Stellmacher and Nathan Steger emerged victorious ... >> view original

End of an era for popular Toowoomba business

But it's the end of an era for Riethmuller's Radiator Works after more than 60 years of service in Toowoomba. The Larfields bought the shop in Mylne St in 1982. It was officially registered by the Riethmullers in 1952 but Ken said it would have been ... >> view original

Toowoomba's CareFlight chopper clocks up 1000 hours

Some of the 506 missions from the 2014-2015 financial year include a winch rescue of a teenager who fell about 30 metres from a track at Mount Lofty in Toowoomba; a man in his 60s who was bitten by a deadly Tiger Snake near Warwick; and a woman who ... >> view original