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10 things to do in Toowoomba this weekend

INTERNATIONAL music sensation Celtic Woman has announced the group will perform at Toowoomba's Empire Theatre on Sunday. Tickets are on sale at the Empire Theatre box office, 1300 655 299, or online through ticketek.com.au. The performance is ... >> view original

Rockwiz stars drop into Toowoomba

The duo was in Toowoomba finalising details ahead of the Rockwiz Live Show tour, which is coming to the Empire next month. Julia, Brian, the RocKwiz Orchestra and crowd favourite, Dugald the Human Scoreboard, will roll back into the Garden City for a ... >> view original

Teammates to make Lachlan Percy's funeral 'sea of blue'

Toowoomba man Lachlan Percy died in a car crash on the New England Highway at Blue Mountain Heights. Photo Contributed Contributed. "Let's make the church a sea of royal blue for Percy," he said. There will be a gathering of friends after the funeral ... >> view original

58% of drivers caught on drugs during blitz

POLICE have expressed concern that more than 50% of drivers tested for drug driving returned positive results during a recent blitz. On Wednesday and Thursday officers from Toowoomba conducted a total of 29 roadside drug tests with 17 positive results. >> view original

Vale Pat O'Shea: Voice of the Downs farewelled

UPDATE: The Darling Downs community farewelled a media and sporting giant during both an emotional and light-hearted funeral for Pat O'Shea today. Mr O'Shea, 64, died in Toowoomba's St Andrew's Hospital on Saturday after failing to recover from recent ... >> view original

Flying foxes force Toowoomba Live Steamers rail attraction to move from ...

A popular Toowoomba tourist attraction will be moved to a new park because of a bat problem. Toowoomba Regional Council last year spent hundreds of thousands of dollars tyring to move the colony of flying foxes from Kearneys Spring Park, because the ... >> view original

Toowoomba trainer works to lower obesity

WHEN Toowoomba personal trainer Ben Loxley discovered close to half of the Darling Downs was obese he was shocked. The National Heart Foundation released the national figures earlier this year with the region of Maranoa topping the list with 44% of ... >> view original

Job losses as OAQ group enters into administration

A TOOWOOMBA-BASED company that supplies services to mining and construction industries across Australia has entered into administration. Eleven people who were employed at OAQ Bars & Racks have been stood down in Toowoomba. The small ... >> view original

Is time to build a Big Lamington in Toowoomba

A NOVELTY structure like a Big Lamington or Big Flower structure could help encourage tourists to visit Toowoomba, one of the region's councillors says. Goondiwindi unveiled a Big Cod structure on Wednesday and with troves of tourists heading to towns ... >> view original

Mary knits her delightful tea cosies for fun

TOOWOOMBA knitter Mary Reilly loves her tea cosies. "I knit tea cosies because they are such happy things - if you're having a bad morning you can look at your tea cosy and feel happy," she said. "I started knitting with my mum and aunt when I was 10 ... >> view original