10 things to do this weekend in Toowoomba
1. Holidays at Grand CentralSNOOPY along with his friends, Charlie Brown and Lucy, will be making a special appearance at Grand Central. Join the gang for live stage shows on Sunday at 11am and 1pm.Plus meet the Peanuts Gang daily at 12pm in Centre Court.2. Ice skatingPUT your skates on and go ice skating this weekend.Escape the heat of summer and hit the ice at the Toowoomba Showgrounds.Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for ages 7 to 15, and children under 7 are $10.A family pass is available for..>> view originalFunds to help study space from Toowoomba
ASTRONOMERS are searching for more in space, right from the outskirts of Toowoomba.The University of Southern Queensland has received funding to build a new observatory on Mt Kent.USQ associate professor Jonti Horner said $800,000 in grant money had been awarded to the university to help build the dedicated planet research facility called MINERVA-Australis."What MINERVA-Australis will be is six telescopes in the end. Initially we'll be setting up a couple, connected to a special tool called a sp..>> view originalWomen petition for Forever New to open in Toowoomba
FASHION FORWARD: A change.org petition calls for Forever New to open in Toowoomba.ContributedMOMENTUM has picked up for Toowoomba woman Kim Major's online petition to bring women's clothing store Forever New to the Garden City.Ms Major hoped the store could be one of the many new retailers set to open in September as part of Grand Central's redevelopment."Forever New has 14 stores across Queensland including rural/semi rural towns like Cairns, Mackay, Townsville and Rockhampton," she said.Women ..>> view originalToowoomba vets on mission to help overweight pets
WITH the new year, it's time to make a resolution to help your overweight pets slim down.More than 40 per cent of Australian pets are overweight and Greencross Vets is campaigning to tackle animal obesity.Clifford Park Greencross Vets vet Miriam Mitchell said overweight animals were at high risk of developing other conditions associated with weight the same as humans, such as arthritis, diabetes and heart disease."Unfortunately the majority of animals are overweight and the reason is we just lov..>> view originalTeen living in Syria narrowly survives Russian airstrike
TOOWOOMBA teen Oliver Bridgeman has had a close call after a Russian airstrike narrowly missed him in war-torn Syria.The Muslim-convert, who calls himself Yusuf Mohammad, was visiting the town of Latakia with well-known Muslim activist Tauqir "Tox" Sharif.Mr Bridgeman was filming when a bomb exploded unexpectedly nearby.In a video Mr Bridgeman posted, the roaring of a Russian fighter jet could be heard and a loud bomb which caused Mr Sharif to duck for cover."We're doing a shoot, I don't know if..>> view originalSouthern Queensland to get a multi-million dollar facelift
Toowoomba Enterprise Hub at Charlton will undergo a major infrastructure upgrade thanks to a $6.78 million partnership between public and private bodies.>> view originalCops hunting for red-shirted West St fuel thief
Police are looking to speak to a man (pictured) who allegedly stole E10 fuel from the United service station in Toowoomba.Photo ContributedTOOWOOMBA police are looking for a man who drove off without paying for fuel at the United Petroleum service station on West St on Wednesday morning.Police said the man filled up with 37 litres of E10 petrol about 12.30am.He is described as having a fair complexion and wearing a red Puma hoodie.He drove a red Mitsubishi Lancer.Police said offenders filling up..>> view originalSeniors get vital funding to prevent elder abuse
THE Advocacy and Support Centre (TASC) will receive more than $1.1 million over three years from the State Government to prevent Toowoomba seniors from becoming victims of elder abuse.Seniors Minister Coralee O'Rourke said the Toowoomba Seniors Legal Support Service, delivered by TASC, provided essential support for local seniors."Older Queenslanders can be vulnerable to financial and other elder abuse, and sadly this can often be at the hands of a loved one," Mrs O'Rourke said."Our priority is ..>> view originalScan saves grandmother from 'ticking time bomb' tumour
A TOOWOOMBA grandmother walked around with a ticking time bomb inside her and had no idea.Cama Rolls' cancerous tumour in her bowel went undetected for anywhere from a couple of weeks to a couple of years.It wasn't until she started getting unbearable stabbing pains under her rib cage that she went to the hospital.A CT scan picked up the tumour and doctors told her if it hadn't been detected it could have exploded.Mrs Rolls said she was shocked because she was quite well up until the pain hit."I..>> view originalWoman caught driving on ice three times in a month
A 21-YEAR-OLD woman was caught driving in Toowoomba three times in one month with the illicit drug "ice" in her system.Amber Maree Suey had been pulled over by police while driving on Bridge St about 9.27pm, August 6; Ruthven St, Centenary Hts, at 12.05am, August 28; and Wine Drive, Wilsonton Hts, about 7.21pm, August 30, Toowoomba Murri Court heard.On each occasion a road-side drug test had proved positive, police prosecutor Sergeant Tim Hatton told the court.Saliva tests sent to the Queensland..>> view original
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