Keeping seniors home drives Toowoomba business
IT FELT like going full circle for Donna Weis when she relocated from Brisbane to Toowoomba to open her new in-home aged care business.After working as a registered nurse for 25 years, including 15 in community home care, she started travelling to Toowoomba to see clients.It had been a decade since she had seen the city despite here ancestors settling here back in the 1800s, but still it felt like coming home.So when she decided to branch out and start her own business under the auspice of Home ..>> view originalToowoomba store looking for the right fit for future move
RHONDA'S Refits is on the move from the site it has called home for 10 years to make way for clothing store Golders.Owner Jeff Close said the family business would look to find new premises and had no plans to close up shop.Rhonda's Refits, "the little store with more", is home to new and pre-worn American jeans and boots, as well as everything from pocket knives to belt buckles, Akubras, books, American movies, hat pins and clothing of all kinds.It has been located at 84 Hume St for the past de..>> view originalMassive retail centre to transform Toowoomba suburb
AN AMBITIOUS plan to transform the defunct Newtown Football Club into a shopping complex and housing development has been submitted to Toowoomba Regional Council.Plans for the site include a motel or tavern, service station, gym and fast food restaurants.Provisions have also been made for a supermarket of 1500sqm together with 1200 sqm of specialty space.A childcare centre and bulky goods floorspace are also proposed.The land is owned by Rumours International boss Jim Aspromourgos but plans have..>> view originalSouth West property market ripe as growth projects underway
THE South West region market is looking promising with Toowoomba bouncing back in the September quarter and Ipswich a standout performer for sales.The outlook for the Toowoomba market remains positive with several major projects under way and planned.The Second Range Crossing project has started and the announcement the project's developer Nexus is required to employ only people living within a 70km radius bodes well for the region.A multimillion-dollar abattoir is also in the planning stage and..>> view originalMaths Camp adds up to great time for bright students
TOOWOOMBA'S brightest students are putting their minds to work, spending their holidays at maths camp.School holidays are usually a time to sit back and relax but 60 students from around the city are not wasting time in preparing for the school year ahead.The Toowoomba Grammar maths camp has grown in popularity over the past three years.Students from the Glennie School, Fairholme College and St Ursula's College joined the camp this year.Math lovers going into grade 11 spent the last three days s..>> view originalEngines roar at air museum open day
THE roar of classic aircraft engines drew aviation enthusiast Abe Caldwell from his Gold Coast home to Caloundra.Mr Caldwell had his son Eli and daughter Amelie with him today as they toured the Queensland Air Museum.He said he had a life long love of aviation.Abe (centre), Amelie and Eli Caldwell enjoy the Aero Engine Run Day at Queensland Air Museum.john mccutcheon"I've just always had a passion for it," Mt Caldwell said."The kids love it too; my son loves planes as much as I do."He was pleasa..>> view originalLove Spy takes out Sunshine Coast feature
Mark OberhardtCaloundraSaturday 16 January 2016, 5:14pmToowoomba filly Love Spy is set to return for a winter carnival campaign after an easy win in the Sunshine Coast 2YO Classic on Saturday.Trainer Ben Currie had always intended to spell Love Spy after Saturday's race but he had been undecided which later path to set for the filly.However, Love Spy ($6.50) was so impressive in her 1-1/2 length win over River Racer ($21), Currie was immediately thinking of winter black-type races."She is a love..>> view originalThousands go fluoro for Color Run
HIGH school buddies Kianni Joiner, Bliss Hunter and Lara Cordwell's ecstatic expressions beamed through a multi-coloured mist as they danced to celebrate the end of their second Color Run.The girls, aged 13, 12 and 13 respectively, were front and centre on the makeshift dance floor for a coloured powder explosion set to thumping music.More than 5000 people registered for this morning's event at Sunshine Coast Stadium and while the weather wasn't perfect, a good proportion of the expected crowd s..>> view originalLess outdoor living with compact urban development
DEMAND for cheaper housing options has fuelled a huge lifestyle change in the suburbs in recent years.The big backyards for the Hills Hoist, the backyard barbecue, fruit trees or a veggie patch, a shed and the kids' cubby house are disappearing as new estates pop up in once leafy suburbs. The acreage blocks and bushland near creeks, particularly in the eastern suburbs are being replaced with rows of three bedroom homes squeezed onto 300sqm blocks.Developers are no longer bound to the minimum 16 ..>> view originalThe more of malls: a $10 billion redevelopment surge
byNick LenaghanThe big malls are getting bigger, with new near-1 million square metres of redevelopment planned for Australia's shopping centres.It is a $10 billion splurge that will expand the floor space of major centres by 8.5 per cent, on Shopping Centre Council of Australia figures.And it is one of the largest expansions in recent times, driven by cheap debt and a clear investment case: redevelopment delivers higher yields than the purchase of existing assets.Major property trusts such West..>> view original
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