Surfing the Menu boys visit Toowoomba in new series and other top stories.

• Surfing the Menu boys visit Toowoomba in new series

  

  Dan Churchill and Hayden Quinn share a love of cooking, surfing, fresh food, travel and adventure, and that’s exactly what Surfing the Menu: Next Generation is all about. In this new 13-part TV series, Dan and Hayden head off on an adventure around Australia in their trusty, rusty 50-year-old VW Bug, nicknamed GiGi. On the journey they four-wheel drive in the desert, head to an outback cattle station, share a Tongan feast, learn to sail, snorkel on the Ningaloo and Great Barrier Reefs, catch m..

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• Motul MX Nationals championships set to go down to the wire

  

  Motocross News Motul MX Nationals championships set to go down to the wire Posted: Monday, 15th August, 2016 : 12:16 PM - - 325 Reads This weekend, the battles on track will resume, with the first of two huge Queensland based final rounds of the 2016 Motul MX Nationals set to play out, starting with Round 9 at Toowoomba in Queensland, this Sunday August 21. With championships across all classes now separated by less than ten points after eight rounds of racing, the chase for..

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• Property hot spots of tomorrow

  

  The Experts Property hot spots of tomorrow by John McGrath Savvy property investors are always on the lookout for the hot spots of tomorrow because that’s where the greatest potential for capital growth lies. Some of the tell-tale signs of potential future growth are: beneficial new infrastructure such as new roads and transport, redevelopment of retail centres, and more lifestyle amenities such as new recreational centres, café villages and restaurants. So buyers, let me tell you about Toow..

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• Our athletes in Rio — Day 11

  

  ATHLETICS — August 17, 12.50amBoondall sprinter Alex Hartmann will make his maiden Olympic Games appearance in Rio when the gun goes off for the 200m on August 17 at 12.50am.Hartmann, who has a personal best time of 20.45 seconds, is the fastest 200m sprinter Australian has had in nine years.media_cameraBrisbane's Alex Hartmann. Pic Peter WallisThe 23-year-old, coached by Travis Venema, won the sprint double at the 2016 Australian Championships — the first to do this in three years.The former Bo..

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• Mother faces court over Mason Lee death

  

  Mother faces court over Mason Lee death Anne Maree Louise Lee will face Caboolture Magistrates Court today. Photo: Supplied The mother of toddler Mason Lee is due to face court today, charged over her son's death.  The 21-month-old was found with severe injuries in a Caboolture home in June. His mother Anne Maree Louise Lee, stepfather Andrew O'Sullivan and family friend Ryan Hodson have all since been charged with manslaughter over Mason's death. Ms Lee fro..

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• Big beef processing capacity cuts continue

  Mecardo's theoretical model on processor margins shows they have been mostly in negative territory this year.SOME of the heftiest beef processing plant cutbacks since Australia’s great cattle shortage kicked in have been made this week and analysis is indicating there is more pain to come.The country’s biggest player, JBS Australia, has stood down more than 100 workers at its Longford abattoir in Tasmania for at least six weeks, along with closing the day shift for one week at its Dinmore, Quee..

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• Pro-life supporters raise their voice against abortion bill

  

  Unique performance: A pro-life supporter attending an artistic rally against the proposed abortion bill by Cairns MP Rob Pyne. Photo: Mark Bowling.PRO-life activists in Brisbane including a registered nurse turned to song and dance in a unique response to a proposed bill that would make abortion legal up until birth in Queensland.Grassroots campaign Abortion Rethink commissioned an original composition and dance routine to “artistically highlight” a number of concerns with the abortion bill tab..

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• QLD GPS R5: All Locked Up

  

  QLD GPS R5: All Locked Up And just like that, all bets are off for the title of 2016 GPS Rugby Champions. Green and Gold Rugby are pleased to bring you three of the weekend’s four Queensland GPS First XV matches – and boy, were they incredible. BBC hosted the undefeated Nudgee College and sent the butcher stripes packing with their first loss of the season. ChekMate revels in BBC’s glory below. Meanwhile, Ipswich Grammar School dished out an ambush of their own against the heavily favoured Br..

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• Exploring Authenticity: Italian cuisine in Australia

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• Stolen red car, Westbrook

  

  Toowoomba Police need help in locating a vehicle (pictured) that was stolen from a Westbrook address during the afternoon of Monday August 15. The vehicle is described as a red Holden Commodore with Queensland registration RED375. The vehicle has a distinctly loud exhaust and is missing the headrests. The offenders broke into the home and located a spare key which they used to take the vehicle. Anyone with information is urged to contact police and quote reference number QP1601532225. Anyone w..

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