Burns leads Wattles to Grand Final glory
Glyn Rees. Team captain and coach Travis Burns’ Wattles Warriors ï¬rst grade team served up their club’s ï¬fth ï¬rst grade premiership success since joining the Toowoomba Rugby League in 1966 when they dispatched the Gatton Hawks 51 – 20 at Toowoomba’s Clive Berghofer Stadium on Sunday in front of a packed crowd. While a swansong for the skipper, it was a dream come true for him and his sixteen team mates.
A marvellous monarch: James Lister
"We have lost a truly remarkable Sovereign. Throughout her seventy year reign - the longest in the over one thousand year history of the Crown - Elizabeth the Second was a tower of strength and dignity. She proved over long years that lasting and beloved leadership is not founded upon power and influence (although she nominally possessed both) but that it is about always being there and being a steadfast reference point through time and in the lives of people and nations": James Lister, Member for Southern Downs, Queensland Parliament.
Allora Homestead residents’ gifts for new borns
Allora Homestead residents have been busy over winter making blankets and beanies for the Warwick Hospital. A wonderful effort by Judy, Kay, Laisa, Rae, Jess who have made these items with love and care for the new born babies.
Wattles Warriors primed for Grand Final success
Glyn Rees. The excitement is building around Allora, Clifton and the Central Downs as rugby league devotees prepare for this Sunday’s pilgrimage to Toowoomba’s Clive Berghoffer Stadium to support the Wattles Warriors in their bid for 2022 Toowoomba Rugby League premiership glory.
Mixed results from Talgai Goldfield
Gold drilling efforts earlier in the year at the Talgai Goldfield have produced some promising signs of future potential, but not all that was hoped for. The inaugural drilling campaign was undertaken by Canadian company Queensland Gold Hills Corporation at the Big Hill property in the historic Talgai Goldfield.
Warwick Hospital now powered by the sun
Warwick is just one of ten health care facilities across the Darling Downs to harness the power of the sun, to ensure a more sustainable future. Other regional health care facilities at Stanthorpe, Texas, Inglewood, Taroom, Jandowae, Baillie Henderson, Cherbourg, Miles and Tara are now also tapping into this renewable energy ... “In total, there are nearly 2500 panels across our facilities, which is around 1330 kW.”
New book – The Men of the 2/26 Battalion
A book by two authors, one of them an Allora local, delves into the war years of the brave men of the 2/26 Battalion. Read through the personal interviews, family stories and archive research of the military history and personal history of the men compiled by two dedicated women, daughters of two of the soldiers - Norm Newport and Bill Anderson - who were mates in the 2/26 Battalion.
