Precious artifacts returning to Leyburn Sprints
Precious historical artifacts of the 1949 Australian Grand Prix – the winner's trophy and three competing cars from that race – will return to the place of their past glory at the 29th Historic Leyburn Sprints on the weekend of 23-24 August.
Lion attack at zoo
Pilton's Darling Downs Zoo made national headlines last Sunday following an attack by a lion that saw a woman lose her arm. In a statement posted on social media later that day, the zoo said that at approximately 8.30am the woman, aged in her 50s, was watching keepers working in the carnivore precinct.
Bull rider Zane Hall owning the dirt
New South Wales may have made history with their first-ever Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Origin Series win in Sydney, but it was Athol's very own Zane Hall who starred. The 21-year-old delivered the highest individual score of the night and was crowned Event Winner ...
Cambooya Hall has a history wall
The Cambooya Public Hall Committee has created a valuable asset for the local community with the creation of a "History Wall" ... The wall already features a varied range of photographs that relate to Cambooya and the local district in years gone by.
UniSQ to turn dairy waste and duckweed into sustainable biofuels
A collaborative project led by the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) is aiming to accelerate Australia's transition to net-zero by transforming dairy waste and duckweed into scalable, sustainable biofuels ... The project is being led by Dr Peter Harris and Professor Bernadette McCabe from UniSQ's Centre for Agricultural Engineering...
New sports precinct plan endorsed
Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) recently endorsed an updated Toowoomba Region Sports Precinct (TRSP) Master Plan for the Charlton site, on the north-eastern side of the Toowoomba Bypass and Warrego Highway intersection.
Ratepayers losing patience
Ratepayers using the Greenmount Waste Management Facility will be disappointed to learn that the Toowoomba Regional Council 2025/26 budget, handed down last week, includes no major funding for the facility. Toowoomba Regional Council Waste Portfolio spokesperson, Cr Melissa Taylor confirmed with On Our Selection News that no whole scale upgrades are planned for the waste facility in Council’s 2025/26 capital program.
