Thai and Irish ingredients create recipe for success
In eight short months an overgrown small acreage block on Breydon Road Hodgson Vale has been transformed into a lush Thai market garden brimming with all the ingredients for authentic Thai cooking ... Chilli Kanon now supplies seven Toowoomba outlets and restaurants with her delicious hand made curry pastes, oils and jams and is a regular at the Cobb & Co Farmer’s Markets ...
ANZAC Day 2023 – Lest we forget
The first formal commemoration of Anzac Day at Westbrook was organised in 2008 by the local Hall Committee and since then, attendances have improved each year.
Downs Polo season underway
The Eagers Shield Polo Tournament got underway last weekend at the Clifton Recreation grounds. Local and visiting players took to the field in what was the first tournament of the Downs Polo Club 2023 calendar.
Field Day highlights innovation and development
If ever you thought crop farming was easy, a visit to Pacific Seeds Field Day would soon show you the wealth of knowledge our farmers possess and the amazing behind the scenes research and development carried out at Pacific Seeds in an endeavour to give our farmers the latest in seed innovation to help them adapt to changing climatic conditions.
Community grants tackling youth offending
Two projects in Toowoomba are among twelve state-wide to receive a Community Partnership Innovation Grant to tackle youth offending from the Queensland Government ... Indigenous mentor Adam Wenitong will receive almost $143,000 to deliver an intensive 30-week program for young people who have re-offended ... Raw Impact will receive $300,000 to deliver its project, which will see at-risk young people engage in an intensive period of cultural connection over seven weeks ...
Mayor: new airline big boost to tourism
According to Toowoomba Region Mayor Paul Antonio, this week’s arrival of Bonza Airline’s inaugural Melbourne to Toowoomba flight is a massive boost for regional tourism and business operators, event organisers and travellers.
Preston walk not for faint-hearted
For those who have not seen it, the view from the top of Panoramic Drive at Preston is spectacular. Also worthwhile experiencing, but potentially exhausting, is the bushwalk down from the peak ... The walk is very steep but offers magnificent views of the southern part of Toowoomba.
