Photography competition features in Jacaranda Day
Winners of the annual Gomaren & Doctor’s Creek Focus on Farms photography competition will be announced at the Jacaranda Day festival in Goombungee this Saturday, 5 November. “No matter where you live, the connection to farming is an important part of our identity as Australians”: competition coordinator Jean Gundry ... the primary school category within the competition has a focus on insects.
TRC responds to housing shortage crisis
As Australia suffers from an acute shortage of housing, both rental and houses for sale, Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) has put forward its response to help address the crisis. TRC believes the best method to address the housing shortage is to reduce regulations so as to speed up housing supply.
Getting the most out of community projects
It doesn’t matter if you’re a grassroots community group or a land manager wanting to roll out a landcare project on private property, how you put that project together is essential if you want to get funding, engage other people and ensure outcomes on the ground. Following the success of its workshop in Clifton last week, Condamine Catchment Management Association (CCMA) will be holding another free workshop at the Harvest New Life Church Hall in Pittsworth on Wednesday, 16 November.
More success for Crump siblings
Cambooya para athletes Kyrna and Tomas Crump have come home from the Queensland school athletics championships in Brisbane with bags full of medals ... Without putting too much pressure on the pair, the next Paralympics, in Paris, are less than two years away.
Rural Aid assisting farmers reeling from floods
Farmers in the Darling Downs have had to contend with four floods in six months from November 2021 to May 2022 while elsewhere in Queensland and northern New South Wales the damage has been widespread and devastating. Following flooding down south in recent weeks, Rural Aid’s team of counsellors are conducting welfare checks on Rural Aid’s registered farmers.
Grand celebrations for 140th
The crowds poured into Cambooya State School on Sunday to celebrate the school's 140th birthday. “We couldn’t have asked for a better day,” Claire Fogarty, President of the Cambooya State School P&C Association, said. “The weather was perfect, the numbers exceeded our expectations and the atmosphere was just brilliant."
Regions rising roadshow for Toowoomba
The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) has announced Toowoomba as the next location in its national event series – Regions Rising - to held on Thursday, 3 November ... “Regionalisation is about delivering on the potential of regional Australia and rebalancing our nation – and we look forward to highlighting what this means for Queensland. “People are voting with their feet and looking for a different life beyond our capitals": RAI CEO Liz Ritchie.
