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8th Annual Millmerran Sheep Races Saturday, August 27th
Helpers getting the sheep ready. The gates open at the Millmerran Showgrounds, Cecil Plains Road, 11 am on Saturday the 27th of August 2011. A fun filled day for the whole family with free entry!!! The first race hits the track at 1.00pm, culminating in the electrifying calcutta at 4.30pm. Kiddies are kept busy all day with great side show style attractions including Bouncy Boxing, Sumo Wrestling, mechanical bull plus many more. A one off cost of an arm band will have them entertained for hours. The Macquarie Wagyu Wine and Cocktail Marquee is a place to relax with your friends and enjoy the social side of Sheep Racing. Fashions of the Field is always a hotly contested event with Best Dressed Lady/Man, Best Contemporary Lady, Best Dressed in Wool and Hat of the Day. To keep the crowd entertained AWI, Maylee Boutique, Merino Country, Myer and Lilly Pilly will host a fashion parade at 2pm. A new attaction this year is the Toowoomba Solar Centre’s Welly Waddle. Punters will line up on the race track in a pair of “wellingtons” to see who will make it to the finish line with their cup still full! Great prizemoney on offer – well worth a run. …and they're off and racing! Once the sheep are safely trucked home the evening entertainment begins with Toowoomba band “Solitary Men”, so you can dance the night away. The Shearers Kitchen will keep you well fed and the evening meal will begin from 5.30pm. There are plenty of camping spots with a cost of $15 for a powered site. Alternatively for those who don’t feel the need to “rough” it, try Millmerran Village Caravan Park (4695 2020), Rams Head Hotel (4695 1488) or Millmerran Motel (4695 1155). Enquiries phone Doug 07 4695 7178 or Nikki 07 4695 6199 Continue reading
Young Ambassador Program Pig Races Sunday, 21st August
Darling Downs Entrant Named Miss Showgirl 2011
Samantha Gluer has been named the 2011 Queensland Country Life Miss Showgirl at the Royal Queensland Show. She hails from Crow’s Nest and was the Darling Downs representative in the statewide competition. Miss Samantha Gluer A former student of Fairholme College in Toowoomba, Samantha is 19 years of age and is currently studying for a Bachelor of Biomedical Science at QUT. Runner up is 21 year old Laura McKay from the Gold Coast representing the South East Queensland Division. There was a total of 11 finalists in the competition. Continue reading
Council Connections: Week 1, August 2011
Toowoomba Regional Council Connections The weekly program keeping you up to date with Toowoomba Regional Council’s facilities, activities and services. Council Connections with Darren Burton This week Darren talks about a photographic exhibition at Rosalie Gallery, burn offs, the Committee of Council meeting, new library hours, mobile library and the draft planning scheme. Continue reading
Treasures from the Royal Collection
“Treasures from the Royal Collection” is the topic chosen by Oliver Everett for the public lecture he will present for the Toowoomba Group of the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society (ADFAS) on 24 August. The Royal Collection comprises more than 485,000 objects collected by the Royal Family over the past five centuries. It includes works by many great artists including Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Rembrandt, Monet, Lucian Freud and Michelangelo; porcelain; jewellery; furniture and manuscripts. Oliver Everett has selected about fifty of the finest items in the Collection to speak about in his illustrated lecture. Oliver Everett is well qualified to speak on his chosen subject having served in the Royal Household in several positions including that of Librarian in the Royal Library, Assistant Keeper of the Royal Archives and Private Secretary to Diana, Princess of Wales. He is a graduate of Cambridge University, Tufts University (USA) and the London School of Economics. Oliver Everett’s lecture will be given in the Glennie Room, The Glennie School, Herries Street, Toowoomba on Tuesday 24 August starting at 6.45 pm and will be followed by supper. Members of the public are welcome to attend. The cost is $20 for persons who are not members of ADFAS and $10 for students. For further information about Oliver Everett’s lecture and about membership of ADFAS contact the Secretary of ADFAS, Toowoomba on 07 4636 6164. Continue reading
Council Connections: Week 3, August 2010
Toowoomba Regional Council Connections The weekly program keeping you up to date with Toowoomba Regional Council’s facilities, activities and services. Council Connections with Darren Burton Darren talks about the Seniors Expo, Pre-poll voting, the next Ordinary meeting of council, rates notices, Shutterbugs, Highfields water mains cleaning and Laurel Bank Park tours. Continue reading
The Enchanted Mixed Bag Exhibition
The exhibition will be officially opened on Friday 13 August, 2010 at 6pm at 53 Russell Art Gallery, 53 Russell Street, Toowoomba. All are Welcome. This is an exhibition featuring a selection of recent paintings which have been produced by emerging artist, Chantel Schott. Chantel is a self taught abstract artist and has been painting since 2005. She enjoys using acrylic as her main medium and from that creates vibrant, vivid and quirky artworks. Out-of-place creatures or objects feature in the Enchanted Mixed Bag exhibition musing the idea that the characters are stuck in a dreamscape – where anything goes. The Enchanted Mixed Exhibition will run to Wednesday, 25th August. Free admission to 53 Russell Art Gallery, 53 Russell Street, Toowoomba. Gallery opening hours: Wed—Sun 10am to 4pm http://www.chantelschott.daportfolio.com/about Email: schottc@usq.edu.au Continue reading
‘Old Bags Brunch’ at Downlands Sunday 15th August
Lauren Gray For those of you unfamiliar with an ‘Old Bags’ function, we will be auctioning off ‘previously loved’ handbags provided by ladies of some standing in communities across Australia (June Dally-Watkins, Kerri-Anne Kennerley. Jessica Schipper etc). As well we’ll have a table where you can bring along your previously loved handbag and bid for a bag in our secret auction. To ensure a good time, the delightful Joy Mingay will MC the event and intriguing Grand Central Stylist Carolyn Taylor-Smith will be providing some hot fashion tips. Stud stock auctioneer Andrew Meara will be auctioning the gorgeous bags on offer! The time and date is Sunday 15 August 10.30am at Downlands College 72 Ruthven Street. Toowoomba. To book your table at this fun fashion event contact Lauren Gray, Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers Young Ambassador Program Entrant, on 0401 050 427 or email lauren.l.gray@hotmail.com or Downlands College on 4690 9500 All proceeds go to the Toowoomba Hospice and the Kath Dickson Family Centre. Continue reading
Council Connections: Week 2, August 2010
Toowoomba Regional Council Connections The weekly program keeping you up to date with Toowoomba Regional Council’s facilities, activities and services. Council Connections with Darren Burton Continue reading
