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Young Ambassador Program Pig Races Sunday, 21st August
Harristown High Open Day Tuesday, August 16th
Harristown is a large regional high school in Toowoomba offering a wide range of subjects to students. Our focus at Harristown is about learning, opportunities and achievements. In addition, four academy programs are available to talented students in the areas of academics, sports, industry and the arts. On the afternoon of Tuesday 16 August, staff and students are hosting an open afternoon from 3.30pm to showcase our school to the community. Feel free to come along share some refreshments, meet some of our wonderful students, talk to our friendly staff and tour the school’s first class facilities. We look forward to meeting you then. For more information phone Dina on 4636 8700. Submitted by: Ms Helen Parker Deputy Principal (Bonda) Harristown State High School 341-367 South Street Toowoomba Qld 4350 Ph 07 46368 700 Continue reading
Downlands Dolphin Excels Again
Downlands Year 10 student, Kady Ibell with some of her many swimming medals. Downlands Year 10 student, Kady Ibell, attended the Darling Downs Regional Swimming awards night on Saturday night where she was awarded Toowoomba 14 year old champion, Toowoomba Open swimmer of the meet and Darling Downs 13 years and over swimmer of the meet. Nancy Sommerfield JP (Qual), GAICD Development Coordinator Downlands College Ph 07 4690 9661 Continue reading
Our Region News Blog goes Over 500,000 Hits in 12 Months to Date
Since the catastrophic events of Monday 10 January 2011 Our Region and Toowoomba Regional Radio has received tens of queries from across the world from BBC World News, Sky News, media from Toowoomba’s sister city in New Zealand Wanganui and Florida USA. Due to the worldwide interest web traffic has increased significantly and pushed site hits to over 1/2 million. This is amazing! Thank you for our regular readers for dropping by and seeing what’s new and to our many first time visitors this year. Peak of hits after the January 10 flash flooding event in Toowoomba and the January 2010 – January 2011 Successful requests: 541,214 Average successful requests per day: 1,388 Data transferred: 13.29 gigabytes *For a media light site this is substantial. Continue reading
Qld Police Flood and Road Report – Tues 28 Dec 3pm
Voice report from Chief Superintendent (Southern Region) Andy Morrow relating to the situation in the Southern Police Region. Via Qld Police Media Ph: 07 3015 2444 policemedia@police.qld.gov.au Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/QPSmedia We are now on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/QueenslandPolice Continue reading
Carols at Peacehaven Transferred to Cultural Centre
With rain forecast for this weekend, the 2010 Highfields Carols on Sunday December 12th will play it safe and be held indoors at the Highfields Cultural Centre. The carols were to have been held at Peacehaven Park, but other details remain unchanged. The fate of the fireworks is as yet unresolved. The Highfields District Community Carols Committee, friends of Peacehaven Park and the Toowoomba Regional Council are presenting a great family evening of food, entertainment and community carol singing. Doors open at 5.00pm and the show commences at 6.00pm with local choirs and singers, plus John Townsend , a singer of international renown who now resides on the Darling Downs, and Leisa Johnson . The Highfields Cultural Centre is off O’Brien Road, Highfields. Further information from Mandy Anderson (Ph 0407 645 153). Continue reading
Make Tracks Back to the Future
You don’t need a Delorean to see the past and the future at the same time, just visit the Transport and Main Roads Heritage Centre this weekend. This will be the third of the four weekend open days planned for the international exhibition Industrial Desire: Detroit Concept Cars . This American exhibition features concept car models, drawings and film footage shedding light on exciting new ways technologies and materials could influence our methods of road travel in the coming years. It is a unique opportunity to sneak a peek at the highly secretive and competitive world of car design and witness concept cars that are not normally seen outside of the industry. Various car clubs from South East Queensland will be in attendance showcasing the role they play in preserving our transport history. This weekend’s participants include the Toowoomba Hot Rodders, the Darling Downs Veteran and Vintage Motor Club and the Queensland Corvette Club. For something completely different, the Darling Downs Model Railing Club will be attending with a model from their collection of a compact N scale layout based loosely on the New England area of the United States. After seeing the exciting concepts on display, take the opportunity to talk with like-minded enthusiasts over a BBQ hosted by Rotary Club of Toowoomba City. The Transport and Main Roads Heritage Centre, located near the airport terminal on Mutze Street, is a hidden gem in Toowoomba, with an engaging representation of the skill and dedication that goes in to connecting Queensland from early pioneering days to current road-building technologies. Industrial Desire is presented by Transport and Main Roads Heritage Centre through artisan in partnership with the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, and toured by Museum and Gallery Services Queensland. Open this Saturday, 6 November from 10 – 2pm. FREE ENTRY One more weekend open day has been planned for Saturday 27 November. The centre is open Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm. The exhibition is on display until Saturday 27 November. For more information contact Karen Barrett on 4633 2506 during business hours, or email karen.l.barrett@tmr.qld.gov.au Note: Group bookings are welcome. Continue reading
Make Tracks Back to the Future
You don’t need a Delorean to see the past and the future at the same time, just visit the Transport and Main Roads Heritage Centre this weekend. This will be the third of the four weekend open days planned for the international exhibition Industrial Desire: Detroit Concept Cars . This American exhibition features concept car models, drawings and film footage shedding light on exciting new ways technologies and materials could influence our methods of road travel in the coming years. It is a unique opportunity to sneak a peek at the highly secretive and competitive world of car design and witness concept cars that are not normally seen outside of the industry. Various car clubs from South East Queensland will be in attendance showcasing the role they play in preserving our transport history. This weekend’s participants include the Toowoomba Hot Rodders, the Darling Downs Veteran and Vintage Motor Club and the Queensland Corvette Club. For something completely different, the Darling Downs Model Railing Club will be attending with a model from their collection of a compact N scale layout based loosely on the New England area of the United States. After seeing the exciting concepts on display, take the opportunity to talk with like-minded enthusiasts over a BBQ hosted by Rotary Club of Toowoomba City. The Transport and Main Roads Heritage Centre, located near the airport terminal on Mutze Street, is a hidden gem in Toowoomba, with an engaging representation of the skill and dedication that goes in to connecting Queensland from early pioneering days to current road-building technologies. Industrial Desire is presented by Transport and Main Roads Heritage Centre through artisan in partnership with the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, and toured by Museum and Gallery Services Queensland. Open this Saturday, 6 November from 10 – 2pm. FREE ENTRY One more weekend open day has been planned for Saturday 27 November. The centre is open Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm. The exhibition is on display until Saturday 27 November. For more information contact Karen Barrett on 4633 2506 during business hours, or email karen.l.barrett@tmr.qld.gov.au Note: Group bookings are welcome. Continue reading
