Clifton State School students discover origami, unicycle riding in virtual exchange with Japanese class

Clifton State School students recently discovered the intricacies of origami, unicycle riding and karate in their first virtual exchange with students from a school in Toowoomba’s Japanese Sister Ci...

What’s your dream neighbourhood or home?

Residents are being encouraged to get creative and share what they love or value about housing in the Toowoomba Region and share it for a chance to win. As part of Toowoomba Regional Council’s (TRC...

Perseverance Hall Road bridge construction starting at Ravensbourne

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) this week (Wednesday, November 27, 2024) will start bridge construction works over Perseverance Creek on Perseverance Hall Road at Ravensbourne, weather permitting. T...

Red shoe donations highlight lives lost in campaign to end family violence

Preventable, abominable and inexcusable. These words convey some of the sentiments which Toowoomba Regional Council People and Culture portfolio spokesperson Cr Melissa Taylor said described the scou...

Picnic Point’s Firetail & Fantail walks closed for landslip repairs

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is undertaking landslip remediation repairs to the Firetail and Fantail walks at Picnic Point on Toowoomba’s eastern escarpment. TRC Parks and Recreation Services p...

TRC inviting businesses, regional chambers of commerce and progress associations to inaugural Regional Business Forum at Pittsworth on November 26, 2024

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is inviting businesses, regional chambers of commerce and progress associations to attend the inaugural, quarterly Regional Business Forum, which will be held at Pitts...

Emerging visual artists shine at TRAG’s Creative Generation Excellence Awards 2024 exhibition

The creative talents of Darling Downs and South West Queensland secondary school students feature in Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery’s annual Creative Generation – Excellence Awards in Visual Art 2...

TRC endorses revised Animal Management Centre operations from February 2025

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) this week (Tuesday, November 19, 2024) endorsed revised Animal Management Centre operating procedures, including the removal of the after hours drop off box facility, ...

Council supports Curzon Street traffic mitigation measures

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) has resolved to support a range of traffic mitigation measures in Curzon Street as recommended in a recent traffic study and in response to significant community feedb...

Council adopts Budget Review 1 for 2024/25 year

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) remains on track to deliver an operating surplus for the 2024/25 financial year after the adoption of Budget Review 1 at this week’s Ordinary Meeting. Councillors ...

Comments sought on Toowoomba Region Parking Strategy Refresh through to December 13, 2024

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is encouraging interested people to comment on the Toowoomba Region Parking Strategy Refresh until Friday, December 13, 2024. TRC Transport and Drainage Planning port...

TRC thanks volunteers for extraordinary service totalling 300 years

A deep love for her Cecil Plains community is the spark that drives Glennis Philbey to volunteer across numerous community organisations. Volunteering has become a way of life for Mrs Philbey, who to...

TRC asking for community feedback on region’s housing needs

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is set to embark on a Local Housing Action Plan project to review current and future housing needs across the region and is now asking for community feedback. TRC Pla...

TRC takes out four awards at 2024 IPWEA-QNT gala dinner

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) has taken out four awards at last week’s 2024 Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia Queensland/Northern Territory (IPWEA-QNT) Excellence Awards gala dinn...

Mayor welcomes Region’s strong voice in Government

Toowoomba Region Mayor Geoff McDonald has welcomed our Region's strong representation in the Queensland Government Ministry, with several local MPs being named as Ministers and Assistant Ministers. "...

National Recycling Week a reminder to play our part across the Toowoomba Region

Planet Ark’s National Recycling Week which begins today (Monday 11 November, 2024) is a reminder to everyone across the Toowoomba Region to play their part in reducing materials that end up in landf...

Rosalie Gallery fibre arts exhibition seeks to improve mental health, personal connections

Miriam Sharp’s aptly titled exhibition, Tidings of Comfort and Joy, will be displayed at Goombungee’s Rosalie Gallery from November 13 to December 8, 2024. Miriam’s fibre arts pieces resonate w...

Crows Nest Gallery exhibition celebrates the beauty in flora, fibre

Chelsea Baker and Tina Gruss literally use nature as the subject and source material for their artworks in an exhibition that is on display at Crows Nest Gallery from November 13 to December 8, 2024. ...

Mayor urges caution as Toowoomba region hit by heatwave

Toowoomba Region Mayor Geoff McDonald has urged residents to take precautions as the region is hit by a three-day heatwave starting today (Tuesday 5 November). Mayor McDonald said the Bureau of Meteo...

Maria Creek Road, Anduramba culvert replacement works part of Betterment program

Culvert replacement works are progressing at Maria Creek Road, Anduramba, in the northern part of the Toowoomba Region. This project is one of nine projects approved under the Betterment program as p...