North State School highlights Sister City connections in Takatsuki Art Festival entry

North State School Year 6 students’ artwork highlighting the connections between Toowoomba and our Japanese Sister City of Takatsuki will feature prominently in an annual arts fair in Japan in Novem...

Wreath 2023 wins Contemporary Wearables ’23 Jewellery Award

Can humble sheets of paper be re-worked into fine art objects? Victorian artist Zoe Veness’s cotton rag paper neckpiece, Wreath 2023, showed it was possible to elevate everyday materials to items o...

Temporary closure for Greenmount Landfill upgrade works

The Greenmount Waste Management Facility will be closed from 5 September 2023 to enable bulk earthworks to be completed. Toowoomba Regional Council’s Water and Waste Committee Portfolio Leader Cr N...

New heavy plant for TRC’s primary landfill

Toowoomba Region Council (TRC) has recently taken delivery of a new CAT 963D Drott at the Toowoomba Waste Management Centre at Cranley. TRC Water and Waste Portfolio Leader Cr Nancy Sommerfield said ...

Join August 25 livestream for Contemporary Wearables ’23 Award, acquisition announcements

The award winners for the nationally recognised Contemporary Wearables ’23 Biennial Jewellery Award and Exhibition will be announced at Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery on Friday evening (August 25). ...

TRC backs Queensland Road Safety Week call: ‘Road safety starts with me’ 

‘Road safety starts with me’. It’s the clear message that Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) and emergency services want all road users to always keep front of mind. The message was repeated at t...

Nominate community achievers for 2024 Toowoomba Region Australia Day awards

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is inviting residents to nominate our communities’ achievers who will be considered for 2024 Toowoomba Region Australia Day awards. Toowoomba Region Mayor Geoff McD...

TRC to make its own submission on North South Transport Corridor

Toowoomba Region Councillors unanimously resolved this week for Council to make its own submission to the Department of Transport and Main Roads (DTMR) on the proposed Toowoomba North-South Transport ...

Goombungee district artists invited to submit works for Rosalie Gallery exhibition

Goombungee district artists are invited to submit artworks to be considered for a signature exhibition to be displayed at Rosalie Gallery from mid-October 2023. Selected artworks will feature in the ...

External operator appointed to aquatic and fitness centres

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) has announced City Venue Management (CVM) as the new operator for Milne Bay Aquatic and Fitness Centre and Highfields Aquatic and Fitness Centre. Environment and Comm...

Construction to start on the Margaret and Mackenzie Streets intersection upgrade

Upgrade works at the Margaret and Mackenzie Streets intersection in East Toowoomba will start in late September 2023.  Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) Infrastructure Services Committee chair Cr...

Twenty-four nominations received for vacant Toowoomba Region Councillor position

Twenty-four nominations were received by the close of business yesterday (August 15, 2023) for the vacant Councillor position on Toowoomba Regional Council. Toowoomba Regional Council CEO Brian Pidge...

Dancers provide colourful prelude to October 28 International Street Fiesta in Queens Park

Energetic dance performances today (August 14, 2023) provided a colourful prelude to the exciting program that awaits visitors to the second International Street Fiesta at Toowoomba’s Queens Park on...

TRC encourages residents to submit feedback on North South Transport Corridor

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is again calling on residents to formally submit their feedback with the Department of Transport and Main Roads (DTMR) on the proposed Toowoomba North South Transport ...

Nature’s essence captured in mosaic artists’ Crows Nest exhibition

Four mosaic artists will reveal their connection with nature in a new exhibition to be displayed at Crows Nest Gallery from September 6 to October 15, 2023. Nature’s Diversity in Mosaics celebrates...

Studies of Acland inspire Rosalie Gallery painting exhibition

An exhibition of paintings by David LeMay, On the Road to Acland – Sky & Earth, will be on display at Goombungee’s Rosalie Gallery from August 23 to September 17, 2023. LeMay spent several ye...

Milne Bay Aquatic Centre to close for maintenance

Toowoomba’s Milne Bay Aquatic Centre will close next week for essential maintenance work. Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) Environment and Community Portfolio Chair Cr James O’Shea said the closu...

TRC 2023 Engineering Scholar up for the challenge

Toowoomba Regional Council’s (TRC) 2023 Engineering Scholarship appointee is powering through the challenge of juggling work and study. Lucas White was appointed as TRC’s 2023 ‘Generator’ Eng...

Nominations for vacant Toowoomba Regional Councillor position close August 15

Nominations for the vacant Councillor position on Toowoomba Regional Council must be lodged by Tuesday, August 15, 2023. Council’s Acting Chief Executive Officer Nick Hauser said nominations for th...

Crows Nest, Rosalie Galleries participate in 2023 InStudio Art Trail

Goombungee’s Rosalie Gallery and Crows Nest Gallery are participating in the 2023 InStudio Art Trail, which will be held at participating artists’ studios and venues each weekend in August 2023. ...