Toowoomba has been a regional centre for resettling thousands of former refugees and migrants from Sudan for over a decade. Today, more than half of the University Cougars AFL under 8’s and 10’s team is African-Australian. Coach Ross Savill says the...
Baa-lap, Ewe Sain Bolt and Sheep Thrills are just some of the woolly mammals that tore down the track at the 12th annual Millmerran sheep races on Queensland’s Darling Downs. Lawn Mowing Service...
Jon Overell has been hosting tractor pulling events on his property at Biddeston, west of Toowoomba, for four years. Each event has been rained out. But in a state devastated by drought he is not complaining. “I’ve got a lot of...
Updated August 29, 2015 22:55:39 Senior Constable Neale McShane, who polices an area spanning roughly the size of the United Kingdom — alone — says recovering from a potentially fatal stroke has changed his outlook, as he prepares for the famous...
Despite the myriad of digital distractions available to children in the 21st century, a Toowoomba author says there is nothing quite like reading a physical book, and has encouraged southern Queensland school children to develop a passion for the written word....
As news came through this week that 44 per cent of jobs will be automated in the next 10 years, James French was busy building a Queenslander-style home outside Toowoomba. “You get a lot of satisfaction seeing something you’ve created with...
The Queensland Rugby League (QRL) recently met to map out the future direction of football in the sunshine state. QRL chairman Peter Betros says Toowoomba is the only gap in the competition after successfully expanding into Papua New Guinea and Townsville....
Updated August 24, 2015 11:36:27 A Queensland teenager who converted to Islam and travelled to Syria has again denied joining a terrorist organisation and has posted a video of himself teaching kids rugby league. Oliver Bridgeman, 18, left his home town...
Geoff Smith has gone from dairy farmer to ice cream seller, and says the ice cream industry is just as dependent on the weather as his old job. “I might be a glutton for punishment,” he laughed. “There are mornings where...
