Nominate community achievers for 2025 Toowoomba Region Australia Day awards

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is inviting residents to nominate our communities’ achievers who will be considered for 2025 Toowoomba Region Australia Day awards. Toowoomba Region Mayor Cr Geoff ...

TRC seeking feedback on proposed Crows Nest dog off-leash area

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is seeking community feedback for a proposed fenced dog off-leash area at Crows Nest. The community survey is open until Sunday, September 15, 2024. TRC Parks and Re...

TRC backs Queensland Road Safety Week call to drive like ‘one team’  

“Queenslanders must work as one team to keep all road users safe”. It’s the clear message that Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) and emergency services want all road users to always keep front of...

Toowoomba Mayor joins CoMSEQ delegation to Canberra this week

Toowoomba Region Mayor Geoff McDonald will join nine other mayors across South-East Queensland on a delegation to Parliament House in Canberra this week. The delegation is being arranged by the Counc...

Toowoomba Regional Council maintains level of community satisfaction  

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) has thanked residents for taking part in the 2024 Community Survey with the results tabled at today’s Ordinary Meeting of Council. Council received more than 1350 r...

Touring exhibition details parallel universes at TRAG display

POSTWORLD, a touring exhibition that features Australian artists who create parallel universes, will be displayed at Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery until October 20, 2024. The national touring exhibi...

Time of the Signs exhibition reveals fragile layers mirroring our own vulnerability

Time of the Signs, an exhibition featuring Henri van Noordenburg’s stark and striking artworks is on display at Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery until October 13, 2024. Meanjin/Brisbane-based artist ...

Art exhibition celebrates Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers’ 75th birthday

A Carnival Queen’s sceptre made from a seedpod, a spinning floral ‘digital embroidery’ and Carnival of Flowers Queens made from Matryoshka dolls are among artworks by the Region’s artists that...

Cindy Grimes captures charm of the everyday for Rosalie Gallery exhibition

Western Downs artist Cindy Grimes will display her representation of the charms to be found in everyday life in her exhibition, Ordinary Days, that will be displayed at Goombungee’s Rosalie Gallery ...

Crows Nest Gallery painting exhibition lifts viewers via Connection Through Colour

The power of art to lift the spirit and take viewers beyond the mundane will be on display in a painting exhibition featuring works by Judy Currie and Claire Howden at Crows Nest Gallery from August 2...

TRC trial to control mistletoe in Toowoomba CBD street trees

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is starting a trial to control the spread of mistletoe in sections of street trees in Toowoomba’s CBD. TRC Parks and Recreation Services portfolio spokesperson Cr T...

TRC condemns destruction of Drayton Cemetery headstones

Toowoomba Region Mayor Geoff McDonald has condemned the destruction of hundreds of gravestones at the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery overnight on Friday night August 9. “What occurred at Drayton an...

TRC investigating extent of plant pathogen outbreak

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is developing a plan to manage a plant pathogen which has been identified in Queens Park and urban trees in Toowoomba city. TRC Parks and Recreation Services portfoli...

Cooby Dam spillway picnic area re-opens to public

The Cooby Dam spillway picnic area has re-opened to the public following the completion of landslip repair works to the Cooby Dam Access Road. The Cooby Dam Access Road works were undertaken as part ...

Flood recovery works move focus to Cawdor Drive

The focus of flood recovery works in Highfields have now moved to Cawdor Drive. Toowoomba Regional Council Construction and Maintenance portfolio spokesperson Cr Carol Taylor said she was pleased to ...

Toowoomba Regional Council refreshes sponsorship program

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) has launched a refreshed sponsorship program this week to support community initiatives and events. Part of the changes is a new dedicated sponsorship budget for the ...

Updated fines tighten the leash on dog offences

Toowoomba Regional Council Environmental and Regulatory Services portfolio spokesperson Councillor Bill Cahill has urged residents to be aware of tougher laws and fines that have been introduced to pr...

Dancers provide colourful prelude to third International Street Fiesta in Queens Park on November 2, 2024

Vibrant and energetic dance performances from two continents today (August 5, 2024) provided a rousing prelude to the exciting program that awaits visitors to the third International Street Fiesta at ...

Help shape the Toowoomba Region Road Safety Strategy 2024–2028

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is inviting the community to provide feedback on the draft Toowoomba Region Road Safety Strategy 2024-2028. The 2024-2028 draft strategy aligns with the National Road...

Timely funding boost for $2.4 million Kearneys Spring Clubhouse project

Toowoomba Region Mayor Geoff McDonald has welcomed the announcement of $1.9 million in funding towards a significant upgrade project at Kearneys Spring Recreation Reserve. Funding was announced on Th...