Winners of the Play your Way competition
Western Downs Regional Council is excited to announce the winners of the innovative community initiative, the 'Play Your Way Western Downs' project.
Designed to celebrate...
Keld Knudsen set the scene for the future of Gas in the region
Keld Knudsen, the Queensland Director of the Australian Energy Producers, spoke on a panel of other leading agriculture and energy CEOs about the future...
Words out West Workshop a hit
Women Writers Queensland was hugely successful as they toured across the South West, providing connection and encouragement to rural women writers.
The one-day...
Fire and Rescue story time
Dalby Library was lit up with laughter, learning, and little heroes at the recent Fire and Rescue Storytime.
Local emergency personnel came along to read...
Oppotunity for coexistence
Chief executive officer of the Queensland Renewable Energy Council Katie-Anne Mulder spoke at the Surat Basin Coexistence Symposium, highlighting the opportunities in the area.
Ms...
Darling Downs and South West held a meeting of the Mayors
Goondiwindi Regional Council chief executive officer Carl Manton and Goondiwindi Regional Deputy Mayor Cr Rob Mackenzie represented Goondiwindi, and Maranoa Regional Council CEO Rob...
Dalby Hibernian Band, 1908
Not much is known about the Dalby Hibernian Band, an Irish band that performed around Dalby.
They are mentioned in the Darling Downs Gazette...
The amputee helping others cope with trauma
Dozens of Toowoomba and Brisbane medical professionals kept Zach Nightingale alive, but it was the quick thinking of the first two people by his...
$43 million prevention investment making real impact on Queenslanders’ health
The Queensland Government, through Health and Wellbeing Queensland, has committed an additional $43 million over the next two years to renew and strengthen support...
Western Downs GP care boosted through rural junior doctor training program
Junior doctors from southern Queensland will get the chance to experience the life of a rural general practitioner as part of a new placement...
Motorcycle and kangaroo collide
On Saturday morning, 9 August, a motorcycle and a kangaroo collided in Tara.
At 5.48pm, a motorcycle and kangaroo incident was reported on Surat...
Dalby Life Saving Club
In March, 1937 Dalby swimmers gathered at the Dalby Swimming Club for the first annual carnival of the Dalby Life Saving Club.
The carnival...
Miles builds nursing strength from within
Miles Hospital is celebrating a major win for rural healthcare with three local nurses graduating as registered nurses through Darling Downs Health ‘growing our...
