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Welcome to Toowoomba and the Darling Downs! Located just 90 minutes from Brisbane, Toowoomba crowns the edge of the Great Dividing Range 800 metres above sea level, overlooking the costal lowlands laid out below. Toowoomba is Queensland’s Garden City, a place of flowers, sparkling mountain air, dignified buildings and breathtaking views.
To the west of Toowoomba are rolling plains and little rural townships full of character and charm, offering bed and breakfast accommodation where you can retreat to a cosy fireplace with a bottle of local wine. Cruise north to Crows Nest through the hamlets strung along the eastern escarpment and check out nurseries, cafes, museums and galleries. Go south into the country that was the setting for Steele Rudd’s stories and enjoy the atmosphere in the popular historic pubs. In the north-west, the Bunya Mountains rise dramatically against the sky, an offshoot of the Great Dividing Range with dense rainforest, waterfalls, walking tracks and the largest remaining stand of bunya pines.
Toowoomba has more than 150 public parks and gardens. In spring the gardens are a kaleidoscope of colour. The city celebrates with the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers, held each year in the last week of September. From mid-January to mid-February enjoy lazy summer days in the city’s wide open spaces, ablaze again with floral colour. From March until May mellow tints of red and gold mark the autumn showing. Visitors can enjoy a carriage ride through Queens Park amongst the blanket of fallen oak and willow trees.
Whatever your mood or fancy, there’s something here for you - boutique wineries, rugged national parks, remote bush campsites, heritage accommodation and country pubs.
So come and enjoy the high life on the Darling Downs
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