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June 2013

MAY 18
A Conversation with the Past

Start Date: 18-May-2012 End Date: 30-Jun-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Exhibitions and Shows

Be a curator for a day! Share your thoughts and opinions and write your own captions for the images in Cobb+Co Museum's new photographic exhibition, A conversation with the past A conversation...

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JUNE 18
Heritage Bank Photographic Awards

Start Date: 18-Jun-2013 End Date: 11-Jul-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Exhibitions and Shows

Professional and amateur shutterbugs alike are encouraged to 'take a shot' at sharing more than AUD8,000 in prize money in the annual Heritage Bank Photographic Awards this year. The national...

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July 2013

JUNE 18
Heritage Bank Photographic Awards

Start Date: 18-Jun-2013 End Date: 11-Jul-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Exhibitions and Shows

Professional and amateur shutterbugs alike are encouraged to 'take a shot' at sharing more than AUD8,000 in prize money in the annual Heritage Bank Photographic Awards this year. The national...

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JULY 01
USQ McGregor Winter School

Start Date: 01-Jul-2013 End Date: 05-Jul-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

USQ's annual Winter arts retreat provides an intimate and creative atmosphere for artists of all skill levels to learn and create their very own masterpieces alongside renowned tutors from across...

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JULY 07
The Mummy Tree Markets - Toowoomba

Start Date: 07-Jul-2013 End Date: 07-Jul-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Markets

The Mummy Tree Markets are held quarterly at the Toowoomba showgrounds. Not just a market but an event! The Mummy Tree Markets provide quality, unique products and services including handmade...

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JULY 10
Twilight Piano Recital

Start Date: 10-Jul-2013 End Date: 10-Jul-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Performances

Incredibly talented Filipino-American pianist, Jovanni-Rey de Pedro will visit Australia to perform a program of works by Bach, Brahms and Gulda. A masterful pianist with an impressive technique,...

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JULY 13
Blacksmithing Advanced Workshop - Barbecue Tools

Start Date: 13-Jul-2013 End Date: 14-Jul-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

The fire, sparks, heat and noise of blacksmithing has attracted and entranced people for centuries. Cobb+Co Museum have an Blacksmithing Advanced Workshop where you will make your own fire side or...

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JULY 13
Leatherplaiting Workshop - Whip

Start Date: 13-Jul-2013 End Date: 14-Jul-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

Come have a crack at making your own plated kangaroo leather whip at one of Cobb+Co Museum's Leatherplaiting Workshops. You will learn the basics of leatherplaiting and also get a taste of the...

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JULY 13
Old Time Dance - The Woolshed at Jondaryan

Start Date: 13-Jul-2013 End Date: 13-Jul-2013
Location: Jondaryan, QLD
Event Type: Festivals and Celebrations

Enjoy an Old Time Dance in the beautiful Flagstone Creek Public Hall, now at The Woolshed at Jondaryan. Although not an original building from Jondaryan Station, this building typifies the...

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JULY 13
Silversmithing Beginners Workshop with Daniel Cox

Start Date: 13-Jul-2013 End Date: 14-Jul-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

You will be amazed at the quality and range of unique silver jewellery you can make yourself at one of Cobb+Co Museum's Silversmithing Workshops. Your Instructor Daniel Cox specialises in...

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JULY 16
Cut

Start Date: 16-Jul-2013 End Date: 08-Aug-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Exhibitions and Shows

Much art making depends on mark making or the placement of an object or sculpture within a given area. By making art by cutting, the artists removes or destroys to create, and this void defines...

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JULY 20
Glass Art Workshop - Suncatcher

Start Date: 20-Jul-2013 End Date: 21-Jul-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

Create a one of a kind sun catcher, at one of Cobb+Co Museums Glass Art Workshops. Copper foiling is an alternative method to lead lighting where the lead is replaced with copper foil. This...

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August 2013

JULY 16
Cut

Start Date: 16-Jul-2013 End Date: 08-Aug-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Exhibitions and Shows

Much art making depends on mark making or the placement of an object or sculpture within a given area. By making art by cutting, the artists removes or destroys to create, and this void defines...

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AUGUST 03
Blacksmithing Beginners Workshop

Start Date: 03-Aug-2013 End Date: 04-Aug-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

If you have ever wanted to try your hand at turning steel into beautiful and functional items then come and participate in a Blacksmithing Beginners Workshop at Cobb+Co Museum. Cost includes...

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AUGUST 03
Millinery Workshop

Start Date: 03-Aug-2013 End Date: 04-Aug-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

After this workshop you will be hooked on making head wear that is unique and matches that special outfit perfectly. Workshops include one day tasters, spring racing hats, blocked felt hats and...

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AUGUST 07
Twilight Archaeology Talk

Start Date: 07-Aug-2013 End Date: 07-Aug-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Exhibitions and Shows

Toowoomba's resident archaeologists, Professor Bryce Barker and Dr Lara Lamb speak about their most recent 'digs' and discoveries. Lecturers in Anthropology at USQ, the duo have worked on a range...

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AUGUST 10
Old Time Dance - The Woolshed at Jondaryan

Start Date: 10-Aug-2013 End Date: 10-Aug-2013
Location: Jondaryan, QLD
Event Type: Festivals and Celebrations

Enjoy an Old Time Dance in the beautiful Flagstone Creek Public Hall, now at The Woolshed at Jondaryan. Although not an original building from Jondaryan Station, this building typifies the...

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AUGUST 13
Not Your Day Job

Start Date: 13-Aug-2013 End Date: 29-Aug-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Exhibitions and Shows

Not Your Day Job is an exhibition which celebrates and showcases the dynamic and varied artwork created by Visual Art teachers in Toowoomba and the Darling Downs. Many of the worlds most...

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AUGUST 17
Blacksmithing Beginners Workshop

Start Date: 17-Aug-2013 End Date: 18-Aug-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

If you have ever wanted to try your hand at turning steel into beautiful and functional items then come and participate in a Blacksmithing Beginners Workshop at Cobb+Co Museum. Cost includes...

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AUGUST 17
Felting Workshop

Start Date: 17-Aug-2013 End Date: 18-Aug-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

Make a stylish unique felted hat that will take an outfit from every day to glamorous at Cobb+Co Museum's Felting Workshop. All felting workshops are conducted by award winning textile artist,...

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AUGUST 24
Sandstone Sculpture Advanced Workshop

Start Date: 24-Aug-2013 End Date: 25-Aug-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

Welcome people to your home or garden with sandstone carving you have made yourself at one of Cobb+Co Museum's Sandstone Sculpture Workshops. Their Sandstone Sculpture Workshops are conducted by...

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AUGUST 31
Blacksmithing Advanced Workshop - Barbecue Tools

Start Date: 31-Aug-2013 End Date: 01-Sep-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

The fire, sparks, heat and noise of blacksmithing has attracted and entranced people for centuries. Cobb+Co Museum have an Blacksmithing Advanced Workshop where you will make your own fire side or...

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AUGUST 31
Millinery Workshop

Start Date: 31-Aug-2013 End Date: 01-Sep-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

After this workshop you will be hooked on making head wear that is unique and matches that special outfit perfectly. Workshops include one day tasters, spring racing hats, blocked felt hats and...

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September 2013

SEPTEMBER 03
Down the Rabbit Hole

Start Date: 03-Sep-2013 End Date: 26-Sep-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Exhibitions and Shows

A two-part, collaborative exhibition predominately focusing on Honours and Postgraduate students from QCA, Griffith University and University of Southern Queensland. The exhibition showcases the...

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SEPTEMBER 04
Ms Garland at Twilight

Start Date: 04-Sep-2013 End Date: 04-Sep-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Performances

Bernadette Meenach (nee Pryde) performs her one-woman-show telling the story of the little girl who took us Somewhere Over the Rainbow and grew up to be the lady who made us Get Happy. Join Miss...

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SEPTEMBER 06
The Jackie Howe Festival of the Golden Shears

Start Date: 06-Sep-2013 End Date: 08-Sep-2013
Location: Jondaryan, QLD
Event Type: Festivals and Celebrations

The Jackie Howe Festival will become an iconic signature event celebrating the sheep and wool industry at the Jondaryan Woolshed. The festival recreates life in a woolshed in the 1890s. Over...

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SEPTEMBER 07
Glass Art Workshop

Start Date: 07-Sep-2013 End Date: 08-Sep-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

Capture the light in your home through beautiful glass art you have made yourself at one of Cobb+Co Museum's Leadlighting workshops. Participants will make a decorative glass panel, using a range...

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SEPTEMBER 14
Old Time Dance - The Woolshed at Jondaryan

Start Date: 14-Sep-2013 End Date: 14-Sep-2013
Location: Jondaryan, QLD
Event Type: Festivals and Celebrations

Enjoy an Old Time Dance in the beautiful Flagstone Creek Public Hall, now at The Woolshed at Jondaryan. Although not an original building from Jondaryan Station, this building typifies the...

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SEPTEMBER 14
Silversmithing One Day Taster - Three Rings

Start Date: 14-Sep-2013 End Date: 14-Sep-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

Using basic techniques such as soldering and sawing, you can create your own stack of three rings in Cobb+Co Museum one day Silversmithing Workshop. Cost does not include the cost of silver...

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SEPTEMBER 20
Parkland Entertainment

Start Date: 20-Sep-2013 End Date: 29-Sep-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Performances

Come and enjoy an experience for all the senses with Parkland Entertainment. All their most favourite parks and gardens will have a line-up of their top local talent for everyone to enjoy. They...

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SEPTEMBER 20
Sideshow Alley

Start Date: 20-Sep-2013 End Date: 22-Sep-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Performances

With everything to tempt even the most avid thrill seeker at Sideshow Alley, dare to take on the latest rides, load up with your favourite showbags and pitch your skills against the odds to take...

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SEPTEMBER 20
Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers

Start Date: 20-Sep-2013 End Date: 29-Sep-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Festivals and Celebrations

The Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers is the leading floral and horticultural event in Australia and is held annually in September attracting up to 125,000 visitors. The Carnival incorporates over 90...

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SEPTEMBER 21
Grand Central Floral Parade

Start Date: 21-Sep-2013 End Date: 21-Sep-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Festivals and Celebrations

Now in its 64th year, the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers continues to prosper, delighting visitors and residents alike in Spring. The only fresh floral parade of its kind in Australia, the Grand...

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SEPTEMBER 27
Ergon Energy Flower, Food and Wine Festival

Start Date: 27-Sep-2013 End Date: 29-Sep-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Festivals and Celebrations

Firmly established as one of the flagship events of the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers, the Ergon Energy Flower, Food and Wine Festival showcases floral and artistic displays, gourmet food and...

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SEPTEMBER 27
Heritage Bank Live Concert Series

Start Date: 27-Sep-2013 End Date: 29-Sep-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Performances

Entry to the Heritage Bank Live Concert Series is included in the ticket price for the Ergon Energy Flower, Food and Wine Festival. Leading Australian acts will take centre stage in this year's...

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SEPTEMBER 27
USQ McGregor Spring School

Start Date: 27-Sep-2013 End Date: 30-Sep-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

Enjoy a four-day weekend of creativity at the inaugural Spring School. Six classes will be on offer at the USQ Toowoomba campus coinciding with the Garden City's annual Carnival of Flowers...

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October 2013

OCTOBER 01
O Brave New World Exhibition

Start Date: 01-Oct-2013 End Date: 24-Oct-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Exhibitions and Shows

O Brave New World Exhibition is an exhibition exploring the relationship between staged theatre and open spaces, spectatorship and engagement, old texts and contemporary life and celebrating the...

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OCTOBER 09
Twilight Shakespeare Talk

Start Date: 09-Oct-2013 End Date: 09-Oct-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Performances

Have ever wondered what Shakespeare was on about and how it relates to you? Well, here's your chance to hear some insights from a panel of experts about one of his most weird and wonderful works...

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OCTOBER 11
Shakespeare in the Park Festival

Start Date: 11-Oct-2013 End Date: 20-Oct-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Festivals and Celebrations

Shakespeare Alfresco! Experience the thrill of live performance in the great outdoors at the University of Southern Queensland's annual Shakespeare in the Park Festival. Attracting in excess of...

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OCTOBER 11
The Winters Tale

Start Date: 11-Oct-2013 End Date: 20-Oct-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Performances

The tenth annual USQ Shakespeare in the Park Festival will present a season of Shakespeare's romantic fairytale masterpiece, The Winter's Tale. In an era when fantasy and extremes of human malady...

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OCTOBER 12
Blacksmithing Beginners Workshop

Start Date: 12-Oct-2013 End Date: 13-Oct-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

If you have ever wanted to try your hand at turning steel into beautiful and functional items then come and participate in a Blacksmithing Beginners Workshop at Cobb+Co Museum. Cost includes...

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OCTOBER 12
Old Time Dance - The Woolshed at Jondaryan

Start Date: 12-Oct-2013 End Date: 12-Oct-2013
Location: Jondaryan, QLD
Event Type: Festivals and Celebrations

Enjoy an Old Time Dance in the beautiful Flagstone Creek Public Hall, now at The Woolshed at Jondaryan. Although not an original building from Jondaryan Station, this building typifies the...

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OCTOBER 12
The Mummy Tree Markets - Toowoomba

Start Date: 12-Oct-2013 End Date: 13-Oct-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Markets

The Mummy Tree Markets are held quarterly at the Toowoomba showgrounds. Not just a market but an event! The Mummy Tree Markets provide quality, unique products and services including handmade...

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OCTOBER 13
Shakespeare on Screen

Start Date: 13-Oct-2013 End Date: 13-Oct-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Performances

Enjoy a double-bill of Shakespeare-inspired films on the big screen in the University's Allison Dickson Theatre. Stay tuned for the announcement of the movies! There will be an intermission...

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OCTOBER 16
To Glee or Not to Glee

Start Date: 16-Oct-2013 End Date: 16-Oct-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Performances

School and community groups from across the region will come together for one night only to celebrate and share their love of song and dance - in front of a massive outdoor crowd! Using The...

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OCTOBER 19
Millinery - Spring Racing

Start Date: 19-Oct-2013 End Date: 20-Oct-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Exhibitions and Shows

You will definitely turn heads in the unique spring straw hat you made yourself at one of Cobb+Co Museum's Millinery Workshops. After this workshop you will be hooked on making head wear that is...

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OCTOBER 19
Sandstone Sculpture Beginners

Start Date: 19-Oct-2013 End Date: 19-Oct-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

Welcome people to your home or garden with sandstone carving you have made yourself at one of Cobb+Co Museum's Sandstone Sculpture Workshops. Their sandstone sculpture Beginners workshop includes...

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OCTOBER 26
Stick Furniture Beginners Workshop

Start Date: 26-Oct-2013 End Date: 27-Oct-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

All your visitors will be talking about the chair or stool you created at one of Cobb+Co Museum's stick furniture workshops. This workshop will introduce you to suitable timbers for basic chair...

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November 2013

NOVEMBER 02
Blacksmithing Beginners Workshop

Start Date: 02-Nov-2013 End Date: 03-Nov-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

If you have ever wanted to try your hand at turning steel into beautiful and functional items then come and participate in a Blacksmithing Beginners Workshop at Cobb+Co Museum. Cost includes...

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NOVEMBER 02
Leathercraft Workshop - Flowers

Start Date: 02-Nov-2013 End Date: 03-Nov-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

Create spectacular flower accessories that can be used to dress up your handbag, purse or hat at one of Cobb+Co Museum's Leathercrafting Flower Workshops. Leathercrafting workshops are conducted...

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NOVEMBER 06
Twilight Strings Recital

Start Date: 06-Nov-2013 End Date: 06-Nov-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Exhibitions and Shows

Brisbane-based, Tulipwood String Quartet visits the Garden City to perform sublime snippets of great music to soothe your soul - from Ravel's classic Pizzicato to Etta James' time honoured cover...

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NOVEMBER 09
Old Time Dance - The Woolshed at Jondaryan

Start Date: 09-Nov-2013 End Date: 09-Nov-2013
Location: Jondaryan, QLD
Event Type: Festivals and Celebrations

Enjoy an Old Time Dance in the beautiful Flagstone Creek Public Hall, now at The Woolshed at Jondaryan. Although not an original building from Jondaryan Station, this building typifies the...

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NOVEMBER 09
Silversmithing Beginners Workshop with Daniel Cox

Start Date: 09-Nov-2013 End Date: 10-Nov-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

You will be amazed at the quality and range of unique silver jewellery you can make yourself at one of Cobb+Co Museum's Silversmithing Workshops. Your Instructor Daniel Cox specialises in...

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NOVEMBER 16
Blacksmithing Advanced Workshop - Barbecue Tools

Start Date: 16-Nov-2013 End Date: 17-Nov-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

The fire, sparks, heat and noise of blacksmithing has attracted and entranced people for centuries. Cobb+Co Museum have an Blacksmithing Advanced Workshop where you will make your own fire side or...

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NOVEMBER 22
Bush Christmas Exhibition

Start Date: 22-Nov-2013 End Date: 01-Dec-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Exhibitions and Shows

One of a kind Christmas presents create one of a kind Christmas memories. So if it is the perfect handmade present, a mouth watering gift or some unique stocking stuffers you are after this...

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NOVEMBER 23
Joyce Campbell Lloyd Scholarship

Start Date: 23-Nov-2013 End Date: 23-Nov-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Exhibitions and Shows

Join them as the applicants for the Joyce Campbell Lloyd Scholarship vie for a AUD20,000 'passport' to further their music performance studies overseas. The concert brings together the crème de...

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December 2013

NOVEMBER 22
Bush Christmas Exhibition

Start Date: 22-Nov-2013 End Date: 01-Dec-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Exhibitions and Shows

One of a kind Christmas presents create one of a kind Christmas memories. So if it is the perfect handmade present, a mouth watering gift or some unique stocking stuffers you are after this...

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DECEMBER 08
The Mummy Tree Markets - Toowoomba

Start Date: 08-Dec-2013 End Date: 08-Dec-2013
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Markets

The Mummy Tree Markets are held quarterly at the Toowoomba showgrounds. Not just a market but an event! The Mummy Tree Markets provide quality, unique products and services including handmade...

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DECEMBER 14
Old Time Dance - The Woolshed at Jondaryan

Start Date: 14-Dec-2013 End Date: 14-Dec-2013
Location: Jondaryan, QLD
Event Type: Festivals and Celebrations

Enjoy an Old Time Dance in the beautiful Flagstone Creek Public Hall, now at The Woolshed at Jondaryan. Although not an original building from Jondaryan Station, this building typifies the...

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January 2014

JANUARY 08
USQ McGregor Summer School

Start Date: 08-Jan-2014 End Date: 18-Jan-2014
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Classes, Lessons and Workshops

The 46th annual USQ McGregor Summer School offers ten days of visual, creative and performing arts workshops with renowned tutors. Widely regarded as one of the nation's leading arts retreats,...

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JANUARY 16
Angus Youth National Roundup

Start Date: 16-Jan-2014 End Date: 19-Jan-2014
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Event Type: Exhibitions and Shows

The Angus Youth National Roundup is one of the premier events for young beef cattle enthusiasts in Australia. The next Angus Youth National Roundup will be held in Toowoomba. The Roundup program...

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April 2014

APRIL 19
Easter Vintage Festival

Start Date: 19-Apr-2014 End Date: 21-Apr-2014
Location: Highfields, QLD
Event Type: Festivals and Celebrations

Highfields Pioneer Village is celebrating its 17th Annual Easter Vintage Festival. The theme of the festival is 'A time when life was much Simpler'. Come and experience rural life in the...

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