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UniSQ celebrates astronomy and space festival
HUNTING FOR ALIENS and SEARCHING
for NEW PLANETS
Lecture theatres are turning into space hubs
at the University of Southern Queensland with
a three-day program of activities to celebrate
the Festival of Astronomy and Space from October
6 to 8.
From hunting for aliens to searching for new
planets, the free event will be an exciting opportunity
for astronomy lovers to meet some
of the world’s leading space scientists and immerse
themselves in all things extra-terrestrial.
Guest lectures will start the festivities on
October 6 and 7 with opportunities for young
and budding astronauts to have their questions
answered at a Curious Kids event on October
8.
Star gazers will also be in for a treat when
Toowoomba’s Philharmonic Society perform
under the Milky Way during a special
night-viewing opportunity on October 8.
The festival coincides with this year’s National
Space Week, celebrating sustainability
in space.
Visit www.unisq.edu.au/events/2022/10/
festival-of-astronomy-and-space to register.
Lectures: Festival Talks, Thursday, October
6, and Friday, October 7, 6 pm to late at Alison
Dickson Lecture Theatre, H102, University of
Southern Queensland.
Curious Kids, Saturday, October 8, 4pm to
5.30pm at Alison Dickson Lecture Theatre
(H102), University of Southern Queensland.
AstroHarmonic: Music and Stars, Saturday,
October 8 from 7pm to late at the University
of Southern Queensland, Front Driveway with
entrance via West Street.
Enthusiasts shine at
car show
HIGHFIELDS NORTH EASTERN DOWNS ANNUAL
FUNDRAISER EVENT
The sun was out and the
chrome was shining for the
Highfields North Eastern
Downs’ Lions Club’s major annual
fundraiser on the weekend.
About 130 entrants travelled
to Cabarlah Showgrounds for
the club’s annual show and shine
on Sunday.
Lions Club vice president
Geoff Jarvis said the event was
growing its numbers to comparable
to pre-COVID events.
“We have had people come
from all over South-East
Queensland to participate in this
event,” Mr Jarvis said.
“Before COVID, we usually
had about 180 entrants but today’s
numbers were very easy to
manage.”
Various makes of vehicles
were entered from with hotrods,
muscle cars, restored wagons,
motorcycles and more.
Sunday’s outing was the second
year the club has been able
to hold the event since its first
cancellation due to COVID in
2020.
The Ford XR6 XR8 Club of
Queensland was named this
year’s best represented club.
Mr Jarvis said he and the club
were grateful of the support
from the sponsors of this year’s
show and shine.
“We started running the show
and shine as a way to bring an
annual event to the Highfields
area and draw more visitors to
our region,” Mr Jarvis said.
“Next year, we’ll fine tune the
trophies, especially in our over
50s category which proved to be
more popular than last year. We
try to have one trophy for every
count of three cars.
“We were very pleased with
the support today because there
is a lot of competition with more
show and shines moving into
September but you couldn’t
have asked for a better day for
our fundraiser.” – Sean White
• TOP: Glen Ballard,
Wyreema, in his 1928 Ford
Roadster Pick-Up
• MIDDLE: Neil Hamilton,
Toowoomba, shows his 1960
Holden FB Special Sedan
• BOTTOM: Rob Pulz,
Toowoomba with his Shelby
AC Cobra
• FRONT PAGE PHOTO:
1953 Ford Flatback sedan
The Southern Queensland Inland
and New South Wales Regional
Water Alliance is pushing
forward with plans to advocate
for sustainable water supplies
for their combined Local Government
areas into the future.
The Mayors of Tenterfield,
Goondiwindi, Southern Downs,
Western Downs, Toowoomba
and Lockyer Valley Regional
Councils met at Goondiwindi
last month and agreed to carry
through the work of advocating
for future water for the combined
region.
Toowoomba Region Mayor
Paul Antonio said the group
would continue to come together
regularly to discuss and plan for
the future water needs of inland
Southern Queensland and Northern
New South Wales.
“One of the best ways to advocate
at a local government level
on behalf of our communities is
to join forces and that’s exactly
what this alliance is looking
to achieve, working together to
secure the future water needs
of our regions for decades to
come,” Cr Antonio said.
At its most recent meeting
in Goondiwindi, the Alliance
agreed that it supports the
Queensland State Government’s
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“The Mayors all agreed that
we would run in parallel with
this assessment and advocate
strongly for a longer-term, nation-building
strategy that will
guarantee water security, liveability
and productivity in the
Downs and Border regions, involving
new water sources, for
the next 50-100 years.
“A parallel priority is to establish
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“All levels of government
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Artist's impression of the new Toowoomba Day Surgery
Queensland firm Hutchison Builders has
been awarded the tender to construct the new
Toowoomba Day Surgery located on the Ballie
Henderson Hospital campus.
Darling Downs Health Executive Director Infrastructure
Paul Clayton said work would start in
the coming months.
“The project will provide additional capacity
for our clinical staff to perform day surgery on the
Baillie Henderson Hospital campus, which will be
home to the new Toowoomba Hospital,” Mr Clayton
said.
“Congratulations to the Hutchies team based in
Toowoomba on being awarded the tender to complete
this catalyst project on the Baillie Henderson
campus.
“The new day surgery will see two state of the
art operating theatres constructed. It will also include
recovery and discharge spaces and waiting
rooms for friends and families.”
Darling Downs Health Chief Executive Annette
Scott said the project was just the beginning of
the transformation of services across the Health
Service.
“This is really the beginning of a five-year period
of construction work that will enhance the
health services available to the public and I’m
looking forward to hearing the positive feedback
from the community as they access these facilities,”
Ms Scott said
“Darling Downs Health has received $42 million
from the Department of Health to deliver this
project.
“Construction is expected to start later this
month with the new day surgery to be completed
by December 2023, weather permitting.”
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