Podcasts about Toowoomba

Michael Frappell from Clear Mountain Fairview Stud joins us for this week's edition of Bloodlines Best.Mick updates on breeding season and talks us through the pedigree of a runner at Toowoomba on Saturday night that has an interesting story!

On this edition of the Semi Pros our special guest is Corey Geran. The young Toowoomba trainer joins us to recap what was a memorable Weetwood victory!We also talk footy finals, sing the praises of Clydesdale sensation Chris Woodbridge who scooped the pool at the Qld Cup awards night and also local summer sport season gets underway with the Toowoomba Rangers ready to defend their GBL baseball title!

Weetwood winning trainer Corey Geran joins us on this edition of 1on1. Geran talks us through a memorable moment in his career winning Toowoomba's biggest race with exciting sprinter Let'sfacethemusic

Chris Tait joins us for a special edition of Taity's Tips - he previews the Guineas, the Weetwood & the Cup as well as a few others he likes on the support card.

Federal MP Garth Hamilton made a passionate case for why Toowoomba, backed by heavy-hitting local industries, deserves the NRL’s 20th franchise over a second New Zealand team. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Sunday 20 September and spring is springing, especially in Toowoomba where the Carnival of Flowers is now in full swing. I'm John VK4JPM Secretary of the Darling Downs Radio Club and welcome to an update for club members and listeners. Last Monday we visited radio station 4DDB and really did learn a heap of stuff about broadcasting. The big message is that broadcast technology IS incredibly broad, and you can have a heap of fun applying skills that you already have, and you get to work with all kinds of gear that is bigger than anything we play with in amateur radio. There are 460 community broadcasting stations in Australia and all of them are looking for tech support. So if you're listening to this broadcast, you're already pre-qualified, and there are people who would love to hear from you. And we can help you make the connection to a station near you. If you'd like to know more or get an introduction, drop me a line via Secretary@ddrci.org.au Our next club meeting will be on Monday 12 October, in the Hut at 18A Memory Street Harristown. The topic is very timely: Mesh. There are many people who have started with LoRa, moved to Meshtastic, and then discovered MeshCore - by which time it was all too much fun to stop. Mesh is an incredibly useful technology and with lots of opportunity to do something that hams are good at: experiment and see what happens. At our meeting you'll discover why mesh technology has so much potential, and how to get involved. We won't be going into every nut and bolt, and you won't learn everything about mesh, but you'll leave knowing what you don't know, and where to go next. That's our Mesh overview meeting, on Monday 12 October, and details are on the club website at ddrci.org.au Over at VK4RDD the club's repeater, EchoLink has settled in nicely, and got a reasonably good workout on last Sunday morning's 2m net. At least one participant joined the net from a phone in his car, and the audio was super-clean and clear. It's really easy to get started with EchoLink, and there's a heap of good information on how to get going. Check out the club website for that initial leg-up. During September we're going to keep reminding you that qualifying for the Club's Garden City Award is both fun and easy, and if you apply before end of Carnival on 5 October we'll even recognise your effort with a special annotation: the during the Carnival of Flowers connection. Check the website at ddrci.org.au and click the awards tab at the top of the page for all the detail. Now an ask: how about sparing a few hours to help the club with our JOTA/JOTI efforts over 16/17/18 October. As a licensed ham, you're just the person we need to inspire the next generation of enthusiastic operators - in this case through scouts and guides, and on a worldwide stage. Can you let us know when on those dates you'd be available to help a bit, and we'll do the rest. education@ddrci.org.au is the email address for that. That's all for this week. Instant replay of both words and audio can be found on our website at ddrci.org.au. If you have a thought for a meeting, or an article of interest, or a burning question, please send a note to secretary@ddrci.org.au and we'll help. Promise. The DDRCI Club 2m net follows at 1000 on Sundays on VK4RDD or EchoLink - feel free to join us, and with EchoLink in place you really can join the net from anywhere at all. I'm John VK4JPM, for the Darling Downs Radio Club. Until next week 73s and thanks for listening.

Toowoomba has kicked off its 77th Carnival of Flowers by obliterating a world record, gathering 1,546 locals at Queens Park dressed as native Toowoomba violets. Regional Councillor James O'Shea joined the show to share how the community smashed Malta's previous record by over 600 people and to unpack the powerful historical tribute behind their chosen costume.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Foodies Fix is Toowoomba’s tastiest podcast, taking you behind the scenes of the region’s best bites, hidden gems, and must-try local spots, with Kristen O’Brien from Dine Darling Downs. Each episode serves up fresh foodie chats with chefs, venue owners, and event legends, plus all the delicious happenings you’ll want on your weekend radar. If it’s local, mouth-watering and worth the drive…it’s on Foodies Fix This week’s Foodies Fix is all about FEASTival 2026!

Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast and Mark 'MG' Geyer discuss the latest developments in the NRL finals, including team matchups and ticket availability for key games. They also explore the prospect of a new NRL team in Toowoomba, debating the expansion's financial backing and potential implications for the player pool.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After cycling from Adelaide to Toowoomba, Goondiwindi farmer Dave Batterham is completing the final leg of a 3,000km journey on foot, pushing a wheelbarrow to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. The extreme physical challenge honours his late wife Jude, who lost her battle with neuroendocrine cancer, while raising vital funds for cancer research and hospital foundations.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of Spotted Cow Stable Talk we catch up 1on1 with champion Toowoomba jockey Gary Geran.In an all family affair he's chasing Weetwood success for the first time in his illustrious career in 2026 aboard Let'sfacethemusic trained in partnership by his wife Kylie and son Corey.

The Toowoomba Hospital Foundation welcomed the local business community for this month’s @Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce Business@Dusk! ✨For more than 30 years, the Foundation has connected the generosity of our region with the needs of local healthcare, but its impact now extends well beyond fundraising.We hear how its growing range of community initiatives is creating spaces, strengthening connections and supporting the health and wellbeing of people across the Darling Downs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Following an independent assurance review into Toowoomba Hospital's maternity unit, Jason Matthews 4BC investigates shocking allegations of obstetric violence, surgical errors, and severe trauma suffered by local mothers. In response to Queensland Health’s written statement, Maternity Consumer Network Director Alecia Staines slams the bureaucracy for a lack of transparency and for failing to hold executives accountable.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk with BVN CEOS & principals, Ali Bounds, Principal & Co-CEO (Sydney) and Neil Logan, Principal & Co-CEO (Brisbane) about the signifance of BVN reaching its' 100th birthday.In August 1926, Arthur Bligh, BVNs founding principal, set in motion a trajectory of architectural endeavour defined by curiosity, reinvention and collective effort that has endured for 100 years. Through recession, war, boom times, low times and a new millennium, 44 principals have passed on the baton of shared partnership and authorship, bolstered by thousands of alums, countless collaborators, clients, supporters and friends, united by a shared purpose to design a better future.So, a century later, BVN's journey is now all about looking to the future with optimism and gratitude for those who have persevered, fostering the belief that architecture matters to society and pursuing that with integrity, creativity and care.

John Roberts VK4TL Left us on Monday 24th August in his 97th year. John had what some would describe as an absolute passion for Radio and was always experimenting and building transceivers and amplifiers with many fine examples still in use today. In his earlier years he was an engineer on the infamous Radio Caroline ship and was also an operator of the RAF Gibraltar Club station ZB2A. With many callsigns over the years from places he was deployed with the RAF he ended up in Australia where he went on to become the long time broadcast engineer for Commercial Radio group NQ radio which seen him to retirement. John was President of TREC with multiple stints between 2003 and 2019 and was very dedicated to helping out with horse endurance rides and manned the base station many many times over the years. Over the years John experimented with 6 metres, Satellite Work, and Earth Moon Earth on 1296 before downsizing to move to Cairns from the Atherton Tablelands. Vale John Roberts VK4TL, Silent Key Hi, and welcome to the QNEWS segment from the Darling Downs Radio Club, and this is the week beginning from Sunday 6 September. I'm John VK4JPM and from this week we are officially in spring. If you want a bit of fun, don't forget that Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers starts on 18 September and runs through to 8 October, with the big parade on Saturday 19 September. Our next club meeting is in a little over a week on Monday 14 September, and from 1900 we'll be onsite at Toowoomba's radio station 4DDB. Did you know that broadcasting came from work done by early ham radio experimenters, and sometimes WAS the experiment? It's time to find out how broadcast radio works these days, and visit the newly re-roofed 4DDB studios. The station's transmitter links had to come down and be re-erected, so there's going to be a good story about how to do that work and keep program running 24x7. All the usual club hospitality plus more as we tour the studios, look at racks, discuss servers, and see how radio is made. All the details are on our website at ddrci.org.au, and look for the calendar entry on the home page. Jamboree of the air is coming up on the weekend of 16-18 October, and the club has been reaching out to our local Scouts and Guides. Last weekend was definitely bit special for a local Scout Troop in Withcott. Dave VK4JPS, along with Perry VK4PER, responded to a call from pack leader Baloo to bring a group of scouts up to speed with what we do as hams. Dave prepared a three part evening, with some simple Morse Code flashing using Arduinos, a sample Fox Hunt with gear from Bruce VK4MQ, and there was a live HF Demo on 40m under the Callsign VK4SAA, kindly made available with permission from Bunda (Chris the QLD JOTA Lead for Scouts). Big thanks to our two contacts: VK4WSG from Townsville and Harry VK2HKE from Wagga Wagga. It was great to have Dave and Perry work with two freshly minted calls (Dan VK4SPN and Andy VK4ODN who made their first QSOs under their own calls). This further inspired two potential hams, Tim and Angus, who were treated to some theory and practical exercises, and Vector Network analyser demos all around. The Week 37 ham challenge is to get on air and work every band you can in one operation. Grab a cup of something, and hit the airwaves on whatever your gear will allow. For double plus points, get some gear you don't normally use and expand the count of bands you cover. Why not try some crossbanding? Get a bit more familiarity with how other bands work. It's all in good fun, and adds to your store of experience. if you missed any of this information, it's all on the website at ddrci.org.au, including the text of this bulletin and online audio replay - just have a look over to the right side. On Sunday morning our 2m net follows at 1000 on VK4RDD or Echolink - feel free to join us. Thanks for listening - I'm John VK4JPM for the Darling Downs Radio Club.

Belong in Hockey – it's a program coordinated by the Toowoomba Hockey Association, to support the city’s local refugee and migrant population. The initiative began to help Middle Eastern Yezidi refugees integrate into the local community through sport. Since, Belong in Hockey has evolved to include people from all cultural backgrounds and ages, strengthening Toowoomba’s social hockey scene. The program received the Social Cohesion and Community Impact Project of the Year by an Organisation at this year's Multicultural Queensland Awards.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A divorce, six properties, and four states: here is how one investor rebuilt and grew a $5.8m portfolio through interstate investing, diversification, and careful asset selection. On The Property Nerds podcast, Arjun Paliwal is joined by Sudesh Piyatissa, who shares his investment journey behind his six-property portfolio, now spanning Victoria, Queensland, NSW, and Western Australia. Piyatissa shares how he rebuilt his financial position after his divorce in 2021 and why stepping outside Melbourne became a turning point in his investment strategy. The pair explore how Piyatissa moved from buying close to home to investing interstate, with markets including Toowoomba and the Gold Coast becoming key parts of his portfolio. They discuss why each property needs to serve a purpose, and how thinking about a portfolio as a whole can change the way investors assess individual assets. With a demanding career leaving little time for property research, Piyatissa explains why building a trusted team became critical to his ability to keep investing and making decisions across multiple markets. The conversation also looks at the lessons Piyatissa has taken from his journey, including why investors should not let market uncertainty stop them from acting when the right opportunity comes along.

On this edition of 1on1 we chat with Volonte Mbaiornom & Prudence Melom. They're brother and sister and they head up local NDIS business Link Community Services.On this episode we chat about their journey as refugees from Chadd to Australia and starting a new life in Toowoomba all the way to establishing Link Community Services.and it couldn't be a brother sister episode without a little test of sibling rivalry!

Geoffrey Rush: the only Australian actor to win a Tony, a Primetime Emmy and an Oscar, is our Rosebud guest today. Geoffrey tells Gyles about his childhood growing up in Toowoomba, Queensland, the son of a broken marriage, brought up by his mum and grandparents. He talks about his early memories of rural Australia - of gardens, flower festivals and fireworks - and then he tells Gyles about moving to Brisbane, and discovering his talent for performance. He talks about his work with the Queensland Theatre Company, about meeting his wife, Jane, about Shakespeare and training with Lecoq in Paris. He then tells Gyles about his big break in the Oscar-winning Shine, about winning the Oscar, and about Shakespeare in Love. He discusses his case against the Sydney Daily Telegraph, from whom he won damages in 2020.Our heartfelt thanks to Geoffrey Rush for this fascinating conversation.Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube here. Join The Rosebud Family here. And visit our website here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everyone talks about the wins. Not many people talk about the $$$ repair bill.Josh has been investing in property for 17 years. This year, two of his tenancies went bad at the same time, in two different states, managed two completely different ways. One of them cost him tens of thousands of dollars. The other taught him what good property management actually looks like.What we cover in this episode:- Why one bad tenancy cost Josh $$$ in damage, and what he'd do differently- The real difference between a reactive property manager and a proactive one- Why "vetting your tenant" isn't enough, you need to vet your property manager too- What Josh wishes he knew about tenancy legislation before things went wrong- Why, after all of this, he's still about to buy another investment propertyIf you're an investor, a landlord, or thinking about becoming one, this is the honest version of what can go wrong, and what actually helps when it does.Welcome to the Hot Property Podcast, hosted by Hot Property, Toowoomba's leading full service, independent, real estate agency. On this podcast you'll hear how to make more from your property, grow your wealth, and the many lessons we have learned in helping manage and sell more than $3 Billion worth of real estate in the Toowoomba Region.

Foodies Fix is Toowoomba’s tastiest podcast, taking you behind the scenes of the region’s best bites, hidden gems, and must-try local spots, with Kristen O’Brien from Dine Darling Downs. Each episode serves up fresh foodie chats with chefs, venue owners, and event legends, plus all the delicious happenings you’ll want on your weekend radar. If it’s local, mouth-watering and worth the drive…it’s on Foodies Fix Make the most of the final days of winter with Kristen’s top five must-dos in Toowoomba! Indulge in mulled wine at Cork and Lever, enjoy a winter soirée at Preston Manor and Village, or sip a Kinder Bueno Mocha from Jilly’s Café. Take a road trip for slow-cooked beef cheeks at the Grand Old Crow Hotel before wrapping up the day fireside at Rosalie House. Rug up, get out and tick these winter favourites off your list before spring arrives!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi, this is Bob, VK4BOB up in the tropical paradise of Cairns. Ten hams from Cairns Amateur Radio Club travelled up to Cooktown in Far North Queensland on 14 August 2026 to operate the next day, Saturday, from the carpark by the Grassy Hill Lighthouse using the club's call VK4GrassyHillLighthouse. But first, on Friday evening many of us enjoyed a sunset cheese and bikkies cruise on the river and into the mangrove swamps. On Saturday a few of us also activated POTA locations including the Grassy Hill Lighthouse State Heritage Area, Endeavour River, Endeavour River National Park, and Black Mountain National Park. For some of our newer members these were their introductions to this part of our hobby. Much of the day up on Grassy Hill seemed to be spent socialising rather than playing radio, especially with hot dogs for lunch then later spag bol and curried rice for dinner plus snacks and freshly brewed coffee throughout the day. Just after sunset however we saw on the weather radar a rather nasty stretch of rain heading up the coast towards us. We had the large gazebo, cooking gear, tables, chairs, antenna, radio, batteries and all the other stuff packed away in record time just as the first drops of rain hit us, so unfortunately there went the evening's chances of some good DX. Cairns Amateur Radio Club stepped up and the callsign was transferred to us. We'll be back there next year for sure and visitors will be welcome. So start planning now! Well Hi - it's Sunday 23Aug and time for a bit of a look at what's coming up for the Darling Downs Radio Club and other things. Almost sounds like the title of a song. The Management Committee met last Sunday and decided... ooh, lots of important stuff, which will be detailed in a note to members and others shortly. We're only just out of the blocks from the AGM, and already setting up meetings for the coming year and working towards our big goal of a permanent clubhouse. Congratulations to Perry, VK4PER, who joins us as a member of the Management Committee. Perry gained his Australian licence earlier this year using the club's assessment team, and hasn't looked back. If you're in the Downs area and would like to get or upgrade your licence, we're here to help. There's no charge for assessments or coaching; that's how keen we are to give you a start or improve your skills. And there are no gender or age barriers. Many of our members have had a licence since their teens, and intend to keep going until... well, just keep going. Gotta love this hobby. Our next club meeting is on Monday 14 September, and we're touring radio station 4DDB. Community radio is such a great training ground, where you can learn all kinds of skills that are useful in the big world, and give back to help others create content. The tour will show you what goes into a radio station to make it work, and how signals move around. Come and learn about balanced lines, circular polarisation, and audio interfaces. All stuff that you can use around the shack to improve what you do on-air. Monday 14 September, at 4DDB in Toowoomba and details are on the website at ddrci.org.au Last Sunday we ran our first full weekly-2m-net using the refurbished repeater - now improved with Echolink. Getting on Echolink as a user sounds intimidating, but is easy once you have the steps in place. We've put a guide to doing that on the website, cleverly hidden as a calendar entry on the rotator - just go the homepage and wait until the obvious words come around, then click. Simples!

A Danish data center will heat a town with its waste heat, Sumitomo buys into Celtic Sea floating wind, and Cadeler orders two more vessels. The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast is brought to you by Weather Guard Lightning Tech, creators of the StrikeTape Ultra LPS retrofit. Subscribe to Uptime’s Substack newsletter. And check out Rosemary’s “Engineering with Rosie” Youtube channel. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! Good Monday everyone. A data center broke ground in Denmark this week … and the plan is for it to help heat the town. Not a slogan. But a pipe. Let me explain. The project is called Dansk Data Center 1. They put shovels in the ground on August thirteenth at the Port of Esbjerg in southern Denmark. The owners are the pension fund PensionDanmark … the real estate firm Thylander … and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners. That last name should sound familiar. Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has raised about forty-three billion euros across fifteen funds … and builds energy projects in more than thirty countries. This time it is building a data center. Eleven and a half megawatts. By the standards of this business … that is small. But watch how they built it. The waste heat will go into the town’s district heating system … in partnership with the local utility … Din Forsyning. The cooling water runs in a closed loop and gets used again. And the plant can raise or lower its power draw to match whatever the Danish grid has to spare that hour. The chief technology officer put it plainly. The goal is for the data center not to be a burden … but an active part of a balanced energy system. Commissioning is set for October of twenty twenty-seven. Now … hold that model in your head. Because on the other side of the world … they are still doing it the old way. Centuria Industrial is a warehouse landlord. Australia’s largest pure-play industrial property trust. This week … in its full-year results … it told investors it is chasing more than two hundred and fifty megawatts of data center capacity. Some of that is expansion at sites it already owns. A twelve-megawatt building in Melbourne bought from Telstra back in twenty twenty. A small center in Toowoomba, Queensland. Another in Perth … leased to Fujitsu. But the rest of that plan is warehouses. Old industrial yards in Victoria and Western Australia that Centuria wants to turn into data halls. And here is the tell. For three of those sites … the company has already filed power applications. Not planning applications. Power applications. Because in this business … the grid connection is the product. Centuria’s head of funds management says Australian demand is now outpacing supply. He is not wrong. And he is not alone. So … two continents. Two data center stories. One built as a part of the power system. The other waiting in line for it. Either way … the load is coming. Which brings us to the people building the supply. Start in the Celtic Sea … about forty kilometers off the British coast. There is a floating wind project out there called Gwynt Glas. That is Welsh for blue wind. Up to one and a half gigawatts. This week … Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation bought a third of it. The other two thirds are held by EDF … and by Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board. Three equal partners. Now … Sumitomo has been investing in European offshore wind since twenty fourteen. But this is its first floating project anywhere in the world. And the timeline will test your patience. Consent applications do not even begin until twenty twenty-eight. Commercial operation is targeted for the late twenty thirties. That is a Japanese trading house writing a check today for electricity that shows up in fifteen years. The deal sits under a memorandum signed with the British government last year. Britain wants the Celtic Sea built. Japan just volunteered to help pay for it. Now up to Scotland. Vestas has installed the most powerful onshore wind turbine in Britain. It stands at Sanquhar II … between Dumfries and Galloway and East Ayrshire. The machine comes off the EnVentus platform … a bigger rotor married to a higher-rated generator. More energy out of the same wind. That project spent ten years in planning. And Vestas has more than six hundred megawatts of these machines under construction across Britain. But here is the argument going on inside the industry. Everybody is building bigger turbines. And yet a Vestas executive said this week … quote … we firmly believe bigger does not automatically mean better. Project economics are under pressure. In Germany and the Netherlands … you cannot get a blade that size under a bridge or through a village. Scotland is empty enough to try it. Britain now has about thirty-three gigawatts of wind … split about evenly between onshore and offshore. Onshore space is running out. So every new turbine has to do more work than the one before it. And then … there are the ships. Cadeler runs the largest fleet of jack-up wind turbine installation vessels in the world. This week … it ordered two more. The yard is COSCO Shipping Offshore in Qidong, China. The price … about eight hundred and five million euros. Call it nine hundred and thirty million dollars. Delivery … twenty thirty and twenty thirty-one. That will bring the fleet to fourteen vessels. And understand what these things are. The current class carries a deck of five thousand six hundred square meters … a payload over eighteen thousand tonnes … and a crane that lifts more than three thousand three hundred tonnes. Six extra-large monopile foundations per trip. The new class … they say … will be bigger still. Meanwhile the newest ship … the Wind Ace … is finishing commissioning right now. Its first job is East Anglia Two for ScottishPower Renewables … starting in twenty twenty-seven. And here is the number that tells you the most. Cadeler’s order backlog stands above three billion dollars. Eighty-two percent of that work is on projects where the customer has already taken a final investment decision. Nobody orders a nine-hundred-million-dollar ship for twenty thirty-one on a hunch. So … here is what to watch. For years this industry has fought one bottleneck at a time. Permits. Then supply chain. Then vessels. Now the bottleneck is the grid connection itself. Centuria filed power applications before planning applications. Because in twenty twenty-six … the scarce resource is not land or steel or capital. It is a slot on the transmission network. That changes the game for wind developers. The projects that win will not be the ones with the biggest turbines or the cheapest blades. They will be the ones that show up with a grid solution already in hand. Denmark just showed what that looks like. A data center that flexes its load … feeds heat back to the community … and makes the grid operator’s job easier. If you are developing a wind farm today … and you are not thinking about who will consume your electrons and how … you are already behind. The old pitch was … we generate clean power. The new pitch is … we solve a grid problem. That is the difference between a project that gets built and one that sits in a queue for five years. And that is the state of the wind industry for the 18th of August … twenty twenty-six. Join us for the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast tomorrow.

Ken Fuller VK4KF left us on 5th August aged 98 years. He met his wife Pat when she was still a teenager on the range west of Sydney. Ken worked in the Queensland Rail Workshops in Ipswich, and went on to be a draftsman while studying Engineering part time. He was part of the crew monitoring rocket launches at Woomera, before becoming Science advisor to Federal Ministers in Canberra. He and Pat enjoyed sailing and after retiring they spent some years on their yacht along the Queensland coast. There he discovered Amateur Radio and received his full call with help of Amateurs on the Sunshine Coast. He gave up sailing in his 90s and went into care recently. This restricted his Amateur activity. There will be a service for him at Saint Lukes church Wooloongabba on 21st August at 11 am. Vale Ken Fuller VK4KF SK It's 16 August on the Darling Downs and most other places in Queensland. I'm John VK4JPM Secretary of the Darling Downs Radio Club, and we're celebrating the last day of Ekka by wondering what we might have put into our high-value showbags. You know the deal with sample bags: for $25 you get three candy bars, a plastic toy, a puzzle, a pack of crisps, and a comic that's been out of date for years. We can do better than that: for the $3 hamfest price, our pack contains 20 resistors in a value you can't use, half an Elektor kit from a british supplier, a compact fluoro tube, and a three-year back issue of an electronics magazine with part two of a thing you want to build - and no way to get the other issues. And if none of that made sense, we can help you upgrade your electronics knowledge through club meetings, radio training and our regular updates. Drop a line to education@ddrci.org.au and we'll help. Closer to home, we spent this month's club meeting looking at repeaters, and how they really work. Turned out that cavity filters and stacked folded dipoles are more of a black art than we thought, so the session was very well received, just like our updated repeater. Echolink and IRLP have been enabled on VK4RDD, and you can check those out now - the downloadable Echolink app will help you find the repeater pretty easily. VK4RDD also has some new idents, reminding users of the CTCSS access tone, and pointing to the website for further contact. It was great to see so many new faces at the meeting, and a lot of gear was sold at insane prices. Next month's club meeting will be offsite: on 14 September we're going to visit community radio station 4DDB in Toowoomba to see how broadcast audio works. Broadcasting and Amateur Radio share a lot of skills and background, and it's amazing how much fun you can have with both - sometimes even combining the two. From a radio studio you might not get as many distance records, but you could definitely get a few long playing records. There are many hams who have had careers in radio, and many people in radio and TV have become hams... in all senses of the word. The date again for the visit to Radio 4DDB: 14 September; if you can hear or read this you'll be welcome, and details will be appearing on the club website at ddrci.org.au Coming up soon on the website will be some feature articles, pointers to a some e-magazines that have been e-mailed to us, and the article by Warren VK4FJ describing how to clean back and replate a 100-year-old morse key. The club VK4RDD net is up following the callbacks, and we'd like to hear from stations who can help us test echolink. I'm John VK4JPM for the Darling Downs Radio Club. Until next week, thanks for listening.

Eurovision star Dami Im joined Drive as she prepares to wrap up her national tour at Toowoomba’s historic Empire Theatre for the Queensland Fringe Festival. She explained why regional audiences offer an extra-special energy and how returning to her jazz roots at the piano marks a new chapter in her career.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Foodies Fix is Toowoomba’s tastiest podcast, taking you behind the scenes of the region’s best bites, hidden gems, and must-try local spots, with Kristen O’Brien from Dine Darling Downs Each episode serves up fresh foodie chats with chefs, venue owners, and event legends, plus all the delicious happenings you’ll want on your weekend radar. If it’s local, mouth-watering and worth the drive…it’s on Foodies Fix

Triple M Exclusive with the only local artist in the first QLD fringe for Toowoomba. She also celebrates the release of her brand new single 'Before the rain'See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our On The Piss Podcast, where we catch up, get on the piss and talk shit!Clutz FINALLY plays his 200 and one of our favourite frothies gets a spin on Triple J?Leave us a message for the Pod: https://www.speakpipe.com/BloodyBrilliantbeers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time to Catch up! Grace and Chantel come in to give us the needed updates for the future plans of PCYC and where they are currently based and offering. Geoff McDonald gives us our Toowoomba updates and David Janetzki talks about Protea Place.Giuliana Bonel talks all things Qld Fringe as Toowoomba welcomes it for the first time. Prepare yourselves for the Meg-a-bundle of fun facts and dad jokes. We get topical with Ally Martell And Dani Jeffcoat Weather Kid Willow reads the weather forecast for the weekStream on LiSTNR for free!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A two-year community-led project has seen over 100 headstones repaired at the Drayton and Toowoomba cemetery in Southern Queensland. In 2024, when almost 150 graves were left vandalised, a group of locals' banded together to create the Headstone Healing Project, thanks to grassroots fundraising. The aim was to restore final resting places and honour local legacy,See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Get in touch with our amazing episode contributors & sponsors:   Joe Tucker:

Foodies Fix is Toowoomba’s tastiest podcast, taking you behind the scenes of the region’s best bites, hidden gems, and must-try local spots, with Kristen O’Brien from @Dine Darling Downs . Each episode serves up fresh foodie chats with chefs, venue owners, and event legends, plus all the delicious happenings you’ll want on your weekend radar. If it’s local, mouth-watering and worth the drive…it’s on Foodies FixFirst, we head to Preston Peak Winery, where Sunday breakfast has arrived with chef-crafted dishes, barista coffee and breathtaking views across the Lockyer Valley. We catch up with the new owners to chat about their exciting plans for the iconic venue, from winter breakfasts to future events and weddings Then it's time for dessert! We dive fork-first into Kingfisher Café's freshly baked signature cakes, made in-house daily and guaranteed to satisfy every sweet tooth. Safe to say... choosing a favourite wasn't easy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rewind to 23–29 July 2006, when gossip blogs could make global headlines, Australians argued over drinking recycled water and apparently every second Neighbours actor fancied themselves the next pop star.

குயின்ஸ்லாந்து மாநிலத்தில் ஒரு சமூகத்தையே அதிர்ச்சிக்குள்ளாக்கியிருக்கும் ஒரு சோகச் செய்தி நான்கு மாதக் குழந்தையின் தாயான, முப்பது வயதுடைய ஜானா ஆம்ஸ்ட்ராங் (Jana Armstrong), டூவூம்பா (Toowoomba) நகரில் காணாமல் போய், நாட்களாகத் தேடப்பட்ட நிலையில், அவரது உடல் காட்டுப் பகுதியில் கண்டெடுக்கப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. இந்த வழக்கில், அவரது முன்னாள் வாழ்க்கைத் துணையும், அக்குழந்தையின் தந்தையுமான, இந்தியர் ஒருவர் கைது செய்யப்பட்டு நீதிமன்றத்தில் விசாரணைக்குட்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளார். இது குறித்த செய்தியை எடுத்து வருகிறார் குலசேகரம் சஞ்சயன்.

We chat travel essentials before the team is heads to Toowoomba today for tomorrow’s big live show in Helidon - where Intern Pete has already over‑ordered 50 metres of red carpet. Plus, Tombstone Texts return, we check in on World Cup plans, celebrate Small Thing, Big Joy, and get ready for tomorrow’s live broadcast from the Criterion Hotel - giant scissors, Shannon Noll, and Australia’s biggest meat tray included.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We kick off with Monday Winner or Loser, check listener reviews of Toy Story 5, and prep for the show’s road trip to Toowoomba and Helidon. Then it’s Signs You’re an Adult and another round of Falling Stories, including Pete falling into a koi pond while meeting the Prince of Dubai. We wrap with Change a Letter, Change a Band for At Work Time Wasters.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Following more than a decade of living in Queensland and a complex visa battle, Reyna Nangan's family has been granted permanent residency by the Immigration Minister. - Matapos ang mahigit isang dekadang paninirahan at komplikadong laban sa visa, binigyan ng Immigration Minister ng permanent residency ang pamilya ni Reyna Nangan sa Queensland.

Happy Monday legends.We jump in a time machine and get a glimpse of an 80 year old Gibbo.Twisted finger calls in with a house party prank and the Scottish General tells us about Toowoomba drivers. A now sober Electrician Magician follows up from last week's less than sober call with a aqua turd call.15% Wild Boars for a wild time and we hear the top 5 danger wanks…electrician edition.Strap-on clown calls in with a scary proposal and a Flog gets tied to a bedhead and can't escape, then lights Gibbo up with an all-time burn.Enjoy legends! info@twoflogspodcast.com.auIf your going to bet, bet with Ladbrokes AustraliaAfter some pod merch? or our famous Flog Spiced Rum? hit the link to go straight to out store Two Flogs PodcastIf you are after a cap to keep the sun off your melon go check out our mates at Country Trucker Capshasing a GVM upgrade or any 4wd accsories check out 4x4 Accessories & Essentials - DMWif you want to do more then listen to theTWOFLOGS you can watch us here on our Pateron its cheap and lots of fun with bonus content and ADVERT FREE patreon.com/TwoFlogsPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dish the Dirt — Show NotesThe Cotton Bunch with Jamie Rother & Caroline AzriaWhat happens when a third-generation cotton farmer and a Paris-born UX designer meet at Disney World, fall in love, and end up growing flowers on the Darling Downs? You get The Cotton Bunch — and one of the most unexpected stories in Australian flower farming.Jamie Rother and Caroline Azria run The Cotton Bunch across two properties near Toowoomba, Queensland. Their journey started as a 3am Sydney Flower Market experiment, survived a pandemic, weathered floods, frosts and a burnt-down farm — and became one of the most exciting growing operations in Southeast Queensland.In this episode we cover their backstory, the leap from corporate life to full-time farming, the radical mindset shift from yield to aesthetic, reviving a fire-devastated wildflower farm in Hampton, and what it actually takes to hit your targets when the black soil turns to sinking sand. Plus their proudest moment, the harvest that brought the whole team to their knees, and what it means to build something like this with the person you love.In this episode:Trading Sydney careers for a cotton farm during COVIDFrom 3am flower market runs to tens of thousands of sunflower stems a weekYield vs aesthetic — why floriculture is a completely different mindsetReviving a 40-acre wildflower farm burned by an arsonist in 2019Joining Wildflowers Australia and finding their grower communityThe Christmas bush harvest that tested everyoneTheir proudest Mother's Day momentLinks & ResourcesThe Cotton Bunch — cottonbunch.com | @thecottonbunchWildflowers Australia — wildflowersaustralia.com.au — tickets now on sale for the 11th National Conference & Expo, Sunshine Coast, 14–15 August 2026. Pre-conference farm tour at The Cotton Bunch, Hampton, 12 August.Madge Goods — madgegoods.com | @madge_goods — use code DIRT15 for 15% off the Stella JumpsuitDish the Dirt goes in search of Australian flower farmers and shares their stories. Hosted by Rebecca Noble. Got a brand that'd love to reach this community? Head to dishthedirt.com.au and hit contact.Until next time — keep being blooming fabulous.

Lots of cults in Toowoomba. More of Nick Carr here. BOOK DAVE! He'll be a great addition to your event. More about The Debrief Original theme music by Kit Warhurst. Hear the making of The Debrief theme song. Artwork created by Stacy Gougoulis. Co-produced by Nearly Media Looking for another podcast? The Junkees with Dave O'Neil & Kitty Flanagan - The sweet and salty roundabout! Junk food abounds! Somehow Related with Glenn Robbins and Dave O'Neil - they get two topics and need to find out how they are related!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's News Time, we'll hear how sport is helping refugees feel like they belong. We'll meet a new species of insect that's lacking table manners. Then, in our Wow of the Week, we'll find out why a jet plane has travelled to Australia... by boat!Quiz Questions1. What is the name given to Australian sign language?2. What sport is helping refugees settle into the Toowoomba community?3. The new insect was given the name Larrakia WHAT-legged assassin bug?4. What bird did Christopher, the drone operator, say he's always wanted to fly like?5. How long had the plane been travelling by sea?Answers1. Auslan2. Hockey3. Feather-legged4. Black cockatoo5. Two months!

Lucy, Theo, Andrew, and Ben bring you: A celebrity in Toowoomba, a scamproof grandmother, a family-friendly movie in progress, a possibly record-breaking horse, recovering from an internal head removal, and being grateful for your hole fall. *** Outro: Caballo Negro - Nico Gomez and his Afro Percussion Inc *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Email the show at mailbag@boontavista.com! Call in and leave us a question or a message on 1800-317-515 to be answered on the show! *** Website: boontavista.com Twitch: twitch.tv/boontavista

Most investors chase capital city "hotspots" – but some of the strongest growth in Australia is quietly happening in regional markets no one is watching. Here is how to find the next best area. On The Smart Property Investment Show, host Liam Garman speaks with Kev Tran from Kev Tran Group about why regional areas continue to outperform expectations, even after years of investor attention and shifting sentiment. Tran cites Toowoomba as an example, with the town still recording 20–25 per cent year-on-year growth in recent cycles, despite investors pulling back and assuming the market had already peaked. He warns that one of investors' biggest mistakes was to assume that past growth meant future stagnation, leading them to overlook markets with strong fundamentals beneath the surface. Tran explains that the real edge comes from focusing less on "hotspots" and more on fundamentals like supply constraints, population growth, economic diversity, and owner-occupier demand. The discussion expands beyond Queensland, highlighting how markets across Western Australia, Victoria, and other regional corridors continue to cycle through periods of undervaluation and renewed demand. The duo ultimately challenges the idea of following the crowd, showing that some of the best opportunities are often in the markets investors stopped paying attention to too early. If you like this episode, show your support by rating us or leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and by following Smart Property Investment on social media: Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn. If you would like to get in touch with our team, email editor@smartpropertyinvestment.com.au for more insights, or hear your voice on the show by recording a question below.

The first Wednesday of April is considered the most important holiday among the Yazidis and is commonly referred to as the Yazidi New Year. This event is celebrated every year on the first Wednesday of April, according to the old (eastern) calendar. The Yazidi community in Toowoomba, Queensland is celebrating this important day, with musician Simo Shengaly joining in with his songs. - Çarşema yekem di nav Êzîdiyan de wekî cejna herî girîng tê zanîn û bi gelemperî wekî Sersala Êzîdiyan tê hesibandin. Ev cejn her sal di Çarşema yekem a Nîsanê de, li gorî salnameya kevin (rojhilat), tê pîrozkirin. Civaka Êzîdî li Toowoomba, Queensland vê roja girîng pîroz dike, muzîkjen Sîmo bi stranên xwe têde beşdar dibe.

Learn about Nepali community events across Australia, including the Momo Festival in Melbourne, a literature program in Toowoomba and the final results of the GNC Cup in Sydney. - अप्रिल ११ र १२ तारिखमा मेलबर्नको फुटस्केप पार्कमा 'मोमो फेस्ट'को आयोजना हुने भएको छ। एसबीएस मिडिया पार्टनर रहेको उक्त कार्यक्रममा उपस्थितहरूले विभिन्न थरीका म:म:सँगै गीतसङ्गीत र एसबीएसको बुथमा निःशुल्क फोटो खिच्ने अवसर पाउनेछन्। यसबाहेक सिड्नीमा भएको २७ औं जीएनसी कप, साउथ अस्ट्रेलियामा मन्दिर निमार्णका लागि पुराण वाचन लगायत अस्ट्रेलियाका विभिन्न ठाउँमा गए हप्ता आयोजना भएका र यो साता हुने नेपाली सामुदायिक कार्यक्रमहरू बारे जान्नुहोस्!

Happy Monday and welcome to "Spitters are Quitters" Kirb sends out a Mowing SOS after both his whipper-snipper and mower won't start. We hear the real story from the mower repair man live.Graheemee gives us a live update on tonight's dinner and Gibbo's not impressed.We get a call from a well-known snowman and Golf Day appreciation from Big HuddoA Flog didn't bring home merch and Murbah Race Caller gives high praise for the annual Flogs Golf Day. Just another truckwit calls in with his Flog Of The Week: the payroll master and Craigoss gives us an update on Toowoomba traffic and HR.Enjoy legends!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The Property Nerds, host Arjun Paliwal speaks with investor Ani Vemulpad about building wealth through strategic property investing and thinking beyond one's local market. The conversation begins with Vemulpad reflecting on the beginning of his journey, driven by a desire to understand wealth creation, something he realised was rarely taught in schools. Recognising the scale of Australia's residential real estate market, he chose not to limit his investments to his backyard and instead built a diversified portfolio across states, including NSW, Victoria, Queensland, and South Australia. Using a data-driven approach, Vemulpad targeted markets with strong fundamentals, investing early in places like Adelaide and Toowoomba before they became widely recognised growth locations. A key theme of the discussion is the ability to separate emotion from investment decisions, focusing on long-term performance rather than how a property looks. Even when faced with setbacks, such as an underperforming apartment purchase in Melbourne, Vemulpad treated the experience as a learning opportunity rather than a failure. As his portfolio matured, he shifted from purely growth-focused assets toward investments that could also deliver passive income, including acquiring a rare unit block. The episode concludes with Vemulpad sharing how he achieved his long-term goal of buying a home in Sydney, highlighting how taking action, disciplined strategy, and adaptability can turn property into a powerful wealth-building tool.

Able Seaman Elijah Simangan's deployment to Subic Bay with the Royal Australian Navy became a deeply personal journey as he walked the same soil where his great-grandfather, a Philippine Army officer and WWII prisoner of war, once served. - Ang deployment ni Able Seaman Elijah Simangan sa Subic Bay kasama ang Royal Australian Navy ay naging isang personal na paglalakbay habang tinatahak niya ang lupang pinagsilbihan ng kanyang lolo sa tuhod, na isang opisyal ng Philippine Army at naging Prisoner of War noong World War II.

Brisbane teacher and author, Sita Walker on the strong matriarchs who have helped her weather the storm of family tragedy, divorce and the beauty of a new love.Sita grew up in Toowoomba in Queensland, descended from five powerful women — three aunts, her grandmother and her mum.They were Baha'i women who came to Australia via Iran and India.Tragedy struck the family when Sita was a child, and her matriarchs descended on the home — to cook, clean, and comfort.Sita always saw herself as good Baha'i girl, and she went on to marry a good Baha'i boy and start a family. When things started to unravel, Sita found herself drifting away from her nightly prayers and accounting for her deeds, and it took a divorce and a new love for her to admit to herself, and her parents, how things had changed.This episode was produced by Alice Moldovan. The Executive Producer was Nicola Harrison.It explores faith, grief, religion, Baha'i, grandmothering, losing a sibling, evil eye, Queenslander, youth camp, marrying young, nightly prayers, falling in love, leaving religion, girl dinner, To binge even more great episodes of the Conversations podcast with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.