Australian Towns & Cities
Incorporating photos and information from Michael Greenslade's former Australian Towns, Cities and Highways site
Queensland
Toowoomba
Toowoomba is located at the summit of the Great Dividing Range escarpment on the Warrego Highway and is the commercial and civic centre of the Darling Downs region. The city is spectacular and is known as the City of Gardens because of the high number of quality gardens, parks and tree lined avenues - the best gardens are open to the public during the city's famous Carnival of Flowers, held in September each year. In addition, the city has a number of colonial buildings still standing from the early days. The city centre is also excellent - set adjacent to the magnificent Queens Park, the city streets are also tree lined, colourful and full of activity. In the area are the Cobb and Co museum, Toowoomba's Art Gallery and the Russell St heritage walk. Scenic drives can also be found along the top of the escarpment offering great views into the Lockyer Valley.
- Population:
- 108 398
- Postcode:
- 4350
- Location:
- 127 km west of Brisbane
- Main Roads:
- Warrego Highway (A2), New England Highway (A3), Toowoomba Connection Road (A21), Gore Highway (A39) and Toowoomba-Athol Road (A139)
- Radio Stations:
- FM:
- 102.7FM (102.7 MHz), 92.9 Voice FM (92.9 MHz), ABC Classic (107.3 MHz), ABC News Radio (96.7 MHz), ABC Radio National (105.7 MHz), Hit 100.7 Darling Downs (100.7 MHz), Kids FM (93.7 MHz), Power FM (88.0 MHz), River 94.9 (94.9 MHz), SEN Track (91.5 MHz), Toowoomba City FM (87.6 MHz), Triple J (104.1 MHz) and Vision Christian Radio (87.6 MHz and 88.0 MHz)
- AM:
- 4AK (1242 kHz), 4WK (963 kHz), ABC Radio Brisbane (612 kHz), ABC Southern QLD (747 kHz), Triple M Darling Downs 864 (864 kHz)
Margaret Street:
Looking west along Margaret St, Toowoomba, near East Creek and Burstow St, July 2004.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Toowoomba Business Centre:
Looking west along Margaret St at its junction with Neil St, Toowoomba, July 2004.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Toowoomba Business Centre:
Looking west along Margaret St at its junction with Duggan St, Toowoomba, July 2004.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Toowoomba Business Centre:
Looking east along Margaret St at its junction with Ruthven St, Toowoomba, July 2004.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Toowoomba Business Centre:
Looking east along Margaret St at its junction with Ruthven St, Toowoomba, July 2004.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Toowoomba Business Centre:
Looking east along Margaret St at its junction with Neil St, Toowoomba, July 2004.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Margaret Street:
Corner of Margaret Street and Burstow Street, looking east outside Queens Park, Toowoomba, July 2004.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Russell Street:
Looking east along Russell St, Tooowoomba near the railway station, July 2004.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Russell Street:
Russell Street, looking east with the Ruthven Street intersection in the distance, Toowoomba, July 2004.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Picnic Point:
Looking east at the Picnic Point parklands with the kiosk and awesome view down the Great Dividing escarpment, Toowoomba, July 2004.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Picnic Point:
Looking west across the Picnic Point parklands, Toowoomba, July 2004.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Picnic Point:
Looking north across the Picnic Point parklands, Toowoomba, July 2004.
Image © Michael Greenslade
View from Picnic Point:
View east from the Great Dividing Escarpment at Picnic Point - the Toowoomba Connection Road (A21) can be seen winding down the hill towards Brisbane, Toowoomba, July 2004.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Ruthven Street:
Ruthven Street at the junction with Russell Street, Toowoomba, July 2004.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Ruthven Street:
Ruthven Street, looking south near Little Street, Toowoomba, July 2004.
Image © Michael Greenslade