tinx73

Hello,just joined so new to this,be gentle with me please,my partner has been offered a job in Toowoomba...anyone live there or know it?...am looking for general info of daily life,schools we have 3 kids,shopping,jst generally what it's like please,grateful for any input,negative or positive been on the 'official' Toowoomba sites but would like an everyday persons point of view Thanks for reading...Claire xx

lesleys

You need to contact Jen1977ni. She lives there.

tinx73

Thank you

bobbyftm

Mate and the mrs were up there last weekend and said it 's a piss heads paradise.Deffo on our latest bucketlist

tinx73

LMAO glad they had good time!!

Brisben

Toowoomba is perched high upon a mountain / volcano top.(Very stagnant)

It is like a large country town.

It has a pleasant atmosphere and a very safe place.

Great for bringing up children.

Gets cold in winter(By Aussie standards) I mean -3

They had large floods there a couple of years ago and were devastating.

its a good 1.5 hours drive into Brisbane but a pleasant drive all in all.

If your living in england then trust it is like paradise in comparision.

KJCherokee

Toowoomba is the largest regional centre west of Brisbane with a population of around 130,000. It has all the services and facilities that one would expect to find in a large town/small city. It is located at the top of the eastern scarp of the Great Dividing Range and the road approach from Brisbane and the coast is up a steep winding hill: breakdowns and rollovers block the road on occasions in one direction or the other (separate roads go up and down). This road continues through the town and is the only main road from Brisbane to the Surat Basin gas developments, so traffic can often be a nightmare.

Skytrans run a scheduled flight service between Toowoomba and Brisbane on Wednesdays and Sundays (Brisbane-Toowoomba at 7:45am, return at 3:45pm) and flights Bris-Toowoomba at 9:00am Mon and Thurs, Toowoomba-Bris at 4:50pm Tues and Friday (those flights take all day to hop up to Mt Isa via all the small towns and return the same way next day). There is also a daily flight weekdays between Toowoomba and Sydney (twice on Wednesdays).

Driving to Brisbane will take 2 hours plus (the 'plus' depends on the time you are travelling as you will have to use the road between Ipswich and Brisbane which is one of the worst traffic jams in the area at peak times). Always allow plenty of time if you are driving in for a specific appointment (catch a flight, go to the theatre, etc).

The main railway to the west passes through Toowoomba but there is no passenger service on this line - pity.

Toowoomba is well known for the Carnival of Flowers which is held at the end of September each year.

All in all, a good place to live. Easy access west to the Darling Downs and north to the Sunshine Coast.

tinx73

Thanks for your replies,it's all a bit daunting with everything we need to organise but exciting too xx

Jen1977ni

HAHA I'M FAMOUS EH! Reply sent Claire, happy to help with any questions you have! Meanwhile I'm off to hit the shower as I'm a bit stinky after my gym session and subsequent bike ride! Speak soon, JEN1977NI lol

tinx73

lol yep seems you're highly thought of on here thanks for your reply speak soon xx

Jen1977ni

Or I'm the only person everybody knows who is up in Chumbawumba lol

fish.01

The Westlander isn't dead yet

http://www.queenslandrail.com.au/Rai...Timetable.aspx

FYI, it was the freight services that were removed after the 2011 qld flood not the passenger services though looking shaky unless they put the freight back onto the rail where it belongs.

cresta57

No Bob you & the Mrs were in Townsville..........................Toowoomba? Is that the one West of Brisbane? We'd better not go there eh, the Spotted Cow could be err interesting

bobbyftm

Yep that's the one Will have to wait a bit till it gets a tad warmer tho' Flower festival's in September which is as good an excuse i need to visit

Jen1977ni

I was wondering, Toowoomba a good night out? Er...ok...