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We’re Off To Brazil!!!

We’re Off To Brazil!!!

  The Socceroos are off to the World Cup in Brazil! It comes after a nerve racking ONE-NIL win over Iraq in Sydney .. the winning goal not coming until the 83rd minute .. with substitute striker JOSH KENNEDY heading home from point blank range. More than 80-thousand fans packed into ANZ Stadium for the event which secured our spot in the biggest sporting event on earth. The Socceroos are now through to their third straight world cup .. finishing second in their group behind Japan. Celebrations have been running all night... Read more

Hospital To Start Taking Patients Again

Hospital To Start Taking Patients Again

The hospital where a deadly legionnaire's disease outbreak occurred will start taking new patients again today, now that tests have cleared a wing of the bacterium.      The Wesley Hospital in Brisbane suspended all surgery, ambulances were directed elsewhere and remaining patients could not take showers.      The hospital's managing body UnitingCare Health says the Wesley will begin accepting new patients into its 180-bed East Wing on Wednesday and surgery will resume. Read more



Winter arrives a tad early.

Winter arrives a tad early.

Our friends from the Toowoomba Chronicle posted this pic taken in Toowoomba but similar ice weather reports flooded in to River949 this morning. Local temperatures went down to near zero and it wasn’t surprising that folks awoke to iced windscreens. Tomorrow, check the screen before you drive... Read more

Biggest Mining Expo On Today

Biggest Mining Expo On Today

SURAT BASIN ENERGY & MINING EXPO Today and tomorrow at  theToowoomba Showgrounds Toowoomba is gearing up for Queensland’s biggest resources expo with up to 600 businesses headed for the commercial and economic hub of the Darling Downs for the third annual Surat... Read more

Toowoomba Bins. Check your days

Toowoomba Bins. Check your days

Residents are advised to check their bin labels to confirm collection days and recycling weeks. Toowoomba Regional Council Water and Waste Projects portfolio leader Cr Nancy Sommerfield, pictured, said the correct collection day for all bins was the day listed on the label on any... Read more

RoboRoaches - Your Own Personal Cyborg w…

RoboRoaches - Your Own Personal Cyborg with the Touch of Your iPhone

Ever wanted to create your own cockroach cyborg? – If your answers range between ‘all the time!’ and ‘never in my life… but now I’m curious’ then the team at Backyard Brains have a job for you. A kickstarter from the Backyard Brains crew is bringing DIY cyborg creation to the... Read more



Mild mannered Greg; a Super Hero

Mild mannered Greg; a Super Hero

Hello, I am Greg Johnson, I am honoured to have been asked to be the Toowoomba entrant in Australia’s CEO Challenge following on from the recent good works of Mayor Paul Antonio, Heritage Bank CEO John... Read more

No more breathing indoors?

No more breathing indoors?

Researcher Studies Indoor Air Particles and Their Movement  (courtesy National Science Foundation ) Team is working on developing tools to predict exposure of bacteria or chemical and biological agents   Most people... Read more

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