Tag: TRC

  • Cranley Escarpment – Have your say

    Cranley Escarpment – Have your say

    Toowoomba Regional Council invites you to Have Your Say on Cranley Escarpment Park!  Cranley Escarpment is a large bushland reserve that offers recreation, open space and bushwalking trails.  Upgrades have been scheduled by Council to meet local park recreation standards, to activate and enhance the park area through minor embellishments that provide opportunity for social…

  • Hancock Street Microforest

    Hancock Street Microforest

    The signs are up promoting the Microforest Open Day which will be held on Saturday, 4 October from 10 am to 2 pm. As the project evolved from inception in 2022 to final planting in 2024 and the upcoming celebration the story was recorded by Ann Alcock in a blog. The material from that blog…

  • Cranley Escarpment – Have your say

    TRC National Tree Day Planting

    Location: Black Gully Park 3, Newtown (83A Holberton Street) Best parking at: 1A Clearview Street (signage will be placed on the day) Date: Saturday, 11 October Time: 8:00am – 11:00am Each year, communities across Australia come together to celebrate Planet Ark’s National Tree Day—the country’s largest tree planting and nature care event. Since 1996, this…

  • Renaming of Park in honour of Dr Swarbrick

    Renaming of Park in honour of Dr Swarbrick

    Friends of the Escarpment Parks approached Toowoomba Regional Council to request that a 2000m2 piece of land opposite Lovers Outlook on Prince Henry Drive be renamed in honour of FEP founder, Dr John Swarbrick. Members and friends of FEP are encouraged to support the renaming by responding to the Council using the QR code or…

  • Cranley Escarpment – Have your say

    TRC Community Support Grants

    Toowoomba Regional Council’s 2025/26 Community Support Grants are now open. This year there will be only one grant round, which will remain open for six weeks until 12 August. You can check your eligibility via the link below: Grant programs & sponsorship If you aren’t ready to apply now or are seeking additional funding, we…

  • Land for Wildlife Workshop

    Land for Wildlife Workshop

    Toowoomba Regional Council is promoting a Land for Wildlife workshop to be held at Dingo Mountain in the Crows Nest area on Sunday, 8 June, commencing at 9:00 am. Come along to learn about the diverse vegetation types as well as the interesting flora and fauna of Dingo Mountain. The educational walk will be run…

  • Cranley Escarpment – Have your say

    Central Highfields Masterplan

    Toowoomba Regional Council will be holding a community information session to give a project update, with a presentation that will cover the key themes identified from feedback in February 2025. The information session will be held at the Highfields Cultural Centre from 6pm, Wednesday, 7 May 2025. The information session will include opportunity for the…

  • Shaping renewables on the Downs

    Shaping renewables on the Downs

    Darling Downs Environment Council is hosting a Shaping Renewables on the Downs Forum on Wednesday, 26 March. See details below or via the link. Register to attend.

  • Hancock Street Microforest

    CANCELLED – FEP Open Day

    The FEP Open Day for Parks Week which was to be held at Williams Park on Saturday, 8 March has been CANCELLED in response to Cyclone Alfred. Toowoomba Regional Council has advised that Council’s urban parks, sporting facilities, and Bushland Parks will close from Friday, 7 March for the purposes of keeping the public safe…

  • Shaping renewables on the Downs

    DDEC News – Mar 25

    The Darling Downs Environment Council Newsletter for March 2025 has been circulated by email and a PDF version appears below. Items include: