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From the Editor

Welcome to our first edition of Toowoomba Reader.

With a very simple start, we are launching a new

concept for this wonderful city; a free, easily accessible

“magazine” that we hope will expand and grow to be a

magazine showcasing all the wonderful things our

beautiful city has to offer not only it’s residents, but

also our visitors.

Enjoy,

Andrew

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4 QUEENS PARK PICTORIAL Winter

can still be a beautiful notion in Toowoomba’s

grand park.

“I love the park, especially at that moment just before dusk, when the blue skies make way for dull oranges and reds, it becomes magical.” Melinda Kiss

QUEENS PARK Photography pictorial by Melinda Kiss

PICTORIAL

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“I love the park, especially at that moment just before dusk, when the blue skies make way for dull oranges and reds, it becomes magical.” Melinda Kiss

QUEENS PARK Photography pictorial by Melinda Kiss

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When someone asks me about Toowoomba I often bumble out something

stereotypical. I mean, it’s quite a complex question. What is it about Toowoomba that I

want to exude? Where do I put my focus, what is the image I want people to walk

away with when I describe the “semi-rural” city I live in? So often I end up talking

about parks because Toowoomba is very much spoilt for choice and let’s face it,

they’re the highlight, a trophy room of sorts, something we can be very proud of

indeed. But then I think, what if they come for a visit? Which park best sums up our

city? The answer is of course Queens Park, the large green space which, when looking

on Google Maps, appears as large as a golf course or two, and is right near the city;

it’s green space as it should be. In a way, it’s very much like Central Park in New York;

it’s surrounded by buildings, very close to the action and, a lot of action takes place

here. Often it’s this park that is transformed into a festival venue, or a local training

facility for a boot camp group, or simply a buzz of charming family activity on the

weekends when kids seem to over run the place.

Walking through the park is somewhat of a contradiction, like from the Margaret/

Hume Street corner where at first impression it’s rather bland and uninviting, this is

the part where a lot of grass allows a circus to set up, or a fenced off area to be

created for an event. But if your legs can take it, and you walk a little further away

from the CBD, the park closes in, manicured hedges appear, a playground here or

there, and even further, a dense group of shrubbery encloses water features and

manicured glimpses of European formality.

I like this place very much. A simple seat, an interesting tree, some beautiful colours,

Queen’s park can still offer in abundance to those who visit during the dropping

temperatures.

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The Camphor trees in Queens Park are considered a weed; the Department of Environment and Her-itage Protection (EHP) have continued to provide permission for plantings as many sections of the park are considered to be “heritage avenues”.

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We hope you’ve enjoyed our

simple beginning.

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