ABC Southern Queensland

21/09/2025

🌼 WEEKEND TWO HAS BEEN AND GONE 🌷

Thousands-upon-thousands have toured through Toowoomba and surrounds as the second weekend of Carnival of Flowers saw home and exhibition gardens open, music in public parks, and smaller exhibits scattered across the city.

What has been your favourite so far? Tell us below! 👇

21/09/2025

Warm and sunny conditions are forecast for most of Queensland this week as school holidays begin.

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The Bureau of Meteorology says the weather will be as good as people in the Sunshine State can hope for at this time of year, with another wet summer on the horizon.

20/09/2025

Cold and damp conditions have not been enough to keep people away from Toowoomba's annual floral extravaganza.

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Cold and damp conditions have not been enough to keep people away from Toowoomba's annual floral extravaganza.

20/09/2025

Toowoomba has lived up to its title of Australia's Garden City 🌺🌼
The flowers are blooming in the competition gardens and parks, the crowds are out and about everywhere, and the floral floats and bands have taken over the city centre for the Grand Floral Parade.

Even the predicted wet weather didn't dampen the enthusiasm of the thousands of visitors who lined the city streets for the parade.

ABC Queensland weather presenter Jenny Woodward joined ABC Southern Queensland's Dan McCray at the Toowoomba City Hall for the parade, hope you had a chance to say hi to them 😀

The army was also there taking part in the Freedom of Entry march and ceremony, marking 50 years since the Cabarlah based 7th Signal Regiment were first bestowed the same honour.

Enjoy the petals and pics, happy Carnival of Flowers everyone 😀🌹🪷🌺🌸🌼🌷🎉 if you have some favourite pics from this year's Carnival please share them in the comments 😃

📷 Clr James O'Shea TRC, ABC Dan McCray, ABC Brandon Long

19/09/2025

Solicitors are charging anywhere from $300 up to $1,000 to help fill out a form required under the state's new laws, according to a Brisbane buyer's agent and law expert.

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Solicitors are charging anywhere from $300 up to $1,000 to help fill out a form required under the state's new laws, according to a Brisbane buyer's agent and law expert.

19/09/2025

🌺Good morning gardeners! 🌺

What are you up to in the garden today? Share photos of your blooms and home-grown food here.

We'll turn our attention to gardening between 9.00 and 10.00 am on the radio and stream; https://www.abc.net.au/listen/live/southqld

19/09/2025

Police have commenced an investigation into the sudden death of a woman at Oakey overnight.

A crime scene was established after a woman aged in her 40’s was found deceased inside the property around 11:45pm.

A man aged in his 40’s located at the address, is assisting police with inquiries.

Police will await the results of a post-mortem to determine the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death and the course of the investigation.

Police have said no further information is available at this time.

19/09/2025

HEADING OUT TO THE CARNIVAL OF FLOWERS?

Send us your favourite photo here! 👇

Whether it be a visit to one of the home gardens, public parks, and the floral or paw parade.

18/09/2025

Property experts say a "dizzying" report forecasting the impacts of worsening climate conditions on Australian properties has sounded a clear warning for the sector.

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Property experts say a "dizzying" report forecasting the impacts of worsening climate conditions on Australian properties has sounded a clear warning for the sector.

18/09/2025

👋 THE PRIVATE GARDENS ARE NOW OPEN! 🪻

📻 Listen back to ABC Southern QLD here: abc.net.au/radio/southqld or on your ABC listen app.

Join Kemii Maguire at Bob and Val Ford's City Grand Champion City winning garden 🌹 and Dan McCray with Narelle Hurse at the Regional Grand Champion winning garden.

👉 You can also hear what judge John Daly looks for in a winning garden, and hear gardening guru Penny McKinlay's thoughts on this year's Encouragement Garden winner.

Bruce and Cherie Shaw's garden has won the ABC Southern Queensland Rod Hultgren Memorial Encouragement Award. 🏆

🌱 The award is dedicated to first timers in memory of long-time ABC gardening talkback expert Rod Hultgren, remembered as a passionate gardener with an encyclopaedic knowledge of plants.

18/09/2025

Visitors flocking to Queensland's Darling Downs for the annual Carnival of Flowers in Toowoomba are advised to take an umbrella, with thunderstorms forecast for the region.

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Visitors flocking to Queensland's Darling Downs for the annual Carnival of Flowers in Toowoomba are advised to take an umbrella, with thunderstorms forecast for the region.

18/09/2025

🌸 CARNIVAL OF FLOWERS ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD 🌺

Bruce and Cherie Shaw's garden has won the ABC Southern Queensland Rod Hultgren Memorial Encouragement Award. 🏆

🌱 The award is dedicated to first timers in memory of long-time ABC gardening talkback expert Rod Hultgren, remembered as a passionate gardener with an encyclopaedic knowledge of plants.

Gardening guru Penny McKinlay described the Shaw's garden as 'spectacular'.

“The design, the colour, the quality, the lawn, all gelled together," she said.

“The edges were done, there were no weeds, the lawn was a good green, the roses had been pruned to perfection, I looked around and thought ‘there’s nothing more that needs doing in this garden’."