The constant hooning in town drives me mad. If the situation is urgent and requires police attendance call 000. Toowoomba Just ask any school teacher or Police Officer who has been in their professions for over 20 years and I'll run naked down my street if ANY of them say kids/society today has more respect than they did 20 years ago.Forgot to add that the 'quiet little seaside village' that I grew up in and left is now on the news most nights for it's youth crime problems as well. Its so small and unconnected it lacks the majority of the features you'd expect from a city I never felt so isolated and alone as I do living here. This however, does NOT negate the relevance of someone else's experience. With the Toowoomba Airport now confirming direct flights to Sydney will soon start competition will only increase (something to do with fly in fly out miners) With great schools and medical facilities and cooler summers than other parts of Qld this is a great place to move to. For that reason, services are good. Given the smaller population of this city, the basic infrastructure and cultural opportunities here are no comparison to much larger cities like Brisbane, which is only a 90 minute drive east on the Warrego Highway. I genuinely would like to know, I've been looking for it for over 30years and still haven't seen hide nor hair.
The bogan elements tend to stay.
The streets are lined with trees and it seems to be keeping abreast of societal developments as well as any other smaller city.
Someone once told me if you lived here your whole life you think it's the greatest place on earth but if you leave for a bit or come from somewhere else you won't think it's so great and I tend to agree (although I guess it all depends where you are coming from).
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Where I see your issue is that Aus is very different from the UK / Ireland. As for the shopping aspect, Toowoomba has a lovely shopping center and Toowoomba has a huge advantage on shopping compared to other towns of it's size. Oh also - the water at the moment tastes like what I'd imagine the run-off from the nursery at Bunnings would taste like. Other than that, the weather is fantastic and it's got everything you need. Having no end of alerts set on realestate .com.au we started to notice "new" listings would appear with "under contract" already on them. I can see he/she is looking for a good tongue lashing. (....banjo plays....)MrBus a few years back i had a friend Neil he was about 6ft 4in and he used to come out to clubs with us dressed as a beautiful woman.
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But in suburban Toowoomba, Newtown has had considerably more incidents of violence compared with other suburbs, according to Queensland Police Service crime data.
I don't understand someone who has lived all over this country and the world who doesn't know that most of these problems happen everywhere. Toowoomba (/ t ə ˈ w ʊ m b ə / tə-WUUM-bə, nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a regional city in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.It is 125 km (78 mi) west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. If you feel safe walking in Collingwood, go ahead, do it, go and walk in Collingwood. Hope you come visit or move here one day so you can see how nice it is for yourself. I was born in Toowoomba and moved when I was 3 but I recently revisited Toowoomba and LOVED it!
But I'm glad to say that a different generation of younger people are leading a social and cultural shift away from the old, provincial mindset. Lets not forget the fog, which is very thick. Ive seen many people OD in the middle of Margsret St outside our only nightclub, and witnessed many assaults around the place. They boast how they're size rivals even Townsville yet not building over three stories overcrowded rds jammed pack with poorly controlled traffic signals and even worse driver knowledge of how to obey Rd rules and follow a roundabout, and if your thinking of shopping forget it the city has the worst range of shopping centres and availability of even your most common items is rare.
We actually love the weather, yes you get the odd day with humidity but nothing like it is on the coast, You have the beautiful Autumn trees and can sit round an open fire in your home at night. Toowoomba is a large country town about 150 km west of Brisbane that services the Darling Downs and many of the town further west. Toowoomba is situated in the Darling Downs are 132 km west of Brisbane and is a thieving community. Queens Park and Newtown Park. Information about crime in Toowoomba, Australia. I think you'll be hard pressed to find one....I think the teenage hooligan problems are widespread across the whole of this once-great country. there are also the community organic gardens in behind Goggs St, that you can be a part of.