Lockyer Valley, Queensland, Australia

IF YOU have felt like experiencing the art form of tai chi, why not witness more than 200 people practising it at once? To help mark 20 years of tai chi in the Lockyer Valley, the public is invited to watch a tai chi demonstration at the Queensland University Gatton campus walkway (near the dining hall) on ...

The Lockyer Valley Community Centre in Gatton held a food tasting to celebrate the multicultural event, with dishes from Japanese, Indian, Italian, Malaysian and Mongolian cuisine among those on offer. Coordinator Linda Roberts was very happy with the outcome. "Everyone enjoyed their food journey and ...

GORDON Niebling has been a farmer, truck driver, school bus driver and a dedicated volunteer for more than 20 years in the Lockyer Valley. Though the newest resident of Laidley's Tabeel Lutheran Home said surviving the devastating floods which tore through the Fassifern Valley in 1954 nearly spelled ...

MORE than two dozen community members attended the Lockyer Valley Inland Rail Community Consultative Committee's second meeting in Gatton last Wednesday night. Representatives from the Australian Rail Track Corporation, the group tasked with completing the $10 billion Inland Rail project, gave ...

JOHN O'Brien's tremendous contribution to the Lockyer Valley community, after arriving in Gatton in 1957, will be felt for many years to come. He was an instrumental figure in the sporting and business landscape, as well as an strong supporter of several charities and the local Anglican church. In the 1970s ...

"As well as for us as a community to come together to welcome the newest additions to the world.” Each of the 13 babies welcomed received a welcoming certificate and a Lockyer Valley Libraries First 5 Forever gift bag, with the ceremony concluding with a free morning tea. Cr Milligan said the ceremony ...

WHETHER it's flying a plane, hiking through Spain, or riding her motorbike through the hills of the Lockyer Valley to her Iredale property, Maree Rosier lives for adventure. She also enjoys a challenge: The Ma Ma State School principal has previously held positions as a geographer, a town planner, ...

A more general severe thunderstorm warning remains current for parts of the Wide Bay and Burnett, Darling Downs and Granite Belt and southeast coast districts. Earlier, Flagstone Creek and Junction View in the Lockyer Valley received 58mm rain in and hour and 30mm in 30 minutes respectively.

MINISTER for Agricultural Industry Development Mark Furner stopped to smell the roses in the Lockyer Valley today before revealing the State Government's new Queensland Biosecurity Strategy. The five-year plan, announced at Tamor Rose Farm in Grantham, will provide the framework to protect the ...

ALTHOUGH the Lockyer Valley Something to Sing About Choir is always in fine voice, they are missing the right balance. The group has picked up plenty of engagements this year to perform around Gatton, Laidley, Esk, Rosewood, Toogoolawah and up to Toowoomba but need more men to help the it hit ...