Sitting on top of the Great Dividing Range, Toowoomba offers an ideal climate, proactive community, cultural hub, service centre, health portal, one of Australia's largest education precincts and much, much more to anyone who visits or chooses to stay.
With excellent lifestyle options for a wide range of residents, Toowoomba is two hours from pretty much everywhere: the beach, the outback and the border, with food, wine, produce and culture all in the mix.
Toowoomba has maintained its friendly town atmosphere while forging ahead in manufacturing, technology and other industry fields to make it an important contributor to the country's economy.
Once you visit Toowoomba, you will remember it for its people, its service and its facilities and you will make life-time friends that will see you returning regularly.
So pack your bags and get ready for an experience you will long remember.
The commitment of community-focused groups such as Rotary has been the backbone of many regional centres throughout Australia.
Rotarians, both locally and across the world, have always shown a dedication and persistence in raising much-needed funds for a variety of worthy causes.
The community of Toowoomba is proud to see its local Rotarians willing to lend a hand to humanitarian projects at local, national and international levels.
I look forward to welcoming the hundreds of delegates who will converge on this beautiful city in 2008 for their annual conference.
While they are here I encourage them to take the time to enjoy the Garden City and explore all the wonderful attractions on offer.
