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With its range-top location, Toowoomba is one of the few places in Queensland that offers four distinct seasons.

Get out of the classroom and sample what Toowoomba and the surrounding area can offer by clicking on the season below…

• Summer
• Autumn
• Winter
• Spring

Summer

With warm days and cool nights, summer is the perfect time to meet in Toowoomba.

January’s average maximum temperature is 27.6 degrees Celsius. Located 700 metres above sea level means cooler temperatures, less humidity and more comfort in Toowoomba than lower and coastal areas.

• Explore the history of the region at Cobb & Co Museum, housing the National Carriage Collection and learn a heritage trade such as blacksmithing or leatherwork
• Team-build with water activities or a ropes course at Reflections – Lake Cooby. A 30 minute drive north of Toowoomba, you’ll feel a million miles away from the everyday
• Enjoy the best that Toowoomba offers - modern cuisine and great wine in a historical setting overlooking a garden with heritage listed trees at Gips Restaurant
• Take a tour of the highlights of the area hosted by a local. Stonestreets Coaches can customise a tour according to the interests of your group and lasting as long as you have – from two hours to a whole day
• Bushwalk through Crow’s Nest National Park then cool off with a swim in the rock pool, refreshing even on the hottest summer day

Autumn

Cooler days and nights and the warm colours of Autumn leaves make meeting in the Toowoomba area beautifully memorable.

• Have a modern high tea in a heritage setting of Platform 9 restaurant situated inside the heritage listed 1867 Toowoomba Railway station
• See the colours of Autumn at the 4.5 hectare Japanese Gardens located at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia’s largest traditionally designed Japanese garden
• Tee off for 18 championship holes at the City Golf Club which won Best Golf Club Venue & Facilities Queensland 2007 at the Clubs Queensland Awards
• Tour the local wineries. Seven wineries, cellar doors and vineyards in the area continue the 150 year tradition of Darling Downs wine making
• Visit one of the largest gins in the southern hemisphere – the Cecil Plains Cotton Gin

Winter

Winter is a popular time for meeting in the Toowoomba region with brisk cool clear days, crackling open fires and the promise of a warming glass of red wine.

• Warm up with a bush walk in one of the escarpment parks, such as Picnic Point or climb to the top of Tabletop Mountain for those with more vigour
• Warm up with a sporting team building activity at the Clive Berghofer Recreation at the University of Southern Queensland
• Explore the pioneering past at the Jondaryan Woolshed, Australia’s oldest working woolshed
• Let your hair down with a bush dance and bush BBQ at the Oakey Cultural Centre
• Visit agricultural producers around Millmerran farming sheep, cattle, fish, vegetables, horticultural products, timber, olives and organic products

Spring

Spring activities illustrate why Toowoomba is known as the “garden city” with the iconic horticultural event, the Carnival of Flowers held annually in September.

• Visit some of Toowoomba’s 230 public parks and gardens and 15 nurseries in Toowoomba
• Try a creative arts team building activity at the Highfields Cultural Centre – put on a musical performance, act in a play or create a team painting.
• Catch a show at the heritage listed art deco Empire Theatre, Australia’s largest regional theatre complex
• Grab a gourmet picnic hamper from the Quality Hotel Burke & Wills in Toowoomba’s CBD then enjoy a picnic overlooking the Brisbane Valley at Ravensbourne scenic reserve
• Be a sporting hero by playing a game of football, or any other sport with fellow delegates at the Clive Berghofer Stadium, then retire to the bar for a hard earned drink

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