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LIONS, BEARS AND TIGERS: Go wild at Workshops Rail Museum

LIONS, BEARS AND TIGERS: Go wild at Workshops Rail Museum

Get up close and personal with 20 large taxidermy specimens in the exhibition A Room for Wild Animals.

Five things to do in Ipswich this weekend

Kyle Breese as John Wilkes Booth and Alex Andujar as Charles Giteau will be in the Assasins theatre show.

Check out what's on around the region

Your guide to a great night out in Ipswich

Airlie Beach Festival of Music 2016 / Andrew Pattinson / Vampp Photography

Check out the city's live music scene here

Beautiful Ipswich kicks off Saturday

Mayor Paul Pisasale

Residents are invited to celebrate the suburbs on Saturday

Nashville singer Craig Campbell to star at CMC Rocks

READY TO PLAY: US country musician Craig Campbell said he couldn't wait to head Down Under again for CMC Rocks.

US singer set to play live to Aussie crowds

REVIEW: Under the Gun doco looks at right to bear arms

ARMED: A still from the 2016 documentary film Under the Gun by Stephanie Soechtig.

An in-depth look into America's gun culture.

Messing with your head

MIND BLOWN: What could be weirder than the realisation that we have another completely separate brain and nervous system than the one originating in our heads?

Fascinating connection between your gut and your brain

17 amazing food experiences you need to try in Ipswich

French toast from Rafter & Rose is one of their most popular dishes. Photo: Discover Ipswich Facebook, @lost_in_shibuya

THE Ipswich region is quickly becoming a foodie destination.

Events
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TapeScape

Explore the tunnels and slides made entirely from 56,000 metres of packing tape designed and created by artist Eric Lennartson direct from the US!

Construction Site

Be your own architect and build your dream cubby house, castle or city! Use giant foam blocks to build whatever you can imagine.

Be your own architect and build your dream cubby house, castle or city! Use giant...

War-Time Quilts

The history of military conflict and the soldier’s life is retold through the ‘war quilts’ of this rare collection curated by quilt historian Dr Annette Gero.

The history of military conflict and the soldier’s life is retold through the ‘war...

The Ipswich Bridal Spectacular

Wedding Planning Event

Museum Twilight Markets

The Museum Twilight Markets is Ipswich's newest event destination!

”Celebration of Music” - a Musical Concert

All Saints Anglican Church Booval presents the “Celebration of Music” a musical concert.

All Saints Anglican Church Booval presents the “Celebration of Music” a musical...

Switch Bricks School Holiday Activity

Switch Bricks is back , bigger and better than ever Amazing range of LEGO to play with 2 sessions daily 3-8th April Affordable fun for the family

Switch Bricks is back , bigger and better than ever Amazing range of LEGO to play...

Guides

Surfing: Where to start when you don't know how

PART 1: Learn the basics of surfing with Robbie and Carlene Sherwell, of XL Surfing Academy in this series aimed at getting you in the water.

VIDEO: Coast's best, secret freshwater swimming holes

Making the most of rock pools on the Sunshine Coast.

All most people want to do during the heatwave is cool off

10 common snakes and how to identify them

Sunshine Coast Snake Catcher Richie Gilbert holding up a coastal carpet python retrieved from a home at Lake McDonald

Snake catcher Richie Gilbert has seen it all

Five of the best to places to bushwalk

Popular pass time offers something for everyone

Tourism

Wagner leads breakaway tourism group in Toowoomba

A new tourism group will be formed in Toowoomba, with industry leaders confirming today they will break away from Southern Queensland Country Tourism.

Time to axe Sunday penalty rates?

Would more businesses open on Sunday if penalty rates were cut?

Give workers more hours and they will be better off.

Longreach is a welcome oasis

SETTING OUT: Passengers rode inside the coach while the well-heeled rode up top in the open air.

Longreach is a welcome surprise

The beautiful capital city that we don't want to see

Perth has fallen out of favour with Aussie travellers.

When it comes to taking a holiday at home, you’re a bit of a dud.

Mackay buoyed with sugar, mining and tourism on the rise

Canegrowers chairman Paul Schembri on his sugar farm north of Mackay.

IT BORE the mining downturn like no other region in Australia

Australian tourism's changing face

Holiday makers were the main tourists who visited Australia in 2016.

Asian countries now Australia's main tourist source

WATCH: Elephant flings tourist into air in Thailand

A tourist finds out the hard way about trying to wash an elephant.

Woman washing elephant with a sponge in a river