Postive guy! Im from Toowoomba, spent years away, and moved back for a bit, and i realized it's such a nice place and an easy place to live. It's pretty, affordable.
Moved to Toowoomba 2 years ago and it is the best place just fantastic bought a great Queensland house and have put in a garden of our dreams and it has grown like toppsey in just over a year ---so good ---plenty of work too if you want it or indeed need it
Good on ya mate for choosing Toowoomba. Used t live there many years ago: went t school n uni there. Nice town. Still visit family n friends there. Enjoy your Toowoomba experience!!
Haha way to many shops in grand central 😅😂 I think the people complaining about a lot of crime are just closer to those issues or create unnecessary drama honestly.
I grew up there but left in 1986 at 21 to continue my trade in Canberra. Loved growing up there on the edge of the range with views of the Lockyer valley. Try to get back up there from Brisbane at least twice a year, love the slower pace.
Many fond memories of Toowoomba. Lived at southbrook for years and worked and played in Toowoomba in my younger years . Fondest memories are chucking laps in the 90s and Noughties . So much fun and mischief. Great town . 👍
Man, Toowoomba is great. I’m born and raised on the Gold Coast but lived in Warwick 2017-2019 and travelled to ‘the bit city’ Toowoomba numerous times during that time. I especially love the architecture and would move there in a heartbeat if I could convince my wife.
I grew up in Toowoomba but left in 2007 because i couldn't find a job. I had graduated uni and there weren't any technology jobs. I could move back because I've been full remote since 2020 but I've settled down in Brisbane. I guess lots of things have changed. I still have family there and still go to Super Rooster when i visit!
It's the Toowoomba Council that has us earning a bad rap on all the polls. Worst drivers, but the Council has installed lights retroactively and has 2 lanes into the intersection and only 1 lane exiting. So many are like this, and most roundabouts aren't much better. Every time they reworked the main streets in the CBD, we lost car parks. The ring road system they tried was a nightmare, done primarily to stop the lapping. I have lived here for over 50 years . I love it here. The juvenile crime has worsened in the past ten years due to an increase in migrant population. Putting stress on available housing and communities. Cultural differences and language barriers have contributed to juvenile crime rates escalating. Most crimes are happening at night in the suburbs and are mainly car theft or break and enters. This is why you haven't seen it. We lived beside one family where all but the mother had a criminal record. Their juvenile son stole dozens of cars (even his own father's car) and drove them up and down our street to taunt his parents and the Police before destroying them. So learn to always secure your house and car and how to navigate our intersections and life here can be the best ever. The Carbarlah Markets on the last Sunday of the month are the best.
Thanks for your comment! I’ve had 2 car break ins over my 7 years here but I’d contribute that to my old car having locking problems. If people aren’t locking their house correctly then that’s just plain silly hey. Migrants contribute to the driving issue a tone as well, the amount of times I’m pulling my hair out while driving is insane 😂
I’ve been living in Toowoomba for nearly three years and I really like it. The seasons are varied, better than Melbourne where I lived for several years, the parks and gardens are spectacular and there are so many activities, particularly cultural /music shows, all year round. There are cafés with Melbourne-quality coffee. I recently went op-shopping around town and found lots of good finds!
Lived in Toowoomba for nearly 10 years now with my partner. I do not get the bad rap it gets. We moved from a small country town in our early 20s because we wanted a little bit extra to do but not the hustle and bustle of a huge city. Good mix of country and city living. Its the perfect size. Plenty to do. Every pub and eatery you can imagine and if you more of a party goer there is plenty of spots to find on a late day of the week. We love it especially as people that are just into a relaxed and cruisy vibe. The weather is great. Especially in summer. You might get a few cold weeks and some bad wind but even that is happening less and less imo Nice video man.
Enjoyed hearing your take on living in Toowoomba. I too love Toowoomba's weather and nature, and personally don't think the crime is as bad as other Australian towns and cities I've visited / lived in. Especially conpared to Brisbane, I feel much more safe and comfortable in Toowoomba.
Lived in Toowoomba for 12 years now compared to where i come from this place is heaven.. its got a great war gaming community and ive made alot of close friends here
Thanks for your vid, good luck in TBA. Here is a few historical facts about Grand Central it is close to one of the very first huts built in "the Swamp" by "John" Dent approx 1850 hence, Dent St. Also, it is the site of a natural spring that is why the Perkins XXX brewery was built there around 1860. Eventually the brewery was sold and moved to Brisbane to become XXXX beer. The,n in 1965 (?) Myers built a store. I left in 1983 without any sign of Grand Central being built just memories of buying records at Myers. Good ol' Garden City. Oh, how I miss your weather and your magnificent clouds...truly.
Close to good serene camping... Close to good motorcycle routes/rides for pleasure... Close to the concentration camp Anna built... A stable population as opposed to the massive transient population of the Gold Coast... It isn't Ipswich 🤣🤣🤣... Close to Warwick 😎...
Toowoomba is the base city for the small towns that’s within 3 hour drive radius from Toowoomba. It’s our go to for most of the medical needs. I live in a small town south west of Toowoomba which is 3hours and 20 minute drive only make the run 2-3 times a year when I have to go to the Base or St Andrew’s hospital for appointments. Always make it a 2-3 day trip just for the chance for shopping and a movie or two. Was there only 2 weeks ago. Yep it’s always windy there but that’s because the city is on top of the mountains lol. I was expecting it to be warm as the days are hot where I am now, nights are always cold due to,the desert next to us, but was surprised at how chilly it was in Toowoomba.
I've lived in a lot of places in several different countries and I wasn't born there, but IMO Toowoomba is an awesome city with a big heart. Very scenic. Great climate. Good music scene. Big enough to have everything and small enough to get around. Handy to Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast. Sure a lake or river would be nice, but hey, you can't have everything.
Nice video. I moved to Toowoomba from Cairns 2 years ago. Toowoomba does not have the glits and glamour of Cairns but it has a lovely climate and I generally agree with your assessment. A friendly city, very convenient and a nice place place to live.
Mate I’ve lived here for 22 years, half of that out at highfields. But as a late teen younger adult I used to despise this place thinking how boring it is. Now approaching 30 and having a family, a business etc it’s a great place for a family. Easy to get around, cheaper fuel and housing then most cities, close to rural life but also close to major cities. It’s got some of the best schools so much so that I know a lot of people that send their kids from Brisbane to go to the colleges up here. The parks are beautiful and the fitness communities are great! Nightlife isn’t quite like it was 7-10 years ago but there’s a lot more bars and cool little spots. I rate it now
That’s awesome! I think people who complain about the place are honestly just haters for no reason or they are involved it the crapy shit that does happen.
@@JohnnyTheG2 I grew up and lived in the bad parts of Wilsonton (Wine Dr) during all my teenage years. It’s 100% the people that just choose to live those type of lifestyles. Ultimately most people will complain about anything these days. I’d rather live in Toowoomba than most areas on the Gold Coast
Hi, housing prices are sky rocketing here, and finding a house or rental can be difficult, it’s still a great place to live, only an hour drive from a Capital city, Toowoomba is great 👌
@@JohnnyTheG2 Have you seen Don't Got To Caboolture? It's mainly about housing, in trollleys. Crackheads losing their trolley homes.. weekly bus load o crims delivered from all 3 hard jails. When I went for a look with locked windows, it was like Pokemon, I finally found where the bin chickens go. The Island of Caboolture in the middle of the river, I would too.
i had my best mate that lived here, we pretty much sold everything we had and just moved here and moved in with his family for a short time, basically we just wanted to leave Mackay (we were living in Mackay after Townsville) Toowoomba was actually just going to be a stop over and we were going to continue to Melbourne haha but ended up staying and changing out lives completely
I just want to clarify when you say that they combined the 2 shopping centres what happened is back in 2011 there was a flood that took out where the Kmart and big w stands a shopping centre I believe it was called Clifford parks shopping centre went bankrupt and didn’t reopen so grand central bought the lot and made the expansion. Also the bottom floor of the other side of the roof you were standing on is the old ground floor of Myer witch got a lot of flood damage
Yeah the old side used to be called garden town and it was a dive from what I’m told Thanks for the extra info I didn’t know it was due to the flood 😊🤙🏻
Do you count having your movement path blocked on purpose, being threated or people spitting on you as crime? I ask because that has happened to me many times in Toowoomba as I ride my bike or walk.
I have seen the "spitter". Yeah, it's feral. Don't take it personally. It randomly attacks anyone in its path. It's only ever around for a few days before getting locked up again.
Toowoomba went downhill once they absolutely bombed the place with middle eastern "refugees". With that being said I just think toowoomba is a very easy place to live.
I live in Toowoomba, and we'll have to agree, to disagree. Boring AF. I try to stay as active as possible, but its just a dull place. Im planning on a move.
@@JohnnyTheG2 We're going to Perth. Waay better lifestyle, with a beach, the most money of anyplace in Australia (I can't get a job under 150k in my field). And the division between rich, and poor is much less noticeable. My cousin's, who are excavator operators. Are on 150k at the very least. Houses are about the same price as Toowoomba. 😀
@@JohnnyTheG2 If you visit, you'll change your mind. That's what happened to me. It's an amazing place, full of beauty, and the socioeconomics are so much better. If you were surprised by plain old Toowoomba.... West coast will blow your mind. But, different strokes, different folks. Personally I leave Toowoomba every weekend, and I'd rather live in a "destination" town. Somewhere most people would want to be, if they had a choice.
Oh there's so much to do in Tbar.. there's lots of stuff.. yep there's certainly lots of stuff if your old (sports clubs and lawn bowls) or Religious (Every type of jeebus variant) or you're a sports nut (sporting grounds everywhere) however if you don't fall into these categories there's nothing here for you. Speaking as someone who lived there most of my life. Anything a bit different gets squashed: gaming arcade with pool tables down town - gone; Awesome Willow springs waterslides, mini golf, swan paddle rides - converted into a garden nursery for the old people; Laser tag? - gone If it's not for the elderly or the religious or the sports nut it's shut down. Crime? Nah Toowoomba's pretty great if you compare it to say Townsville. There's only drug fueled murders every other month. You know what would be cool? An electric rail link to Brisbane | Cable cars / toboggan rides down the range | More bike lanes but put between parked cars and the footpath for protection of moving vehicles (Like Denmark) And maybe bring back the crazy night life Tbar had back in the 80's and 90's. Man that shit went off
All of the stuff you said isn’t here is here ? Mini golf ✅ Laser tag ✅ Game arcade ✅ No watersides unfortunately 🫣 As for the drug fueled murderers I’m unaware of that stuff, haven’t heard or seen it. Plenty of bike lanes but what you’re asking for isn’t anywhere in Australia so I’m not sure how that’s Toowoombas problem 🤦 It’s not a ‘sports nut’ place either it’s just a healthy lifestyle place. Also night life is dead all over Australia. Been dead for many years.
@@JohnnyTheG2 Admittedly I haven't fully re-investigated toowoomba for almost a decade now, I go and catch up with family up there once a month or so and while it's good to hear some things have returned it still feels stuck in the past. Toowoomba is not known for innovation, it will always be too conservative to try anything new or different until it's been everywhere else for 10 years first. My larger point with the rail link, cable cars or biking lanes is that Toowoomba will never have or do anything to set it apart from anywhere else. And this is largely driven by it's abundance of old conservative religious voters, a good helping of sports jocks and red necks. The silly jesus tents in queens park, the hooning that echoes through the whole of toowoomba at night from bogans still fascinated with commadores. The absolute obsession with anything involving a ball and all the sponsorship / cash / pokie machine fuelled sports club businesses and private schools tied up in these sports jock fiefdoms I hope the crime situation has improved because not long ago Toowoomba was experiencing more murders than Brisbane per capita and that's saying something.
I think you’ve honestly described your typical country Australian town haha Toowoomba has just invested 10m into the mountain biking development, we already have the best mtb system in Queensland and majority of mainland Australia, As for everything else, the cable car isn’t worth doing because the mountain is only 300m tall, cable car would be prime for mountain bikers tho 😅 I really think you’re assuming way too much mate, I see almost none of your problem points happening here in real life.
@@GlobalTriathlonNetwork Newtown is a good area mate, more older houses but its almost in the middle of everything, the only real suburbs to avoid is harlaxton and some parts of wilsonton, but honestly every suburb is fine, i live in glenvale which is majority rentals, newtown would be high majority house owners,
I have visited a lot pr country towns in qld and im gob smacked that Toowoomba was voted the shittest town 😮 I visited Toowoomba once a year and stay the weekend and think it's the prettiest country town in qld
Honestly I’ve not seen it aye, My comparison is Townsville in which you can’t drive your car anywhere without the doors being locked as there’s a high chance you’ll get jacked by a bunch of kids 😂😂
@@ProcyonAlpha its mainly just kids stealing shit, same as every other city in Australia now a days, id consider that normal now i havent heard of much of it lately or within the last year tho
Postive guy! Im from Toowoomba, spent years away, and moved back for a bit, and i realized it's such a nice place and an easy place to live. It's pretty, affordable.
Absolutely! I think it gets a bad rap for no reason
Moved to Toowoomba 2 years ago and it is the best place just fantastic bought a great Queensland house and have put in a garden of our dreams and it has grown like toppsey in just over a year ---so good ---plenty of work too if you want it or indeed need it
Honestly best place, hopefully it doesn’t because apart of Brisbane one day
Good on ya mate for choosing Toowoomba. Used t live there many years ago: went t school n uni there. Nice town. Still visit family n friends there. Enjoy your Toowoomba experience!!
@@sp4263 thank you 😅
Yep there is a Target in Grand Central :) we have been in Toowoomba for 3 years and not witnessed or been a victim of a crime.
Haha way to many shops in grand central 😅😂
I think the people complaining about a lot of crime are just closer to those issues or create unnecessary drama honestly.
It helps that there is a large police presence 👮
@@JohnnyTheG2 They read to many Murdoch papers or watch SkyNews etc too much.
I grew up there but left in 1986 at 21 to continue my trade in Canberra. Loved growing up there on the edge of the range with views of the Lockyer valley.
Try to get back up there from Brisbane at least twice a year, love the slower pace.
Canberra is hideous.
Many fond memories of Toowoomba. Lived at southbrook for years and worked and played in Toowoomba in my younger years . Fondest memories are chucking laps in the 90s and Noughties . So much fun and mischief. Great town . 👍
drive down Ruthven Street and char kewee ?
Nah I appreciate the Tba representation! I’m glad you enjoy it too. I think it’s super underrated! 😊
Moving there in two weeks 😊 so excited. Thank you for the video
dont get to excited
how did you go? I want to bring the family there
@@JohnRemovals its full of some of the most cowardly bully wannabe gangsters ive ever come across.
@@nick-ce7um weird you think this is the only place that exists with those people 😂
@@JohnRemovals don’t listen to this bloke.
Man, Toowoomba is great. I’m born and raised on the Gold Coast but lived in Warwick 2017-2019 and travelled to ‘the bit city’ Toowoomba numerous times during that time. I especially love the architecture and would move there in a heartbeat if I could convince my wife.
Yeah man it’s the goods, honestly has every thing anyone would need
I used to live in a place called Ayr which is similar size to Warwick
We left the Gold Coast in 2021 and moved to Toowoomba. Great choice
Lol. I remember my friends from Goondiwindi and Dalby called Toowoomba "the big smoke".
@@Hardcastle83 lol 😂 those days are long gone. More ppl moving west now
Looks very nice actually. The weather looks good.
Very good informative video mate, good onya for uploading, thanks indeed
Thanks mate 🤙🏻🤙🏻
I've lived in Toowoomba for over 56 years and am settled here, I wouldn't live anywhere else.
I think we have agreed this will also be our forever home. It’s perfect
It's pretty shit.... Sorry.
Longevity & prosperity 🤞
I lived there from 2018-2020 when I was at Oakey with the Army.. I now live in Sydney. I miss it to be honest.. might move up there next year.
It’s just so much more chill hey, easy going, good wages and everything you need is here 👌
Enjoyable video worth the watch, thanks
Thanks a lot 😁
I grew up in Toowoomba but left in 2007 because i couldn't find a job. I had graduated uni and there weren't any technology jobs. I could move back because I've been full remote since 2020 but I've settled down in Brisbane. I guess lots of things have changed. I still have family there and still go to Super Rooster when i visit!
Super rooster and crackerjack are kings !!
I’m sure you’d easily find a job now, 2007 is so long ago hey
Same here, moved away for IT work in '86. Back looking after aged parents now.
@@JohnnyTheG2 Not technology jobs. Those jobs are mostly capital city jobs, or oversea. Let's hope the COVID-19 WFH isn't completely reversed.
It's the Toowoomba Council that has us earning a bad rap on all the polls. Worst drivers, but the Council has installed lights retroactively and has 2 lanes into the intersection and only 1 lane exiting. So many are like this, and most roundabouts aren't much better. Every time they reworked the main streets in the CBD, we lost car parks. The ring road system they tried was a nightmare, done primarily to stop the lapping. I have lived here for over 50 years . I love it here. The juvenile crime has worsened in the past ten years due to an increase in migrant population. Putting stress on available housing and communities. Cultural differences and language barriers have contributed to juvenile crime rates escalating. Most crimes are happening at night in the suburbs and are mainly car theft or break and enters. This is why you haven't seen it. We lived beside one family where all but the mother had a criminal record. Their juvenile son stole dozens of cars (even his own father's car) and drove them up and down our street to taunt his parents and the Police before destroying them. So learn to always secure your house and car and how to navigate our intersections and life here can be the best ever. The Carbarlah Markets on the last Sunday of the month are the best.
Thanks for your comment! I’ve had 2 car break ins over my 7 years here but I’d contribute that to my old car having locking problems. If people aren’t locking their house correctly then that’s just plain silly hey.
Migrants contribute to the driving issue a tone as well, the amount of times I’m pulling my hair out while driving is insane 😂
I’ve been living in Toowoomba for nearly three years and I really like it. The seasons are varied, better than Melbourne where I lived for several years, the parks and gardens are spectacular and there are so many activities, particularly cultural /music shows, all year round. There are cafés with Melbourne-quality coffee. I recently went op-shopping around town and found lots of good finds!
Onya Johnny the G.. Tmba is a great place to live. No idea why it became a sport to knock it but that’s the modern world
Agreed!
Lived in Toowoomba for nearly 10 years now with my partner. I do not get the bad rap it gets. We moved from a small country town in our early 20s because we wanted a little bit extra to do but not the hustle and bustle of a huge city. Good mix of country and city living. Its the perfect size. Plenty to do. Every pub and eatery you can imagine and if you more of a party goer there is plenty of spots to find on a late day of the week. We love it especially as people that are just into a relaxed and cruisy vibe. The weather is great. Especially in summer. You might get a few cold weeks and some bad wind but even that is happening less and less imo Nice video man.
Thank you!
Completely agree, I really like it here, it has everything honestly 🤙🏻
Enjoyed hearing your take on living in Toowoomba. I too love Toowoomba's weather and nature, and personally don't think the crime is as bad as other Australian towns and cities I've visited / lived in. Especially conpared to Brisbane, I feel much more safe and comfortable in Toowoomba.
Also that camera is crazy good no cap
100% agree!
This camera is awesome but also a bit of a pain to use the more I’m using it haha I might move onto a action 4 next 👌
Lived in Toowoomba for 12 years now compared to where i come from this place is heaven.. its got a great war gaming community and ive made alot of close friends here
That’s awesome! Completely agree too
Thanks for your vid, good luck in TBA. Here is a few historical facts about Grand Central it is close to one of the very first huts built in "the Swamp" by "John" Dent approx 1850 hence, Dent St. Also, it is the site of a natural spring that is why the Perkins XXX brewery was built there around 1860. Eventually the brewery was sold and moved to Brisbane to become XXXX beer. The,n in 1965 (?) Myers built a store. I left in 1983 without any sign of Grand Central being built just memories of buying records at Myers. Good ol' Garden City. Oh, how I miss your weather and your magnificent clouds...truly.
Awesome facts thanks heaps!
Close to good serene camping... Close to good motorcycle routes/rides for pleasure... Close to the concentration camp Anna built... A stable population as opposed to the massive transient population of the Gold Coast... It isn't Ipswich 🤣🤣🤣... Close to Warwick 😎...
Toowoomba is the base city for the small towns that’s within 3 hour drive radius from Toowoomba. It’s our go to for most of the medical needs. I live in a small town south west of Toowoomba which is 3hours and 20 minute drive only make the run 2-3 times a year when I have to go to the Base or St Andrew’s hospital for appointments. Always make it a 2-3 day trip just for the chance for shopping and a movie or two. Was there only 2 weeks ago. Yep it’s always windy there but that’s because the city is on top of the mountains lol. I was expecting it to be warm as the days are hot where I am now, nights are always cold due to,the desert next to us, but was surprised at how chilly it was in Toowoomba.
That’s great! Yes the weather still hasn’t warmed up yet, have only had 1 or 2 hot days so far
I've lived in a lot of places in several different countries and I wasn't born there, but IMO Toowoomba is an awesome city with a big heart. Very scenic. Great climate. Good music scene. Big enough to have everything and small enough to get around. Handy to Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast. Sure a lake or river would be nice, but hey, you can't have everything.
200% I think that’s the only thing not going for us here, a nice lake
@@JohnnyTheG2 Or even a river
A fantastic location. Glad I live here 🤣
There’s Crows Nest falls, Leslie Dam, Summerset, Crestbrook etc all within an hours drive which is great because they all get pretty busy
Nice video. I moved to Toowoomba from Cairns 2 years ago. Toowoomba does not have the glits and glamour of Cairns but it has a lovely climate and I generally agree with your assessment. A friendly city, very convenient and a nice place place to live.
Mate I’ve lived here for 22 years, half of that out at highfields. But as a late teen younger adult I used to despise this place thinking how boring it is. Now approaching 30 and having a family, a business etc it’s a great place for a family.
Easy to get around, cheaper fuel and housing then most cities, close to rural life but also close to major cities. It’s got some of the best schools so much so that I know a lot of people that send their kids from Brisbane to go to the colleges up here.
The parks are beautiful and the fitness communities are great!
Nightlife isn’t quite like it was 7-10 years ago but there’s a lot more bars and cool little spots.
I rate it now
That’s awesome!
I think people who complain about the place are honestly just haters for no reason or they are involved it the crapy shit that does happen.
@@JohnnyTheG2 I grew up and lived in the bad parts of Wilsonton (Wine Dr) during all my teenage years. It’s 100% the people that just choose to live those type of lifestyles. Ultimately most people will complain about anything these days. I’d rather live in Toowoomba than most areas on the Gold Coast
i live in Toowoomba, and have lived about the same time as him
I recognised park near hospital filmed the golf not to far away from it too
Iv always liked Toowoomba 😎now the bypass is complete I seldom have to enter unless I’m eating .
Been living in Toowoomba for 16 years. Love it!
Hey there! I'm considering moving to Toowoomba from Bologna, Italy. Any suggestion for the last arrivals?
Hi, housing prices are sky rocketing here, and finding a house or rental can be difficult, it’s still a great place to live, only an hour drive from a Capital city, Toowoomba is great 👌
Don't do it 😅
I do boxing at pcyc
It’s probably a lot more classy than Melbourne
It should be, Toowoomba has a very high population of rich people and millionaires
Woomba ain't so bad, it has flowers...........
😂😂
@@JohnnyTheG2 Have you seen Don't Got To Caboolture? It's mainly about housing, in trollleys. Crackheads losing their trolley homes.. weekly bus load o crims delivered from all 3 hard jails. When I went for a look with locked windows, it was like Pokemon, I finally found where the bin chickens go. The Island of Caboolture in the middle of the river, I would too.
Caboolture shits on Toowoomba.
Ewww 😂
Just a joke lol.
What made you pick Toowoomba when you moved from Townsville
i had my best mate that lived here, we pretty much sold everything we had and just moved here and moved in with his family for a short time, basically we just wanted to leave Mackay (we were living in Mackay after Townsville)
Toowoomba was actually just going to be a stop over and we were going to continue to Melbourne haha but ended up staying and changing out lives completely
We are so glad you stayed a Queenslander ❤
@@kyliedittrich7810 same :D Covid sounded like a disaster down there!!
It’s a bit average … I’m a very concrete jungle person. Stayed in Toowoomba for university.
Honestly so am I but I’ve found living in the concrete jungle is just a pain in the arse.
I love holidaying in big cities and exploring the areas
Urban Freeride on the Nomad 😂😂😂
if you go back on the other channel a little bit youll find a couple mint urban rides ;D
@@JohnnyTheG2oh sweet! I’ll check them out
What are the house prices like close to town?
youd'd be looking at around 5-800k depending on what beds/size ect.
Toowoomba is by far not the shittest City in Australia. I can think of at least six worse in Queensland alone.
it's the Garden shitty - we used to go to Picnic Point lookout at the Top of the Range regularly
I just want to clarify when you say that they combined the 2 shopping centres what happened is back in 2011 there was a flood that took out where the Kmart and big w stands a shopping centre I believe it was called Clifford parks shopping centre went bankrupt and didn’t reopen so grand central bought the lot and made the expansion. Also the bottom floor of the other side of the roof you were standing on is the old ground floor of Myer witch got a lot of flood damage
Yeah the old side used to be called garden town and it was a dive from what I’m told
Thanks for the extra info I didn’t know it was due to the flood 😊🤙🏻
Do you count having your movement path blocked on purpose, being threated or people spitting on you as crime? I ask because that has happened to me many times in Toowoomba as I ride my bike or walk.
Geese who have you pissed off?
I’ve ridden my bike over 100ks a week for many months at a time and this has never happened. Crazy
I ride and walk all time never experienced that sort of thing
I have seen the "spitter". Yeah, it's feral. Don't take it personally. It randomly attacks anyone in its path. It's only ever around for a few days before getting locked up again.
@@clam1973 😂
Toowoomba went downhill once they absolutely bombed the place with middle eastern "refugees". With that being said I just think toowoomba is a very easy place to live.
You think it’s just Toowoomba with foreigners?
@@JohnnyTheG2😬 born Toowoomba Mothers Hospital 1970 🙏🤎☝️
I live in Toowoomba, and we'll have to agree, to disagree. Boring AF. I try to stay as active as possible, but its just a dull place. Im planning on a move.
I feel like everywhere else is the same tho 😂
The only thing missing here is water sports,
@@JohnnyTheG2 We're going to Perth. Waay better lifestyle, with a beach, the most money of anyplace in Australia (I can't get a job under 150k in my field). And the division between rich, and poor is much less noticeable. My cousin's, who are excavator operators. Are on 150k at the very least. Houses are about the same price as Toowoomba. 😀
Honestly can’t find a reason to live in WA, way to far from everything sports related I do 😂
I’d love to visit tho
@@JohnnyTheG2 If you visit, you'll change your mind. That's what happened to me. It's an amazing place, full of beauty, and the socioeconomics are so much better. If you were surprised by plain old Toowoomba.... West coast will blow your mind. But, different strokes, different folks. Personally I leave Toowoomba every weekend, and I'd rather live in a "destination" town. Somewhere most people would want to be, if they had a choice.
Oh there's so much to do in Tbar.. there's lots of stuff.. yep there's certainly lots of stuff if your old (sports clubs and lawn bowls) or Religious (Every type of jeebus variant) or you're a sports nut (sporting grounds everywhere) however if you don't fall into these categories there's nothing here for you.
Speaking as someone who lived there most of my life. Anything a bit different gets squashed: gaming arcade with pool tables down town - gone; Awesome Willow springs waterslides, mini golf, swan paddle rides - converted into a garden nursery for the old people; Laser tag? - gone
If it's not for the elderly or the religious or the sports nut it's shut down.
Crime? Nah Toowoomba's pretty great if you compare it to say Townsville. There's only drug fueled murders every other month.
You know what would be cool? An electric rail link to Brisbane | Cable cars / toboggan rides down the range | More bike lanes but put between parked cars and the footpath for protection of moving vehicles (Like Denmark)
And maybe bring back the crazy night life Tbar had back in the 80's and 90's. Man that shit went off
All of the stuff you said isn’t here is here ?
Mini golf ✅
Laser tag ✅
Game arcade ✅
No watersides unfortunately 🫣
As for the drug fueled murderers I’m unaware of that stuff, haven’t heard or seen it.
Plenty of bike lanes but what you’re asking for isn’t anywhere in Australia so I’m not sure how that’s Toowoombas problem 🤦
It’s not a ‘sports nut’ place either it’s just a healthy lifestyle place.
Also night life is dead all over Australia. Been dead for many years.
@@JohnnyTheG2 Admittedly I haven't fully re-investigated toowoomba for almost a decade now, I go and catch up with family up there once a month or so and while it's good to hear some things have returned it still feels stuck in the past. Toowoomba is not known for innovation, it will always be too conservative to try anything new or different until it's been everywhere else for 10 years first.
My larger point with the rail link, cable cars or biking lanes is that Toowoomba will never have or do anything to set it apart from anywhere else. And this is largely driven by it's abundance of old conservative religious voters, a good helping of sports jocks and red necks.
The silly jesus tents in queens park, the hooning that echoes through the whole of toowoomba at night from bogans still fascinated with commadores.
The absolute obsession with anything involving a ball and all the sponsorship / cash / pokie machine fuelled sports club businesses and private schools tied up in these sports jock fiefdoms
I hope the crime situation has improved because not long ago Toowoomba was experiencing more murders than Brisbane per capita and that's saying something.
I think you’ve honestly described your typical country Australian town haha
Toowoomba has just invested 10m into the mountain biking development, we already have the best mtb system in Queensland and majority of mainland Australia,
As for everything else, the cable car isn’t worth doing because the mountain is only 300m tall, cable car would be prime for mountain bikers tho 😅
I really think you’re assuming way too much mate, I see almost none of your problem points happening here in real life.
Where is the 3 richest (houses) suburb?
I’d say -
Mt lofty
Prince Henry heights
Rangeville
Middle ridge
All these places have some serious 2/3million dollar houses.
@@JohnnyTheG2 what about buying and living in Newtown? Cheaper area or is it middle type suburb.
@@GlobalTriathlonNetwork Newtown is a good area mate, more older houses but its almost in the middle of everything,
the only real suburbs to avoid is harlaxton and some parts of wilsonton, but honestly every suburb is fine, i live in glenvale which is majority rentals, newtown would be high majority house owners,
I have visited a lot pr country towns in qld and im gob smacked that Toowoomba was voted the shittest town 😮 I visited Toowoomba once a year and stay the weekend and think it's the prettiest country town in qld
I can’t disagree hey! 100%
Bro the crime here in toowoomba is terrible.
Honestly I’ve not seen it aye,
My comparison is Townsville in which you can’t drive your car anywhere without the doors being locked as there’s a high chance you’ll get jacked by a bunch of kids 😂😂
What kind of crime? Stabbings ?
@@ProcyonAlpha its mainly just kids stealing shit, same as every other city in Australia now a days, id consider that normal now
i havent heard of much of it lately or within the last year tho
Toowoomba is nothing compared to Gold Coast.
@@jerkywez1983 try Townsville where I'm from haha!
That’s me 👌