Navigate Toowoomba childcare options in 2026: costs, subsidies, long day care, kindergarten placements and what families need to know.
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Toowoomba has a well-established childcare market for a regional Queensland city, with good options across the Darling Downs. earlychildhood.qld.gov.au
Apply through myGov/Centrelink. servicesaustralia.gov.au
Use startingblocks.gov.au. Toowoomba's well-established childcare sector means wait times are generally more manageable than in major coastal cities, though popular centres in Rangeville, South Toowoomba and Highfields can have waiting lists.
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