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Day Trips from Toowoomba: Darling Downs, Ipswich and the Range
Toowoomba sits at the top of the Toowoomba Range, 130 kilometres west of Brisbane, and serves as the gateway to the Darling Downs agricultural region. Day trips from the city include the Jondaryan Woolshed Heritage Precinct about 50 kilometres west, one of Queensland's most significant pastoral heritage sites with shearing demonstrations and working draft horses. The Southern Downs wine region centred on Stanthorpe and the Granite Belt is about two hours south via Warwick, offering cellar doors, apple orchards and a dramatically different Queensland landscape at altitude. Ipswich, 90 minutes east via the Warrego Highway, has a strong heritage railway museum and is a good base for exploring the western foothills. The Ravensbourne National Park rainforest north of Toowoomba offers cool-climate walking only 40 minutes from the city.
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Brisbane
A 90-minute drive east on the Toowoomba Range motorway, Brisbane offers a full city-day experience accessible as a day trip from the Darling Downs.
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Southern Downs Wine Region
A cool-climate wine region 90 minutes south-west, with the heritage towns of Stanthorpe and Warwick and over 30 cellar doors in the Granite Belt.
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Darling Downs, Jondaryan Woolshed
A heritage woolshed and working station experience 50km west of Toowoomba, with shearing demonstrations, a heritage machinery collection and farm activities.
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Scenic Rim, Lamington and Tamborine
The Scenic Rim hinterland is 90 minutes east, with Lamington National Park's rainforest walks and Tamborine Mountain's Gallery Walk craft distilleries.
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Ravensbourne National Park
A subtropical rainforest national park 30 minutes north of Toowoomba with crystal-clear creek walks, abundant waterbirds and a free camping ground.
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