South West and Darling Downs
In this section:
Overview
| Population | Over 250,000 people |
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| Area | Over 400,000 square kilometres |
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Accommodation
- Modern urban dwellings
- Traditional Queenslanders
- Spacious homesteads
Education
- University of Southern Queensland—Toowoomba
- Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE—Charleville, Chinchilla, Dalby, Kingaroy, Roma, Stanthorpe, Toowoomba and Warwick
- Distance education and e-learning—specialty training and technical skills education, notably in agriculture and engineering
Transport
- Air
- Brisbane Airport is the closest commercial interstate and international airport
- Toowoomba airport for light aircraft, including private and charter operations
- Regular passenger flights service Roma, Charleville, Cunnamulla, St George and Goondiwindi
- Rail
- Charleville to Brisbane on the Westlander—twice-weekly passenger service
- Connecting road coaches from Charleville to Cunnamulla and Quilpie
- Road
- Local bus services are the key public transport and a key transit point for intrastate and interstate bus lines
- Kynoch Coaches services Cunnamulla
- Travel West coaches connect Cunnamulla to Bourke in New South Wales
Cultural facilities
- History and heritage tourism—the Cobb & Co. Museum
- Iconic sites and cultural events such as the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers
