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The Southern Downs’ two major centres are set to face off in the race to be crowned the best tourism destination in the region and the state.
Warwick and Stanthorpe are two of the 37 towns nominated in the inaugural Queensland Top Tourism Town Awards, which are presented by the Queensland Tourism Industry Council.
QTIC chief executive Dan Gschwind said the awards were designed to celebrate towns where community sectors worked together to encourage tourism, particularly after the industry’s struggles during the coronavirus pandemic.
“With the current focus on domestic tourism, now is the time to draw attention to our regional destinations and to put the spotlight on our tourism operators and communities who keep our regions thriving,” Mr Gschwind said.
-0.4C! Southeast shivers through coldest morning of year The apparent temperature in Applethorpe this morning was -0.4C with frost likely. File photo – Daniel Saltwell/SWA
Weather by Danielle O’Neal
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Subscriber only Brisbane has recorded its coldest morning so far this year as cold, dry air blasts into southern Queensland. Most places about the southeast have recorded their coldest morning since October last year, Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Shane Kennedy said. It ll certainly be much colder with the maximums today, most places in the southeast will be 3-5C below the April average. Southwesterly winds are pushing a cold air mass from inland New South Wales and Victoria up into southeastern and inland Queensland.