YOUR SAY: Top five Sunday drives in Toowoomba
TO TAKE Sunday drive is to go for a leisurely cruise on a Sunday.
We asked Toowoomba locals on our Facebook page to recommend the best places to go in Toowoomba for a Sunday drive.
BEST SUNDAY DRIVES. We’re compiling a list of the best Sunday drives in the Toowoomba region and need your help. Tell us where you'd recommend going for a Sunday drive and why and we will make a list.
Posted by The Chronicle on Saturday, June 13, 2015
Here are their top five (in no particular order):
1. Queen Mary's Falls, Killarney
Danny and Desleigh Hughes recommended a Sunday drive to Queen Mary's Falls in Killarney. "So picturesque and a great cafe at the top!"
Details:
To: Queen Mary's Falls
How to get there from Toowoomba: Drive 1 hour south on the New England Highway to Warwick; drive 40 minutes on Warwick-Killarney Road.
2. Glengallon Homestead
Veronica Turnell said: "Drive out to Glengallon Homestead when the markets are on and have a look at the restoration they have done to the house. Wonderful lunch at Nobby Rudds Pub but be hungry big meals and delicious."
Details:
To: Glengallon Homestead
How to get there from Toowoomba: Drive 45 minutes south on the New England Highway
3. Bell
Barbara McGovern suggested: "A road trip west to Bell to visit the church murals and gardens and then relax with lunch at Pips and Cherries."
Details:
To: Bell
How to get there from Toowoomba: Drive 50 minutes north on the Warrego Highway to Dalby; turn right onto Bunya Highway drive for 40 minutes.
4. Murphy's Creek
Ashley Collard said: "It's an extremely short drive but I love that I get to travel the road from Blue Mountain Pub to Murphy's Creek. The view off the highway at Mt Kynoch/Blue Mountain and then the calming, bendy drive down the range with or goes views of the surrounding range."
Details:
To: Murphy's Creek
How to get there from Toowoomba: Drive 10 minutes north on the New England Highway to the Blue Mountain Pub at Harlaxton; drive three minutes north on the New England; turn right onto Murphy's Creek Road and drive for 12 minutes.
5. Coomba Falls, Maidenwell
Louise 'Russell' Lehmann wrote: "The falls at Maidenwell - great swimming and picnic spot."
_t1880.jpg "Coomba Falls, Maidenwell. Photo by Petra Harris. Photo Contributed")
Details:
To: Coomba Falls, Maidenwell
How to get there from Toowoomba: Drive 1 hour and 15 minutes north on the New England Highway; turn left onto Kingaroy-Cooyar Road and drive for 10 minutes.
