Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Drinking
Spotted Cow
(
www.spottedcow.com.au
;
cnr Ruthven & Campbell Sts; 11am-3pm)
A mustard-coloured pub with old
blues on the stereo and regular live bands, the Spotted Cow is a Toowoomba institution.
There are 70 different beers on offer if you've worked up a thirst, and tasty bistro meals
(mains $12 to $28: go for the 1kg pot of mussels for $27). Trivia on Wednesday nights.
PUB
Fitzy's Fibber Magee
( 07-4631 3700;
www.fibbers.com.au
;
153 Margaret St; 10.30am-late)
If you fancy a cheeky pint,
this affable Irish pub has myriad bars and eating areas, plus big steaks and rugby on the
telly.
PUB
Entertainment
THEATRE, LIVE MUSIC
Empire Theatre
( 1300 655 299;
www.empiretheatre.com.au
; 56 Neil St; box office 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm Sat)
Too-
woomba's cultural heart beats stridently inside the magnificent Empire Theatre, sections
of which date back to 1911 (the art-deco facade is from 1933). Check out touring musical
acts (Queensland musical hero Bernard Fanning was playing when we were in town), plus
comedy festivals, opera and theatre, or just stick your head into the lobby and ogle the ar-
chitectural details.
Information
Toowoomba Visitor Information Centre
( 07-4639 3797, 1800 331 155;
www.southernqueenslandcountry.com.au
;
86 James St; 9am-5pm; )
Located southeast of the centre, at the junction with Kitchener
St. Peel yourself off a vast bed-sheet-sized map of town.
Getting There & Away
