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INSIDER #055 – Need Easter Plans?
Let’s see how Ipswich property compares with Brisbane, Logan, Somerset Region and Toowoomba at 3 different price points. Then check out our Easter Holiday Events Guide with 34 events, all in one easy-to-scan guide. Happy Easter. Catch ya round. What does your budget actually get you outside Ipswich? Let's find out. 26 live listings. 4 regions. 3 price points. All on image cards so you can compare what the same money gets you in Ipswich vs the rest of SEQ. See the matchups → 🐣 Easter School...
INSIDER #054 – Nuclear Free Zone?
Let’s find out why those big City of Ipswich motorway signs say Nuclear Free Zone. Then let’s rank Ipswich’s top fishing spots. And finally, are you checking out the Scenic Rim Farm Gate Trail this Sunday? ☢️ Why Does It Say 'Nuclear Free Zone' on the Ipswich Signs? Today let's find out why on earth the big city of ipswich motorway signs all say Nuclear Free Zone at the bottom. Those signs are new, put up around 2015. But the story starts in 1982, when Ipswich was shortlisted for a uranium...
INSIDER #053 — Can you pick Yamanto on a blank map?
Can you pick Yamanto on an unlabelled map? Find out in Which 'Swich, a new Ipswich suburb guessing game. There's also 'Swich Weather, a daily widget comparing today's Ipswich weather against the wildest this date has ever been. Digging through 150 years of data for that meant finding the 14 most extreme weather days in Ipswich history too. Plus events, a poll, trivia and top stories below. Catch ya round. 🧩 Introducing: Which 'Swich — An Ipswich Suburb Guessing Game Did you know Ipswich has...
INSIDER #052 — Case 3: The Ipswich Files
Let's close the case on these 19 Ipswich intrigues you didn't know you needed to know until you knew them. Plus, almost 300 of you voted to tell us where you do your shop. All the details below. Catch ya round. 🤔 19 Ipswich Intrigues You've driven past them. You've wondered about them. You've probably argued about at least one of them on Facebook.This is the stuff you don't even know you want to know until you know it. ✈️ The bomber beside the Cunningham Highway 🛤️ The 1902 heritage listed...
INSIDER #051 — The front yard pool on Brisbane Rd.
This week we're looking at the difference between Ipswich's 6,000+ Character Places and the 26 local homes on the Queensland Heritage Register. Plus if you've ever driven down Brisbane Rd and wondered about that house with the stone wall and chimney opposite Cameron Park, we finally looked into it. It was the first house in Ipswich to have a private swimming pool. And they put it in the front yard. On Brisbane Rd. All the details below. Catch ya round. Introducing The Duce House... featuring...
INSIDER #050 - Super Swanbank and a Dinner Club idea
When was the last time you even thought about Swanbank? This week we're doing the full lap of Ipswich's most forgotten suburb — on the ground and in the air — then I need your vote on a Dinner Club idea I've been cooking up. All the details below. Catch ya round. 💪 Swanbank: It's Not What You Think When's the last time you drove around Swanbank? Here's what you're missing. Here's what you should know. A $400m Suntory mega-plant pumping out 180,000 cans an hour A $330m grid-scale battery built...
INSIDER #049 — 16 more Ipswich curiosities
Many of you loved last week’s 17 curiosities, so we’re back with 16 new Ipswich peculiarities. We simplify the Inland Rail megaproject, unpack the new Hilton Garden Inn by Nicholas St, and list this week’s events below. 🤔 16 Ipswich Peculiarities, Explained You've driven past them. You've wondered about them. You've probably argued about at least one of them on Facebook. This is the stuff you don’t even know you want to know until you know it. 🎨 The giant snorkel structure in the CBD 🚧 The...
INSIDER #048 — The Ipswich Files 🔍
You've driven past them 43 times. The white sphere on the hill. The fortress holding up Bremer High. Wah's on Downs Street. This week, 17 local curiosities — explained. Plus, 12 ways to do Valentine's Day around town. Let's get into it. 🤔 17 Ipswich Curiosities, Explained You've driven past them. You've wondered about them. You've probably argued about at least one of them on Facebook. ⚪ The white sphere on the hill at Redbank Plains🥡 The faded shopfront on Downs Street that time forgot🧱 The...
INSIDER #047: The $8m paddock with a problem
A fun one this week. An $8m paddock with a rail problem. What Ipswich billboards actually cost. And your weekend sorted — Bull o Rama plus live music all over town. All the details below. Catch ya round. 🚧 This $8m Paddock Has a Rail Problem An 18.3-hectare block next to Yamanto Central sold for $8 million after being marketed as “residential land”. Now it’s back, with plans for 29 industrial lots (think mechanics, garden centres, and showrooms). But the western boundary has a headache: the...
INSIDER #046: Bowerbank, 193 acres of freedom & our top 5 guides
Today we admire the landmark Bowerbank, revisit 5 of our top local guides, and detour to the Granite Belt for a drone-view of 78 hectares for sale. Plus, everything happening locally this week. Catch ya round! ⬣ Bowerbank: The Quick Look First impression. Bowerbank feels less like a standard Queenslander and more like a private lookout. It’s a big Federation-era timber villa, sitting high on the hill, with that bold 8-sided verandah that makes you stop and stare. The story. Built in 1914 for...
Discover top Ipswich stories, Insider guides and the best of what’s on. Free every Wednesday.