Ipswich’s #1 Newsletter

TOGETHER WITH Let’s head back to Ipswich’s riverport years, with colourised photos of our old working waterfront. Then meet our new Insider Partner, Danny P and the team at NGU Real Estate Ipswich Central. And keep an eye out for more fun giveaways coming your way soon. Catch ya round. ⚓ Ipswich’s Riverport Years — In Colour You know the stretch of the Bremer in front of Riverlink? Yeah, picture wool sliding down wooden ramps into waiting steamers. Logs chained into floating rafts. Goods from...

TOGETHER WITH Let’s swing by 19 of Ipswich’s priciest parks and playgrounds and see where the millions went. Then enter the draw to win a Halloween night out for 4 at Ipswich Showgrounds, with food vouchers and ride passes included. Details below. Catch ya round. Ipswich’s Million Dollar Parks & Playgrounds You ever wondered what your local park and playground cost? Was it $1 million, $2 million or $10 million? Orion Mega Playground cost $1.5 million Colleges Crossing’s flood rebuild cost...

TOGETHER WITH Let’s pull in and see which two places have more parking spaces than Riverlink. Then check in on Ipswich’s accommodation situation, from upstairs pub rooms to country retreats and the planned Hilton. Details below. Catch ya round. 16 Colossal Car Parks of Ipswich Shopping centres. A raceway. Even a four-level car park inside RAAF Base Amberley. These 16 sites have ~20,400 parking spaces between them. But how do our biggest compare with Brisbane Airport and Queensland’s giant...

TOGETHER WITH Let’s watch Ipswich grow from 1984 to 2026 in an updated timelapse. Then there’s your last chance to win a $629 Ryobi mower, if you haven’t entered yet. And have a look at all the school holiday events. Details below. Catch ya round. Ipswich’s Rise: The Western Workhorse Building SEQ’s Future Forget the old stereotypes. In a little over 20 years, Ipswich didn’t just grow. It exploded. Since 2003, your city’s population has 2x'd, house prices have 5x'd, and the “sleepy town”...

Let’s find out what that giant white ball on the hill at Redbank Plains is actually for. And see who won the 2 tickets to Grease. Then have a go at this week’s Swicheroo and GuessWhere. Details below. Catch ya round. 👀 The Curious Case of the Giant White Ball You know that giant white ball you see from the Centenary Highway? The one up on the hill near Redbank Plains and White Rock? What even is that? What’s inside it? And were scientists really trying to make it rain? Watch the video → 🏠 Is...