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TOGETHER WITH Which lost Ipswich spot do you miss most? Rank all 26, then enter to win free passes to the Ripley Valley Car Show. All the details below. Catch ya round. Ipswich's 26 Most Nostalgic Spots🏆 Rank The Ipswich Spots You Miss MostSwanbank Lake. Jim Gardiner Pool. Warrego Water Park. Easy Street (Sleazy-street). Birch, Carroll & Coyle Cinemas. These were the Ipswich places for family days, birthday parties, first dates and teenage nights out. I’ve pulled together 26 nostalgic Ipswich spots. Upvote the ones you miss, downvote the ones you don’t, and help decide which one belongs at the top. Together With Loan Market Ripley Valley🎟️ Win 1 of 2 Family Passes to the Ripley Valley Car ShowThe Ripley Valley Car Show is bringing classic, vintage and custom cars, hot rods, utes and bikes to Ripley Valley State Secondary College from 8am–11am this Sunday.
Our Insider Partner Loan Market Ripley Valley is a Platinum Sponsor of the event and will have a stall there on Sunday. They’re giving away 2 family passes, each with 5 tickets. To enter the ticket giveaway:Follow Loan Market Ripley Valley on Facebook, then comment on their giveaway post and tell them who you’d take with you. Both winners will be drawn Friday. GREASE Launch Night Party (Together with Ipswich Musical Theatre Company)– Ipswich Musical Theatre Company’s GREASE musical hits the Civic Centre this 12-20 September. Meet the cast, catch a live teaser performance and try GREASE-themed food and ice creams at the official launch night. It’s free at Ungermann Brothers Milk Bar from 6pm on Saturday, 22 August. See the details → Rosewood Then & Now – Commissioned by the Rosewood History Group, this children’s book by Karen Tyrrell and Megan Forward follows Thelma the Theropod through Rosewood’s past and present. Copies are $15 from the Rosewood Community Centre. See full details → Ipswich Walking Group – Join Kez and other locals for Monday morning walks and other adventures around Ipswich. All abilities are welcome, from casual strollers to adventurous walkers. Join the Facebook group for upcoming walks and local routes. Join the group → GuessWhere, Ipswich – Think you know Ipswich? Study the photos and work out where each one was taken. There are 74 locations to guess, from familiar landmarks to places you may have passed hundreds of times. Start guessing → 🗳️ Vote
🗳️ Last Week's Poll ResultsIf palaeontologists believed dinosaur fossils were buried beneath your Ipswich backyard, would you let them dig?
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🧩 ScrambleUnscramble your GuessWhere hint📍 GuessWhereLast week’s GuessWhere game was played by 360 locals, more than twice as many as any previous game. See how close you can get this week. How to play: Look close at the photo, guess where it was taken from in Ipswich. Click the link and drop your pin to see how close you can get. GuessWhere #074 →🏃 Council Split Over Snap Ripley Track MeetingA 4pm special meeting was called with 65 minutes’ notice, then councillors conditionally backed $2.5 million for a Ripley athletics track while Mayor Teresa Harding said she was unable to attend. Deputy Mayor Nicole Jonic cited a 5pm funding deadline, while Harding criticised the meeting’s timing and council process. 🎓 Camira State School Opens $12 Million Learning CentreCamira State School has officially opened a two-storey $12 million centre with five learning spaces, an outdoor learning area and outside-school-hours care facilities. The new building gives local students more classroom space and dedicated before-and-after-school care. Facebook photos → ⚖️ Homebirth Manslaughter Trial Aborted After Juror MisconductThe Brisbane Supreme Court discharged the jury in Dr Robyn Mary James’s manslaughter trial, with the matter due back in court on Thursday. The charge relates to Vicki Butler’s death after giving birth at her Ipswich home in December 2017. Nine.com.au story → 📮 Council Fights Planned Amberley Post Office ClosureCouncil unanimously asked the Federal Government to intervene after Australia Post scheduled Amberley Post Office to close on 28 August. More than 5,000 Defence personnel and contractors travel through the base daily and would lose its on-site postal and banking services. West Bremer story → 💰 #1 Computer Shop (Ipswich) Owner Offers $50,000 to Find Bush Block BuyerThe owner of Ipswich’s #1 Computer Shop is offering a $50,000 finder’s fee for a buyer of his $1 million, 460-acre Banks Creek block. The property is about 20 minutes from Fernvale and less than an hour from Ipswich CBD. Facebook post → Quick-fire snippets—local buzz & chatter:
Events Labels:🆓 Free entry Wednesday (12 August)🆓 Ipswich Turf Club - Ipswich Community Disability Expo 10am-1pm info 🆓 Council Admin Building - Ipswich Youth Arvo 4:30-6:30pm info 🍻🍽️ Banshees Bar and Artspace - Open Mic 6 PM info 🍻🍽️ General Public - Trivia 6:30 PM info Thursday (13 August)🍻🍽️ Banshees Bar and Artspace - Karaoke 6pm info Friday (14 August)🆓 Riverlink near iPlay - Live music: Trace Cover Band 4-8pm info 🆓 Croquet Club Hall, Queens Park - Boardgame Club Night 4:45-8:45pm more info 💵 Ipwich Indoor Sports Centre, Showgrounds - Pickleball 5:30-7:30pm ($8-15) See all weekly sessions here → 🍻🍽️ Stony Creek Brewing - Live Music: Anthony Trimboli 6-9pm info 💵 Springlakes Hotel - Magic Men 7pm ($60+) tickets 💵 Studio 188 - Back to the 80s with Crack That Whip 7:30-10:30pm ($20+) tickets 💵 St Mary's Catholic Church - Candlelight Concert: Tribute to Tool 8pm ($33+) tickets Saturday (15 August)💵 Ipswich Events Centre, Ipswich Showgrounds - Queensland Model Hobbies Expo ALL WEEKEND details 🆓 Castle Hill, Blackstone - Fox Superflow Ipswich gravity enduro race 9am-2pm (free to watch) details 💵 Banshees Bar & Artspace - Folk'n'Shanty Night 7-10:30pm ($18.50) tickets 💵 Hotel Metropole - Hippy vs Disco 7-10pm ($11.90) tickets Sunday (16 August)💵 Ripley Valley State Secondary College - Ripley Valley Car Show & Shine 8-11am (under 12 is free, $2+ for others) 💵 Wolston Farmhouse - Home Front Festival 10am-4pm ($15+) tickets 🍻🍽️ Orion Hotel - Family Fun Day 12-2pm info 💵 The Rusty Nail Ipswich - Dessert cocktails masterclass 12pm ($65) tickets 🆓 Riverlink near iPlay - Sunday Trivia 12:30-2:30pm info 💵 Banshees Bar & Artspace - Jeff Lang and Dom Turner 2:30-6pm ($45) tickets Monday (17 August)🆓 Weekly Adventure Walk + coffee (BYO) with Kez and crew from @thingstodoIpswich 9-10am info 💵 Event Cinema Orion Town Centre - Ipswich Thriving Seniors Movie & Mingle 10am-1pm ($8) tickets Tuesday (18 August)🆓 Springfield Lakes YMCA - Ipswich Thriving Seniors daily events timetable → 🍻🍽️ Hotel Metropole - Tuesday Trivia 7pm info 😎 Top 5 Upcoming Events:21-23 Aug - Ipswich Super 440, Queensland Raceway details 21 Aug - Ashton's Great Australian Circus, Ipswich Showgrounds details 22 Aug - Beers and Bulls, Walloon Hotel info 4-13 Sep - Galvanized Festival full program (pdf) 12-20 Sep - Grease Musical, Ipswich Civic Centre details All upcoming events →🧩 This Week's AnswersScramble Answer: SILKSTONESilkstone had 3,830 residents at the 2021 Census. Bremer State High School opened on Blackstone Road in 1959 and remained there until moving to its current campus in 2011. The old school site is now the Silkstone Village shopping centre. GuessWhere Answer:📍Taken from out front of Silkstone Village Shopping Centre This Week's Trivia Answer:B) Less than 400 houses. 334 houses sold per month on average across Ipswich in early 2026. 📊 Last Week's ResultsThe Trivia:When dinosaurs left footprints around Ipswich about 220 million years ago, what was the landscape like?❌ A.) Cold, snowy forest - 2% guessed wrong ✅ B.) Warm, wet swampland - 71% guessed right ❌ C.) Hot, dry desert - 5% guessed wrong ❌ D.) Open woodland, much like today - 22% guessed wrong 222 participants - thanks for playing! 📍 GuessWhere:GuessWhere #073
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