A big find

 We were going for a drive this afternoon before meeting back at Monty's (microbrewery) and ended up at the Highfields Pioneer Village. In all the years we have been going to Toowoomba, we had no idea it was there. And certainly none of the others really had any idea about the rather large cow that has moved in. We will go there another day to "visit" but today it was just about finding out about the site and what they had (besides the ginormous cow). The volunteers on duty referred us to their website (www.highfieldspioneervillage.com.au) and told us that it would have details of upcoming events and special days - and if/what additional activites would be available eg blacksmith demonstrations, music, tea and damper and Model T bus rides around the village. The rest of the time, there is loads to see with each of the buildings on site housing a museum to "something" ranging from an old school building to the fire service and Southern Cross windmills. There is also a Heritage Chapel on site which is available for weddings and christenings. It's just a shame that lack of patronage during CoVid-19 last year has meant the folk who ran the cafe on site had to take up other jobs, so the on-site cafe is no longer running.

But at least we know where to look for it now - the signage to the site is not good and the volunteers were telling us that it is difficult and expensive to have the signage upgraded or moved - I think they mentioned the not-insignificant figure of $15,000 per sign. It's just a shame the Big Cow (one of Australia's many "big things") is not visible from the road.