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FULL LIST: Your guide to what’s on for Chinchilla Melon Fest 2025

From skiing, chariot racing and the iron man and woman challenges to the Melon Rodeo, big melon weigh-ins and the Melon Beach Party, here is every event in Chinchilla this weekend.

Steven and Ursula Keating with baby Andrew. Photo/Keating family

Chinchilla microbrewery opens just in time for Melon Fest

Guests at this weekend’s Chinchilla Melon Fest will be able to beat the heat with a cold beer after the grand opening of a long-awaited microbrewery.

Kristen Chong left rodeo Vice President, jack holt memorial open bull riding champion Jack McArthur from cooyar and Darryl Chong chinchilla rodeo president.

Massive crowds expected for biennial Melon Rodeo

Dozens of bull riders will put on a show this Friday at the biennial Melon Rodeo, an event which kicks off an exciting weekend of celebrations for Chinchilla.

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New $36m Western Downs aged care facility set to open

After five years and an investment of $36m a new aged care facility will soon open and is expected to have far reaching positive outcomes for the Western Downs community. Find out more here.

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Drive in movies making a return to the Western Downs

Movie lovers will be able to enjoy a screening of the animated feature Teenage Kraken when the popular outdoor movies return to the Western Downs. Find out when and where here.

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Chinchilla's cutest dogs poll 2024.

Revealed: Chinchilla’s cutest dog of 2024 named

From working dogs to lapdogs and everything in between we’ve tallied your votes for Chinchilla’s cutest dog of 2024 and now we can reveal the winner. DETAILS HERE.

A teenage girl was airlifted to Toowoomba Hospital after a horse trampled her during a polocrosse match in the Western Downs region.

Woman trampled by horse in Western Downs polocrosse match

A 20-year-old woman suffered suspected spinal injuries when she was trampled after falling from a horse during a polocrosse match.

Western Downs regional council approved a new location for the Chinchilla Aquatic Centre Replacement. Photo: Jacklyn O'Brien

New Chinchilla Aquatic Centre development underway

Members of the Chinchilla Aquatic Precinct Reference Group have been working with Western Downs Regional Council to provide input on the design brief of the new aquatic centre.

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Kristen Chong left rodeo Vice President, jack holt memorial open bull riding champion Jack McArthur from cooyar and Darryl Chong chinchilla rodeo president.

Record numbers pay tribute to lost mate at Chinchilla Rodeo

Last weekend’s Chinchilla Rodeo set the record for entry numbers in a National Rodeo Association event as hundreds turned out to pay tribute to a beloved businessman who tragically died in a horror Warrego Highway crash earlier this year.

All the action from the Chinchilla Show 2023. Picture: Chloe Cufflin.

Chinchilla Show organisers report strong opening morning

The Chinchilla Show continues to go from strength to strength with high attendance numbers and show rides alongside Queensland’s biggest rodeo

Chinchilla race meet Peter Kinsella, Jo Rayner, Peter James and Ray Sugar

Chinchilla race club’s second TAB meet hailed a success

The newly upgraded track and quality canteen offerings have been praised at Monday’s TAB meet, the second of the year. Find out more about the day here.

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How to add the Chinchilla News headlines to your mobile devices for free

To keep up to date with all the latest news from around the Western Downs, you can add the Chinchilla News directly to your phone’s home screen. Here’s how.

Thousands of people from all over Australia made their way through the front gates of Tara Festival 2022 for a fun-filled weekend. Picture: Emily Devon

All hands on deck: Tara Festival organisers prepare for record showing

More than 10,000 people are expected to descend on Tara in August for the annual camel-racing festival. Despite being months away organisers have been hard at work ensuring this year’s event is bigger and better than ever.

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RSL Pioneer-Fitzroy-Highlands District Deputy President and RSL Marian Sub-Branch President John Edwards at the Cenotaph in Jubilee Park. Picture: Tony Martin

‘Un-Australian, appalling’: Veterans slam courts’ Anzac Day snub

Veterans have shared their outrage over learning Queensland courts will open on Anzac Day out of ‘fairness’ to alleged criminals arrested the night before.

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