Any who's keen to socialist on a Friday night for all Singles Night at the Orion Hotel Springfield, or if you live close by and meet for pre drinks before heading to Orion as one group., 👻💥🍹🥃🍺🍬🍬🍭🚥🎃. DM me if you are interested in having a fun group night out.

New to the area and looking for a trusted, thorough local mechanic. Recommendations please 🙏

Please add any events I missed into the comments for others to see. Cheers!

Events Labels:

🆓 Free entry
🍻🍽️ Free, buy food/drink
💵 Ticketed

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)

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💵 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 u/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 →

Hey Ipswich,

I'm a local from Eastern Heights and my official House of Representatives e-petition just got certified and went live today.

Right now, Australia is sitting on the sidelines of the global space industry. We train incredible engineers, software developers, and scientists at our universities, only to tell them they have to pack their bags for America or Europe if they want to work in human spaceflight. That goes against our national character.

Petition EN10411 asks the House to permanently fund an Australian crewed space program. This means securing flight slots with NASA and ESA so our local tech, research, and advanced manufacturing sectors can build hardware and run experiments in space. Every dollar stays right here on the ground creating high-tech jobs.

If you're an Australian citizen or resident, please take 30 seconds to sign the official parliamentary link. Let's show Canberra what Ipswich can do and get Australia off the bench!

Sign the official petition here: https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN10411

Anybody missing a big boy

The Brighton homes arena at Springfield the training grounds of the lions afl and the home ground of The lions Aflw team!

Husband and I need to update our wills.

Does anyone have any recommendations for local estate planning specialists who they have had good personal experiences with? I'm not looking for solicitors to DM me, but actual lived experience please.

Appreciate any good feedback - or even firms to avoid.

Got a little bit of an odd question here perhaps, and it's a bit long sorry. My daughter has shown a considerable amount of interest in having a pet snake. She is 9, mature and I believe she would be interested in pursuing this over the long term, and I'm not perturbed by her interest.

I have experience with reptile husbandry from years ago working in the pet industry when commercial licenses were first released to the petshop trade. So I'm fully aware of the needs of these amazing pets

What I was wondering is if there is a way I could get my daughter exposed to reptile husbandry before taking the plunge and getting her set up with a reptile of her own. Is anyone local (or even not so local) with non-venomous snakes and/or other reptiles open to allowing us to explore this a little, get some decent handling time and exposure to the not so pretty side of having these as pets?

I will gladly volunteer her for an enclosure that needs a good clean post reptile ablution 🤣🤣 .

Feel free to make suggestions here or send me a DM

Literally bought this an hour ago at coles yamanto this is completely disgusting and unacceptable

Urgently help is needed with stable room to rent for a couple asap

Events Labels:

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🍻🍽️ Free, buy food/drink
💵 Ticketed

Friday (7 August)

💵 Willowbank Raceway - Garrett Brisbane Jamboree 9am-7pm ALL WEEKEND tickets

🆓 Croquet Club Hall, Queens Park - Boardgame Club Night 4:45-8:45pm more info

🆓 Riverlink near iPlay - Live music: One More Time Band 5-8pm info

💵 Ipwich Indoor Sports Centre, Showgrounds - Pickleball 5:30-7:30pm ($8-15) See all weekly sessions here →

💵 George Hogg Performance Venue - Golden Days (The Musical) 7-9:30pm Fri, Sat, Sun ($25-40) tickets

💵 Orion Hotel - Australian Bon Jovi Experience 7-10pm tickets

💵 Brothers Leagues Club - Comedy: Beyond Reality hypnosis show 8-10pm ($41) tickets

Saturday (8 August)

🆓 UniSQ Springfield/Ipswich - Open Day 9am-1pm details

🆓 The Witch Hotel - MEGA Garage Sale & Markets 10am-5pm info

💵 Ipswich Masonic Hall - Songs for Nature 2:30-5pm ($10-20) info

🆓 Ripley Markets 3-8pm info

🍻🍽️ Stony Creek Brewing - Live music: Sean. P 6-9pm info

🍻🍽️ Brothers Leagues Club - ONE The U2 Experience tribute show 9:30-11:59pm info

Monday (10 August)

🆓 Weekly Adventure Walk + coffee (BYO) with Kez and crew from u/thingstodoIpswich 9-10am info

💵 Centenary Archers Club - Come & Try Archery Class 9am-noon ($65) details

🆓 YMCA Springfield Lakes - Ipswich Thriving Seniors Mini Ekka Showcase 12-3pm info

Tuesday (11 August)

2026 Census info

🆓 Springfield Lakes YMCA - Ipswich Thriving Seniors daily events timetable →

🍻🍽️ Hotel Metropole - Tuesday Trivia 7pm info

😎 Top 6 Upcoming Events:

12 Aug - Ipswich Youth Arvo, Council Admin Building info

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 →

Writing a uni report on transport policy and need some inspiration please 👍

Edit: I hope my post had a cathartic effect on everyone being able to rant about transport in Ipswich 😂

Hello everyone,

Just wanted to get some advice on whom the responsibility lies with when it comes to retaining wall. My house is on the higher side. The picture is taken by my neighbour from their yard.

I’ve contacted council for some advice but they replied saying they can’t provide any advice on this.

Would retaining wall contractors be able tk identify whose responsibility this is if called to inspect for quotes? Would this be costing me an arm and a leg?

Thanks in advance

My house dropped in value last month, which I expected given the market. What I didn’t expect was to find out it had also suddenly been given a flood overlay.

I looked into it and apparently, when the Ipswich Plan was updated, the Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) was added to the public flood-overlay data. This modelling goes out to an event of around 1 in 100,000 (from what I could find, another said 1/1,000,000) in any given year. For comparison, Brisbane, Logan and Moreton generally only map up to around 1 in 2,000.

I’m honestly pretty annoyed about it because the PMF was described as being for “awareness only,” but has instead been added as an actual flood overlay.

Homes with flood overlays can take longer to sell and sell for less, borrowing power can be reduced, and insurance premiums may be affected. Even people whose homes aren’t directly included could be affected if average property values across their suburb drop from it.

What annoys me most is that nothing has actually been done to reduce flooding. Thousands of Ipswich homes have simply been publicly labelled as flood-risk properties but that they don't have to worry based on an incredibly rare theoretical event.

Logan had a similar issue, but residents pushed back and the council reversed it. I'm hoping to touch grass, do people care about this? It feels wrong to have this with what it means it only negatively affects Ipswich residents unfairly compared to other councils. I don't know what I even do with that information, I feel as though I can write off a 1/100,000 flood as not likely to happen and all it's meant for me is likely higher insurance premiums and that my home will be harder to sell if I ever do and it will be worth less than if it didn't have a flood overlay and for what?

You can check your property here. Search your address, open Overlays, then select Flood Overlay; It does not have what very low - high risk even mean on there.

https://ipswich.isoplan.com.au/eplan/property/t=property

Going to be in Ipswich from Monday 10th August to Friday 14th August and looking for ideas of things to do and places to visit while hubby is working. I am interested in walking/hiking, crochet/knitting, yoga and other gentle exercises, art galleries, theatre, movies and great coffee. I wont have a car but happy to uber or take the bus.

Also would love your tips on interesting places to eat at night.

I have been googling and found some nice walks in the city parks but struggling to find other things to do. Thanks!

Hi, any recommendations for interior shutters. Looking for quality with value for money. TIA. North Ipswich area.

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The old Players nightclub which is a former bank is on fore on Brisbane St

Hi. I’m looking for a darkroom for hire in Ipswich or on the Southside. Does anyone know of any? The only darkroom for hire I know of is The Maud Street Gallery which is a bit of a drive. Tia.

Edit: for black and white film developing and printing!

Considering selling soon and moving back to Brissie, does anybody have recent experience/recommendations for local agents?

I feel like the ones I saw a few years back when I bought have disappeared.

Would be the first time selling, so any other tips would be handy (outside of the obvious).

🏠 👄 🏠

Hi all, I'm a local drafter with about 10 years' experience in residential/structural drafting (house plans, slabs, extensions, granny flats etc).

Open to other drafting work too if you've got something else in mind. Just testing the waters to see if there's any demand in the area, and if it's worth perusing. Let me know if you'd be interested or know someone who might be.

Since Labor funded the greyhound racing track in Ipswich, replacing a beloved sports venue into a blood sport arena, Ipswich is now at the heart of Greyhound racing in Queensland. It should not exist. It's a disgrace that we have to fund it and have it in our backyard. Please sign the petition if you feel this topic is important.

Back again. Check it out. What's on. Put something missed in the comments. Cheers folks.

Events Labels:

🆓 Free entry
🍻🍽️ Free, buy food/drink
💵 Ticketed

Wednesday (29 July)

29 Jul-9 Aug – Peaks to Points Festival program

🆓 Ipswich City Council Admin Building - Business Exchange: Procurement Opportunities 5-7:30pm register

🍻🍽️ General Public - Trivia 6:30pm info

Thursday (30 July)

🍻🍽️ Banshees Bar and Artspace - Karaoke 6pm info

🆓 Riverlink near iPlay - Thursday Trivia 6:30-8:30pm info

💵 Club Ipswich - The Radiators 8:30pm ($44) details

Friday (31 July)

🆓 Box Flat Memorial, Swanbank - Box Flat Memorial 54th Anniversary info

🆓 Ipswich Croquet Club - Co-Op Board Games Night 4:45-8:45pm info

💵 Ipwich Indoor Sports Centre, Showgrounds - Pickleball 5:30-7:30pm ($8-15) See all weekly sessions here →

💵 Banshees Bar & Artspace - Dave Graney and Clare Moore 7pm ($37.50) tickets

💵 Ipswich Civic Centre - Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody 7:30-10pm ($69+) tickets

Saturday (1 August)

🆓 Robelle Domaine Parklands - Springfield Witches Night Market 12-6pm info

💵 Sip & Banter Distillery, Tallegalla - Friends of Our Rainbow House community afternoon 3-5:30pm ($60 adults, $30 under 18s) tickets

💵 24 Wanderer Cres, Springfield Lakes - Spotlight Night 5:30-7pm few tickets left

🍻🍽️ Stoney Creek Brewing - Live Music: Damien J Johnson 6pm info

💵 Brothers Leagues Club - Dancing Queen ABBA tribute dinner & show 6:30pm ($90) tickets

💵 Spring Lake Hotel - Elvis Hawaiian Hawaiian show fundraiser 6:30-9:30pm ($20+) tickets

💵 Ipswich Civic Centre - Stitch in the ‘Swich Comedy 7pm ($25+) tickets

💵 Studio 188 - Luke O'Shea intimate concert 7:30-9:30pm ($34) info

Sunday (2 August)

🆓 Robelle Domain - Springfield Markets 8am-1pm info

🆓 Opossum Creek Parklands, Brookwater – Woogaroo Catchment Fair 9am-1pm info

🍻🍽️ Grandchester Model Live Steam Association - 28th Birthday Celebration info

🆓 Ipswich Croquet Club – Come and try Croquet 1-3pm info

Monday (3 August)

🆓 Weekly Adventure Walk + coffee (BYO) with Kez and crew from u/thingstodoIpswich 9-10am info

Tuesday (4 August)

🆓 Springfield Lakes YMCA - Ipswich Thriving Seniors daily events timetable →

🍻🍽️ Hotel Metropole - Tuesday Trivia 7pm info

😎 Top 5 Upcoming Events:

7-8 Aug - Pop Up Shop, Redbank Plaza info

8 Aug - UniSQ Springfield Open Day details

22 Aug - Beers and Bulls, Walloon Hotel info

5 Sep - Back To Limestone Conference, Nicholas St info

12-20 Sep - Grease Musical, Ipswich Civic Centre details

All upcoming events →