Rainy day ideas for kids in Toowoomba & Southern Queensland Country

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96 places to go when it rains across the region: indoor play, museums, libraries, cinemas, bowling and more, nearest first from Toowoomba. Choose your suburb at the top to sort from where you are staying.

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Free · 35

Sensory-friendly · 1

Wheelchair access · 4

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Nearest first, from Toowoomba

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Play

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Over 1½ hours

from Toowoomba

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Indoor sports

Jandowae Squash Courts

Stanthorpe Squash Centre

Stanthorpe

about 2 hr 15

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Museums and history

Museum

Queensland Museum Cobb+Co

East Toowoomba

under 5 min

Photo: Chris Olszewski, CC BY-SA 4.0

Museum

Main Roads Heritage Centre

Highfields Pioneer Village

Highfields

about 20 min

Museum

Murphy's Creek Railway Museum

Murphys Creek

about 20 min

Photo: Heritage branch staff, CC BY 3.0

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Over 30 minutes

from Toowoomba

Museum

Australian Army Flying Museum

Oakey

about 35 min

Photo: Shiftchange, CC0

Museum

Queensland Transport Museum

Gatton

about 40 min

Photo: Kerry Raymond, CC BY 4.0

Photo: Bauple58 at English Wikipedia, Public domain

Clifton Historical Museum

Photo: Eureca, CC BY-SA 4.0

Museum

Laidley Pioneer Village and Museum

Allora History Museum

Allora

about 1 hr

Museum

Allora Regional Sports Museum

Allora

about 1 hr

Museum

Bowenville Railway Station Museum

Bowenville

about 1 hr

Museum

Maclagan Memories Museum

Maclagan

about 1 hr 15

Photo: Mattinbgn (talk · contribs), CC BY 3.0

Museum

Australian Rodeo Heritage Centre

Warwick Museum Complex

Warwick

about 1 hr 15

Photo: Kerry Raymond, CC BY 4.0

Yarraman Heritage Museum

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Over 1½ hours

from Toowoomba

Museum

South Burnett Energy Centre

Nanango

about 1 hr 45

Museum

Kumbia Federation Heritage Centre

Kumbia

about 1 hr 45

Photo: Kerry Raymond, CC BY 4.0

Museum

Kingaroy Heritage Museum

South Burnett Regional Timber Museum

Wondai

about 2 hr 30

Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY-SA 3.0

Museum

Wondai Heritage Museum

Wondai

about 2 hr 30

Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY-SA 3.0

Museum

The Ration Shed Museum

Cherbourg

about 2 hr 30

Museum

Tara and District Historical Museum

Tara

about 2 hr 45

Museum

Wallangarra Railway Station Museum

Wallangarra

about 2 hr 45

Photo: Kerry Raymond, CC BY 4.0

Yelarbon Railway Museum

Boondooma Homestead Museum

Boondooma

about 3 hr

Photo: Heritage branch staff, CC BY 3.0

Photo: Vic Bushing, Heritage branch staff, CC BY 3.0

Museum

Miles Historical Village Museum

Miles

about 3 hr 30

Photo: Kerry Raymond, CC BY 4.0

Museum

Meandarra ANZAC Memorial Museum

Meandarra

about 3 hr 30

Photo: Cgoodwin, CC BY-SA 3.0

Museum

Glenmorgan Railway Station

Glenmorgan

about 4 hr

Photo: Cgoodwin, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Libraries, cinemas and theatres

Cinema

Birch Carroll & Coyle

Toowoomba City

under 5 min

Cinema

Event Cinemas Toowoomba Strand

Empire Church Theatre

Toowoomba City Library

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Over 30 minutes

from Toowoomba

Goombungee Public Library

Allora Branch Office Library

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Over 1½ hours

from Toowoomba

Nanango Theatre Company

Nanango

about 1 hr 45

Cinema

Kingaroy Satellite Cinema

Kingaroy

about 2 hr

Library

T. J. O'Neill Memorial Library

Stanthorpe Library & Art Gallery

Winifred Fisher Indigenous Knowledge Centre

Cherbourg

about 2 hr 30

Library

Dermont Tiernan Memorial Library

Murgon

about 2 hr 30

Library

Durong Community Library

Proston Public Library

Proston

about 2 hr 45

Cinema

Chinchilla Ironbark Cinema

Goondiwindi Cinema & Theatre

Also in this region, more than 4 hours from Toowoomba

Wandoan (about 4 hr 30): Juandah Historical Site, Wandoan Library

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Region boundary: ABS Tourism Regions 2021 (Tourism Research Australia), CC BY 4.0. Outings from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and venues' own listings; nature spots from OpenStreetMap and park services.