Go all country this Christmas with our market and festive shopping guide
Here’s our round up of the best festive season shopping, savouring and celebrating in Southern Queensland Country.
Carols by Candlelight, festive parades, light shows, street parties and fireworks, beginning just over an hour from Brisbane.
Discover Queensland’s ultimate destination to celebrate the best of the festive season – Southern Queensland Country.
Christmas Wonderland at Queen's Park, Toowoomba Region
Your guide to Christmas 2023:
From Carols, Carnivals and Markets, you are sure to find the perfect country Christmas festivities in Southern Queensland Country.
Christmas Carol Events
Pack a hamper and gather the troops for a sublime country experience at one of these Christmas Carol events – just remember to bring something warm, as temperatures can drop once the sun sets over the hills.
Christmas Carnivals
Come and experience how we celebrate Christmas in the Country, with balmy summer nights making for perfect twilight festivities, where the stars are shining as brightly as the warm country hospitality.
Markets and Shopping
Swap the online shopping cart for a weekend in the country, where you can not only stock up on some fantastic local fare for under the Christmas tree, you’ll feel good supporting our rural neighbours and friends.
Discover Southern Queensland Country
The region is spread over a large swathe of countryside and is blessed with mountain ranges, western plains, lakes and rivers, national parks and more than 120 towns and villages. Click on the map to the right to explore more of each key region.
More to explore these holidays
This festive season is the excuse you've been waiting for to hop in the car and visit Southern Queensland Country. We suggest extending your trip a little longer and unearth what makes this region so special. Here are just a few suggestions of where to start.
