A wedding guest’s guide to Toowoomba – where to eat, sleep and shop

Make sure your guests enjoy the very best of Toowoomba while they’re here

22 May 2018

So, you’ve visited Toowoomba, fallen in love with its charm and booked your destination wedding at Gabbinbar Homestead. Now it’s time to get your wedding guests organized for their trip to the beautiful Darling Downs. To ensure they love Toowoomba as much as you do, we’ve compiled our favourite spots to eat, shop and stay so your guests will experience the very best of Toowoomba.

EAT

Red Bench Café | 62 Margaret St | Toowoomba

Red Bench is just up the road from Queens Park making it the perfect place for your guests to grab a coffee and a sweet treat before heading for a stroll through beautiful Queens Park. Serving Single O coffee and a simple yet tasty breakfast menu, this café is ideal for your guests to enjoy a pre-wedding breakfast.

Emeraude | 8616 New England Highway | Hampton

Emeraude is one of the latest additions to the Toowoomba dining scene. Located about 20 minutes from the Toowoomba CBD, Emeraude is perfect for a hearty post-wedding lunch the next day. Being a micro-region eatery, all produce used is from the local area so it’s really a destination in itself.

SHOP

The Bungalow & Basket | 4/400 Ruthven St | Toowoomba

Make sure your guests take home a stylish souvenir from The Bungalow & Basket. Stocking a wide range of beautiful homewares, fashion accessories and the cutest range of baby gifts, there will be something to suit all you wedding guests.

Florence & Marabel | 12 Duggan Street | Toowoomba

Located down an arcade, off the main street of Toowoomba, Florence & Marabel is full to the brim with fashionable items for ladies of all ages. They are the exclusive stockists of a number of well-known brands such as Binny, Mela Purdie, Stevie May and Steele. If your guests need to do some last-minute shopping to complete their outfits for your wedding, Florence & Marabel is the place to go.

STAY

Quest Toowoomba | 133 Margaret Street | Toowoomba

Quest Toowoomba serviced apartment style hotel rooms offer guests a relaxed and comfortable Toowoomba accommodation experience. Your guests can stay right in the heart of Toowoomba with numerous dining and shopping options at their fingertips. Plus, Quest is only a 10-minute taxi ride to Gabbinbar Homestead, easy!

Potters Boutique Hotel | 258 Margaret Street | Toowoomba

For a premier stay in Toowoomba, you simply cannot surpass the superior feel of the Potters Boutique Hotel on Margaret Street, Toowoomba. Having only opened in February 2017, this hotel is nestled in the ever-expanding Toowoomba CBD, plus the hotel is a stone’s throw to the newly refurbished Grand Central Shopping Centre.

Thursday, 17 May 2018

JAW-DROPPINGLY GORGEOUS WEDDING FLOWER IDEAS

If there’s one thing that can completely transform a space, we’d say it’s flowers. Our ceremony and reception locations have been dressed with an abundance of flowers and completely transformed into our bride and groom’s very own unique wedding venue. The wedding flowers you choose are a key part of achieving the theme and look you are after for your special day. Here are three ‘stop-in-your-tracks’ wedding florals that will get your imagination running wild.

Wednesday, 9 May 2018

TAKE A LOOK AT GABBINBAR HOMESTEAD’S TOTALLY INSTAGRAMABLE DESSERT MENU

Consider yourself to have a bit of a sweet-tooth? Well you’re certainly in for a real treat when dessert is served at Gabbinbar Homestead. We have three mouth-watering options when it comes to your dessert menu – a classic plated dessert, the Gabbinbar dessert bar and our most recent addition, the vintage ice cream station! Of course, your wedding cake is still the number one wedding dessert but we also offer a medley of other desserts to complement your cake and spoil your guests.