Events · 12 November 2026

Come to Toowoomba: Darling Downs Regional Tournament 2027

Come and stay, enjoy Toowoomba, play some croquet. The Darling Downs Regional Croquet Tournament runs from Saturday 13 to Sunday 21 February 2027. It offers six days of Association Croquet, Ricochet and Golf Croquet, all level play, in Queensland's Garden City. Pick your days, enter online, and make a trip of it.

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Laurel Bank croquet lawn with a jacaranda in flower and foxgloves in the garden bed

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February 2027: tap a day to enter

Date	Event
Sat 13 Feb	Association croquet: Division 1, Division 2, Divisions 3 and 4
Sun 14 Feb	Association croquet, day 2
Mon 15 Feb	Free day
Tue 16 Feb	Ricochet singles
Wed 17 Feb	Ricochet doubles
Thu 18 Feb	Free day
Fri 19 Feb	Free day
Sat 20 Feb	Golf Croquet singles
Sun 21 Feb	Golf Croquet doubles

Fees. Division 1 $40 per person. All other events $30 per person. Morning and afternoon tea included.

Doubles partners. Bring your own partner, or the organisers will draw one for you. For Ricochet doubles, a pair's combined handicaps must be greater than 10.

Questions. Email ddcroquetcomps@gmail.com. All the dates are also on the Croquet Queensland calendar.

Come and stay

A home away from home

Cream timber cottage with a white picket fence and a jacaranda behind (A Toowoomba home: Gabbinbar Homestead. Shiftchange, CC0. Not an Airbnb listing.)

Toowoomba has hotels, motels, apartments, caravan parks, farm stays and Airbnb homes. Here are three good areas to stay, each close to a host club.

East Toowoomba, near Toowoomba Croquet Club. Leafy streets and old homes, close to Queens Park.

Centenary Heights, near Laurel Bank Croquet Club. Close to the city centre.

Newtown, near West Toowoomba Croquet Club. On the west side of the city, a short drive to the centre.

Each link opens Airbnb homes in that area. Check access and dates before you book.

Enjoy Toowoomba

The Garden City, since the 1890s

Toowoomba has been called the Garden City since the 1890s. It has around 200 public parks and gardens.

Path under large shady trees in Queens Park (Chris Olszewski, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Queens Park. More than 25 hectares of shady parkland in the middle of the city.

Rose garden with a statue in Laurel Bank Park (Gargorias, public domain)

Laurel Bank Park. A scented garden, flat paths for wheelchairs, and croquet lawns.

Red bridge over the pond at the Japanese Garden (Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Japanese Garden, Ju Raku En. Free, open 6am to dusk. Some paths are hard going with walking aids.

View from Picnic Point over the valley (Misaochan2, CC BY-SA 3.0)

Picnic Point. A lookout over the Range, with a cafe.

Front of the Cobb and Co Museum with a windmill (Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Cobb+Co Museum. Open daily, adults $12.50. The farmer's market is in its grounds on Saturday mornings, 7am to noon, on both tournament Saturdays.

Toowoomba City Hall clock tower (Shiftchange, CC0)

The city centre. Toowoomba became a city in 1904. Find more than 100 street murals with a self-guided map.

Day trips

Out on the Downs

Roofs and yards of Jondaryan Woolshed (Shiftchange, CC0)

Jondaryan Woolshed. About 30 minutes west. Adults $12, mostly accessible.

Gorge view from Koonin Lookout in Crows Nest National Park (Tatters from Brisbane, CC BY 2.0)

Crows Nest National Park. Lookouts, creeks and waterfalls north of Toowoomba.

Highfields street with a view to the hills (Snapcha, CC BY-SA 3.0)

Highfields. About 10 km north, in the hills.

Hours and prices are as published in November 2026. Check before you go.

Croquet on the Downs

Played here since 1903

Toowoomba Croquet Club clubhouse, est. 1903 (Toowoomba Croquet Club. Wade Hart, October 2026.)

A game on at Laurel Bank, with palms and a jacaranda (Laurel Bank Croquet Club. Wade Hart, October 2026.)

Toowoomba Croquet Club lawn with a yellow rose in front (Roses at Toowoomba Croquet Club. Wade Hart, October 2026.)

1903. Toowoomba Croquet Club formed.

1949. The Downs tournament drew about 220 entries.

2026. West Toowoomba celebrated 100 years. Players came from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.

The host clubs are Toowoomba, Laurel Bank, West Toowoomba and Dalby.

Getting here

90 minutes from Brisbane

Sketch map: Brisbane about 130 km and 90 minutes by car, Gold Coast about 2 hours 10 minutes, Wellcamp Airport has flights

February weather at Toowoomba: average top 27.7 degrees, low 17.6 degrees, about 103 mm of rain on 7 or 8 days (Bureau of Meteorology, Toowoomba Airport averages)

Toowoomba is about 90 minutes by car from Brisbane. Enter the tournament on myCroquet.