NA ="Kingsthorpe, Highfields, Toowoomba, Drayton, Westbrook, Wyreema, Preston, Cawdor,";
FE1[0]=" Queensland has a small but growing wine industry. Although the climate represents a challenge for viticulturists, the state shows promise, particularly for red wines. The whole state is a wine zone. There are two official regions ";
FE2[0]="Granite Belt and South Burnett and several recognised wine areas or districts, Darling Downs, Inglewood District , Maranoa Region (Western Downs), North Burnett (Bundaberg), Cenbtral Queensland, Sunshine Coast and Hinterland, Gold";
FE3[0]=" Coast, Brisbane, Brisbane Valleys, Scenic Rim, Somerset Valleys & D'Aguilar Ranges, and North Queensland. Queensland is fostering its wine industry through the Queensland Wine Project a joint initiative of the Department of State";
FE4[0]=" Development and the Queensland Wine and Grape Producers Association. The Toowoomba and the Darling Downs includes the south east sections of Queensland, combining mountain scenery, outback landscapes and the Darling Down's black ";
FE5[0]="soil plains. The area produces sumptuous food and hosts a crop of highly regarded vineyards.  The region's vineyards operate cellar door experiences not to be missed with views ranging from wide sweeping plains to rolling countrys";
FE6[0]="ide and spectacular range-side views. The cooler mountain terrain and local commitment to gourmet food and excellent wines is a traveller's delight. Toowoomba is situated in southeastern Queensland, on the Great Dividing Range, 70";
FE7[0]="0 meters above sea level. It is Queensland's largest inland city and the main center of the Darling Downs. If you're driving to Toowoomba, you can get there by way of The Warrego, New England and Gore Highways. The Warrego climbs ";
FE8[0]="the Great Dividing Range with breathtaking views and the New England and Gore Highways cross the New South Wales border. The New England Highway crosses it at Stanthorpe, traveling through granite belt country and the Gore Highway";
FE9[0]=" crosses the border at Goondiwindi, crossing through the rural scenery of the Darling Downs and the Waggamba wheat belt.";
LA1[0]=" The Condamine-Balonne-Culgoa River in Queensland is some 1375km in length and the catchment comprises some 87,300km2 in Queensland and 143,900km2 in total. This represents 14% of the Murray-Darling Basin. In terms of discharge it ";
LA2[0]="contributes approximately 4% of the basin's flow. The Condamine River rises in the Great Dividing Range near Killarney at an altitude of about 300m. It then flows via the Darling Downs through Dalby, Chinchilla and Surat, where it";
LA3[0]=" becomes the Balonne River. The Maranoa River joins the Balonne north of St George within what is now Beardmore Dam. Below St George the river is known as the Lower Balonne and it splits into a series of distributary channels in a";
LA4[0]="n area referred to as an alluvial fan or unconfined floodplain. The major river of the fan is the Culgoa, which splits from the Balonne at Whyenbah (the first bifurcation) and continues to join the Barwon downstream of Brewarrina ";
LA5[0]="in NSW. Located 128 km from Brisbane via the Warrego Highway, Toowoomba has an annual rainfall of 950 mm, its population is close to 85 000 (making it the largest inland town in Queensland and one of the largest in Australia) and ";
LA6[0]="it is anticipated that the population will exceed 100 000 by the year 2000. Sitting atop the rugged Great Dividing Range, the estern part of the Darling Downs is known as a fertile area of rich pasturelands. To the north vast past";
LA7[0]="ures and farmlands lead up to the Bunya Mountains National Park where some peaks such as Mt Kiangarow reach over 1000 metres. To the west is the vast plains and river floodplains of the Darling Downs.";
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CL1[0]=" The climate varies from the cool dry mountains in the east to the warm sandy inland rivers of the west and the region supports the production of a range of wine styles. Located on the inland edge of the Great Dividing Range, Toowo";
CL2[0]="omba is 700 meters above sea level. The climate is Mediterranean - i.e. similar to Canberra - rather than the tropical climate of Brisbane. This can be a surprise for many people not familiar with South East Queensland. Temperatur";
CL3[0]="es can fall to minus 4 -6 degrees during the coldest part of the winter - although days are generally clear and sunny - and in summer generally ranges between 33 - 38 degrees. Toowoomba's climate is pleasant with four distinct sea";
CL4[0]="sons. September to February is warm during the day and cool during the nights but from March until August it can get quite cold. A good excuse to rug up in one of the incredible pure wool 'jumpers' you can purchase in the region. ";
CL5[0]="Daytime temperatures average 27C in summer, 23C in autumn, 17C in winter and a perfect 24C in the incredible spring.";
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HI1[0]=" The first vines in the nearby, Maranoa Region to the west, were planted at Mt Abundance Homestead in the late 1840s and by the early 1870s wine making was an important local industry. The first wine production venture at Roma - Ro";
HI2[0]="maville was founded by Samuel Bassett in 1863. Vine cuttings were provided by Bassett's uncle who had an established vineyard in the Hunter Valley. By the time Samuel's son, William, took control of the company in 1912,'Romavilla'";
HI3[0]=" was a thriving business, with more than 450 acres under vine. In the early days, regions all over Queensland - from Mount Ommaney on Brisbane's outskirts through to Ipswich, Toowoomba and Roma in the west and the Granite Belt in ";
HI4[0]="the south - produced vast amounts of grapes. Of the wines produced, most were sold locally. Changes in the national domestic market in the 1930's saw Queensland's wine industry become less important - until the late 60's when Ball";
HI5[0]="andean Estate was established in what is now the State's best known wine growing region, the Granite Belt. There was a flow-on effect that saw the older region re-vitalised for production of both table and wine grapes and increasi";
HI6[0]="ngly for wine production in the Darling Downs and other Regions.";
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