Matt: Looking at flowers, what a fantastic day Phoebe: so romance
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Hey you guys! It's Phoebe here from Little Grey Box with Matt behind the camera
and on this channel, we share with you all our experiences and tips to help you travel well
and in today's episode, we are in Australia in sunny Queensland
exploring historic Toowoomba and a little bit of the vibrant Carnival of Flowers
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So as we saw in our episode last week Toowoomba has an incredible food scene, you guys
There is a huge range of fantastic restaurants, one of my all-time favourites has to be The Finch right here on Ruthven St
this place is so welcoming, their menu is very comprehensive lots of options for anybody who is gluten-free, vegan any
dietary requirements you have and the food has come out... that thing looks absolutely amazing
and I do just have to say that I think the coffee here is the best that we've had so far
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...and right across the street I have to check it out
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We have come here to Sweet Talk this place also does a really amazing breakfast
and the coffee is sensational whether you want to add that to your itinerary
or just stop in after another breakfast you absolutely have to check it out
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At the start of this video I mentioned that Toowoomba has an incredible history
and we are experiencing that this afternoon at the Cobb+Co Museum now our amazing guide Jeff knows
a heck of a lot more than I do so he is going to be guiding us around the museum today and giving
us a glimpse into Toowoomba's incredible history Jeff: It was started by four Americans only young fellows
only in their early twenties, they imported the first coaches from America and it was far faster
than anything else that was around at the time because the main competition it had was like
bullock trays that would only go 20 kilometres a day these could uh go 80-100 kilometres a day quite easily
Cobb+Co was an instant success
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(Narration voiceover: I'm going into Brisbane to buy you a special gift we have just passed some beautiful gardens
(If only you were able to sit with me on top of the OmniBus you could see them as I do)
That guided tour with Jeff was fantastic we're actually seeing tangible pieces of Queensland's
history but of course Toowoomba's history goes even deeper than that now right here
at the Cobb+Co Museum, you can experience some of the first Australians Indigenous history they
have some great interactive displays here some awesome artifacts and some really cool stories
that you can dig into so it is definitely a rich and interesting part of Toowoomba and Queensland's history
So I got a DM on Instagram from one of our lovely followers who said if you are going
to the Cobb+Co Museum, you have to eat there and as luck would have it we already were and
she said to me their food is unbelievable now I don't know about you but traditionally when I go
to a museum, I don't normally eat there because I think how good could the food possibly be?
The food has come out... and it looks spectacular now this is like a vegan kind of a buddha bowl option for me
Matt has gone with their #trEATS special which is this beautiful lamb dish that lamb
is cooked to perfection by the looks of it I'm a cauliflower addict look at that nice and crispy
(inaudible delicious eating noises :)
yum that's amazing
Held annually the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers is a 10-day event celebrating spring you guys and this year they are
celebrating over 71 years of the carnival which is incredibly exciting now traditionally there are a whole host of activities
that take place we're talking things like great music, amazing food and wine it has a real festival atmosphere of course
this year things are a little bit different and activities are a bit more spread out taking to local spots around the town
I know they say you shouldn't meet your heroes but this is my celebrity crush this is Rambo and he is the official
Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers 2020 AmbassaDog now he is an Australian Shepherd his daddy has just told us he is
nine months old and he was voted in as the AmbassaDog and he is only the second ambassador in the history of the
carnival of flowers and he is just gorgeous and full of energy it would seem so we're gonna have a drink with the AmbassaDog
and you are allowed to drink in the park here and this is like my dream come true
now this place is really cool it's upstairs in one of tomorrow's old buildings it's kind of a
bit of a converted almost warehouse-y feel to it so we are doing a bit of a barbecue tonight the
korean style barbecue they have done an all-veggie one for me which is really really lovely of them
so matt has got some chicken on and we are here with one of my very very closest friends
entertainment local ellie farrington ellie and her family live here in toowoomba so she knows good
food and she really likes this place so there's the ultimate locals recommendation for you and um
ellie has taken the lead on the chicken prep here um matt i don't think it was going so
well for him so ellie has taken over but all the food has been amazing we've got this delicious
vegan veggie fried rice really flavoursome has a really strong sesame flavor to it
edamame whiskey eyeballs beer some kind of a bean curd stew they've got sumo wrestling on
the big screen up there i believe there are even karaoke rooms going down so this place is just
we've seen a lot of flowers over the last couple of days and in the last
episode but i have to say i think this spot right here at laurel bank park is my
favorite part of the carnival of flowers so far aside from rambo of course now this particular
little patch behind me is just stunning it looks like a country cottage garden the flowers are just
beautiful it is so lovely walking through here and they have some great little spots to sit
so one thing i would definitely recommend is going somewhere to pick up some great supplies
maybe you could get a picnic lunch or put one together yourself or just get a yummy lunch to go
and then you could come here and sit among these flowers under the shade of trees of course and
you could just relax and unwind and soak it all in and enjoy it because this is particularly gorgeous
for breakfast we are doing something extra extra special we have come here to spring
spring bluff train station now it wasn't a very far drive from the heart of toowoomba maybe about
15 minutes at most and along the way we stopped at earth cafe and they have put together this amazing
takeaway breakfast box all of these beautiful slices fresh fruits everything looks incredible
and the gardens here are just spectacular that train in the background this has been
a real highlight for matt and i we are going to get cozy below this tree and sit and enjoy this
time next week so we decided we put in a new section called matt's nerve facts so
here's matt's nerd facts about number one number one tulumba is the second largest
inland city in australia behind canberra fact back to
tulmar has one of the last pizza buffets in australia that's good news what's fact three
okay fact three flowers are cool man fact four i've put on five kilos of cabinets
comment now if you're really into matt's facts i
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