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EFFORTS to drive more visitors to Ipswich appear to be working, with the city this week revealed to be a frontrunner in the search for Queenslandâs Top Tourism Town.
Queensland Tourism Industry Council this week unveiled the total 37 finalists for the award, which recognises both large and small towns across the state.
If the nominations are anything to go by, it is sure to prove a hotly contested battle.
Bundaberg, Rockhampton, Noosa, Warwick and Maryborough are among some of the 14 other âlarge top tourism townsâ vying for the title.
Meanwhile, Boonah was also nominated as a finalist in the smaller town category due to its population of less than 5000.
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IPSWICH Nature Centre will remain closed this week, with a flying fox colony that has taken up residence at the visitor hot spot increasing in size over the weekend.
The centre closed last Friday, with council officers returning to the roost on Monday to reassess the colony.
More than 5000 flying foxes make the trees in the Nature Centre their home during migration.
There are three species of flying fox roosting in the park: Black flying fox Pteropus Alecto, Grey-headed flying fox Pterpopus poliocephalus and Little red flying fox Pteropus scapulatus.
Although only weighing 600g each, little reds roost in tight clumps which causes the branches to break.