CreativeMornings/ Toowoomba

18/10/2026

Want to double up on CreativeMornings this month!?

Head to Brissy later this month to hear one of our own speak, Madeleine Riehl!

Founder and director of Hey Marketing, co-founder of Hey Media and co-host of CreativeMornings Toowoomba, Maddie, is this month’s speaker! Madeleine Riehl Hey Marketing ☀️

Maddie’s worked in marketing since 2013, with a love for the industry that started young and never left. Passionate about helping businesses grow, she focuses on thoughtful, creative marketing & media that make positive impact. 💜

She started Hey to challenge the traditional agency model and build a team that cares about doing great work for great people, where strategy and storytelling go hand in hand.

When she’s not leading the team, you’ll usually find her chasing animals with her two kids or championing their network of family businesses alongside her husband. 👏🏽

We cannot wait to hear Maddie speak on this month’s theme! Register for you free ticket now!☀️

12/10/2026

Thank you Jason!

Thank you for telling your story and for sharing with us the inspirational insights around the altitude of business and life. ☕️💚

06/10/2026

Meet Alex Hotchin , who illustrated our ALTITUDE theme for October! She is a cartographer, illustrator and writer currently living and drawing on a small farm in Australia. Explore some of Alex’s favourite works on the blog

03/10/2026

Meet this months speaker... Jason Lilienstein!

Jason is a Toowoomba based entrepreneur and business leader whose career has spanned law, technology, software and, more recently, specialty coffee. After decades building and growing businesses in Australia and internationally, Jason swapped the world of software for something decidedly more hands on, founding Six of One Coffee Roasters in Toowoomba.

At 6o1, he has brought the same curiosity, creativity, attention to detail and relentless pursuit of improvement that shaped his earlier career to coffee, from sourcing exceptional coffees and building relationships with small producers, to roasting, branding, design and creating memorable customer experiences. In 2026, 6o1 won Best Espresso in Australasia at the Golden Bean coffee roasting awards.

Jason is fascinated by what makes businesses, products and ideas exceptional, and by the accumulation of small decisions, the “one-percenters”, that can turn something good into something genuinely great.

Join us this Friday (Friday 9th October 7:30am @ The Empire).

02/10/2026

What does our theme for this month mean to us?

So glad you asked...

Amy breaks it down here:

Jessica, the host of CreativeMornings/Toowoomba describes the OCTOB...

30/09/2026

Our theme for October is ALTITUDE. It was chosen by US!!!! Illustrated by Alex Hotchin, and is presented by Adobe.

If you’re stuck, try going up.

Big ideas are often described as elevated. A flight of fancy. A lofty goal. A bird's-eye view of the problem. Blue-sky thinking.

Turns out it’s not just a figure of speech. Psychologists have found that being higher up, like on a rooftop or a mountain trail, changes how the mind works. People asked to think while in physically elevated locations generated more abstract ideas. While subjects at ground level tended to think more literally.

We don't just use height as a metaphor for creativity; altitude seems to switch it on. Your perspective changes looking out from a skyscraper or a window seat at thirty thousand feet. Chaos becomes a pattern. The altitude gives us clarity. Suddenly, you can see the big picture and your place in it.

So, gain some altitude. Then come back down and make something worthy of the climb.

Our Toowoomba chapter had this to say about the significance of this month’s theme:

“Toowoomba quite literally sits above; perched on the edge of the Great Dividing Range. ‘Altitude’ speaks to elevated views, both geographically and creatively. It reflects the fresh perspective our community brings and the headspace we make for big ideas.”

Watch this video from our Toowoomba chapter for more on what ALTITUDE means to them.

What new heights will your creativity reach this month?

15/09/2026

We LOVED last Friday! 💚
Thank you Rory H. Mather for sharing!

Pictures by Oh Tilly Photography

03/09/2026

Drum roll please!...... 🥁

Rory H. Mather is a traditionally published picture book author with 20 titles released and more on the way. He's also a big believer in saying your dreams out loud and chasing them until they are your reality.

Oh, and he is quite partial to donuts. 🍩

11th of September 7:30-8:30am @ The Empire!
Tickets live soon here: https://creativemornings.com/cities/TWB

31/08/2026

Our theme for September is CURRENT. It was chosen by our Columbia chapter in Missouri, illustrated by Bethanie Irons, and is presented by Adobe.

What’s current? That new release at the top of the charts. Breaking news. The latest and greatest.

The crackling buzz of an electric current coursing through power lines to light up a neon sign.

The flow of a river always moving downstream. The constant push and pull of the ocean’s tide.

What new ideas and fresh executions are surging inside you? Sometimes you have to grab hold of your creativity like a live wire to spark something shockingly unexpected. While other times, you just need to go with the flow and see where it takes you.

Our Columbia chapter had this to say about the significance of this month’s theme:

"Current invites reflection on where we are now and where we’re headed. Socially, creatively, environmentally, and personally. It’s a theme that offers room for depth, urgency, movement, and connection.”

29/08/2026

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