New film · Western Downs, Queensland
Big skies, rich black soil and even bigger hearts. Watch our new film about the farmers, families and local businesses that make the Western Downs home — and see how locals find each other on Dalby Online.
45 seconds · 16:9 · with captions
The region
The Western Downs is cattle at dawn, grain harvests, wide black-soil paddocks, and wind and solar farms on the horizon. It is also small towns where the local mechanic, the café owner and the plumber all know your name.
Dalby Online is a growing online community of local tradies and businesses across the Western Downs. Locals use it to find trusted businesses close to home, read real reviews from their neighbours and see what's on in the region. Businesses use it to be discovered by the people who live and work on their doorstep.
Visit dalbyonline.com.auFor locals
Find trusted tradies and businesses and see what other Western Downs locals have to say before you call.
Markets, community events and local happenings, all in one place for families and visitors.
Local businesses
If your customers are Western Downs people, Dalby Online is where they search. List your business so neighbours can find you, contact you and leave a review.
Add your name, trade or category, service area, contact details and opening hours.
Upload photos of your work, shopfront or team, and tell locals what makes you the right call.
Ask happy customers to review you. Real reviews from neighbours build trust before the first phone call.
Who should join?
Advertise
Beyond a standard listing, there are ways to stand out when locals are deciding who to call. Tell us what you'd like to achieve and we'll recommend what fits.
Appear higher in your category and highlight your services, specials and best photos.
Be the name locals see first when they browse your trade or business category.
Promote sales, grand openings, markets and seasonal offers to the community.
Get featured across Dalby Online's social channels with a short business spotlight.
Any business, tradie, service provider, club or community group that serves the Western Downs.
Locals can share their experience with a business, and those reviews appear on the business's listing to help neighbours choose with confidence.
Yes. Email us your business name, town and contact details and we'll help you get started.
It depends on the option and how long you'd like to run it. Get in touch for current rates.
Press
Journalists and community groups are welcome to use the release below and the media assets on this page.
Thursday 15 October 2026 · for immediate release
A new 45-second film showcases the region's farms, families and small businesses, and invites every local business to be discovered on Dalby Online.
Dalby Online today launched a new tourism video celebrating the region's wide open country, hard-working farmers and close-knit families, and showing how locals are using the Dalby Online app to find each other. The film opens at sunrise among grazing cattle and moves through grain harvest, sowing, solar and wind energy before arriving in town.
“The Western Downs runs on local relationships — the farmer who knows his mechanic, the family who has used the same plumber for years. We made this film to show that story, and to make it easier for every local business to be found by the neighbours who want to support them.”
Media assets
Free to use to promote Dalby Online and the Western Downs. Please credit “Dalby Online” and keep the AI-generated content note when sharing the film.
Full film
Western Downs: Local. Proud. Connected. — 45 seconds, with narration.
DownloadApp icon
1920 × 1920 Dalby Online app icon for press and partner use.
DownloadCaptions
English WebVTT captions for the film.
DownloadPress release
Editable Word version of the media release.
DownloadPress release
Print-ready PDF version of the media release.
DownloadCattle, harvest, tractor, wind and solar images at 1920 × 1080.
What's On and verified reviews images for partner and press use.
The film was produced with the assistance of AI-generated imagery and sound. The people and scenes depicted are illustrative and do not portray real individuals or specific businesses.
