Youth Ministry Captains Thomas Nairn and Talitha Boike.
Community

Kids Adopt a Family for Christmas

Students at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School are helping spread festive cheer and goodwill by collecting mountains of pantry staples to donate to local families in need. The year 6 classrooms have been filled to the brim with basket upon basket of hampers the children have been filling ready to […]

Unique Wharerau, Dylan Biggs and Jack Biggs
People and their Pets

People and their Pets – Jack Biggs

Beaudesert couple Unique Wharerau and Dylan Biggs love their feathered friends. Jack Biggs the three-year-old eclectus parrot is one of the cheekiest birds in their flock. Here’s what Unique has to say about Jack: “Jack is crazy. He’ll go on top of his cage and hang upside down like a […]

South East Pipeline map. Image supplied.
Community

One Step Closer to Water Grid Connection

Beaudesert could be connected to the SEQ Water Grid by this time next year through a 27km pipeline due for completion in late 2022. The South West Pipeline, being designed and constructed by Comdain Infrastructure on behalf of Seqwater, is the second stage of the Beaudesert Water Supply Upgrade. The […]

Steve Monteath, Jay Collins and Peter Higgins.
Community

Advocates of the Beaudesert RSL Sub Branch

Beaudesert RSL Sub Branch offers a Pensions Advocacy Welfare Service (PAWS) that specialises in helping veterans navigate DVA claims. The DVA claims process can be time consuming and stressful for many veterans, so having an advocate to guide you through the process can be quite beneficial.  Peter Higgins, a Vietnam […]

Anthea Hingston-Jennings, Felicity Gamble, Beaudesert Showgirl Anna Ferguson, Jennifer Ironside and Michelle Turner.
Community

Zonta Says NO to Violence

Zonta Beaudesert members are placing orange ladies all over town as they launch their main advocacy project for the year. Zonta’s ‘Say No to Violence’ is a sixteen day world wide advocacy project which aims to end gendered violence. Intimate partner violence is one of the most common forms of […]

Pictured: Luka Keelo and Lieutenant Steven Ducat. Photo by Peta Miller-Rose.
Community

Beaudesert’s Youngest Firefighter

Luka Kello’s dreams came true the day he was made an honorary member of Beaudesert Fire Station. The Gleneagle boy, aged 7, wasn’t expected to survive after birth after being born with a condition that restricted the growth of brain tissue. But he continues to defy the odds, and, despite […]

A member of the public watches Cr Jeff McConnell speak.
Community

Standing Against Mandate

wash on Sunday 28 November, and not because of the wet weather. Flooding did not dampen the spirits of the 500 people who gathered for what was billed as a community consultation event, organised by the We Stand for Freedom Scenic Rim group. They were opposing the mandate by the […]

Joy Drescher
News

Joy’s Last Word

Beaudesert and the world will never be the same again after beloved icon Joy Drescher passed away on 28 November. The larger-than-life local who always spoke it like it was threw her support behind community groups. She endeared herself to everyone she met through her uninhibited laughter and zest for […]