Janet Ferguson
Community

New Direction for Janet

Janet Ferguson has helped the people of Beaudesert at some of their most vulnerable and personally painful times. The born and bred local, who started working at Beaudesert Funerals in 1991, is now semi-retiring from Brown Family Funerals after three decades in that line of work. Janet, 63, has carried […]

Willem Auguszczak harvesting garlic at Christmas Creek Garlic.
Community

Crop Salvaged Between Storms

Peter Bryant breathed a strong sigh of relief when his 2021 garlic crop was safely out of the drenched ground. From the front verandah of the family home he shares with wife Sam and son Jack, he could see his precious annual crop getting soggier with each rainy day, including […]

Joy Drescher.
Community

A Colourful Life

Joy Drescher has been remembered by her family, friends and political peers of all levels and sides of government as a vibrant character who loved her family and wasn’t afraid to speak her mind. Her life was celebrated with tears and laughter at a rousing requiem mass led with warmth, […]

Virginia Price has been forced to leave Beaudesert after 37 years.
Community

Housing Crisis Forces Locals Out

Rising property prices and a lack of rentals are forcing locals out of the area. Virginia Price has lived in Beaudesert for 37 years.  When the house she has rented for the past three years was sold recently, she struggled to find accommodation in the town. “I went to several […]

If you’ve been around town long enough, you’ve most likely seen Roy Veltheim and his trusty sidekick, Alanna, pounding the footpaths of Beaudesert.
Personality Profile

Roy Veltheim

Beaudesert’s Roy Veltheim is a creature of habit. He has two Weet-Bix for breakfast in the morning and, for a treat, he might have a XXXX Gold at night. When he walks into town to buy the newspaper for his wife, Marg, he always goes the same way, and he […]

Lise Leatherbarrow of a Choired Taste
Community

Joy to the World

Reminders of Beaudesert’s community spirit are everywhere, as the town rounds out the year covered in its Christmas colours. Soaking rain and summer storms forced the cancellation of the annual carols in Jubilee Park and postponed the launch of the Christmas Light Extravaganza at Elysium Village. But it could not […]