News

New Australians welcomed

Fifteen Scenic Rim residents from nine countries have been welcomed as the region’s newest Australians at a citizenship ceremony during Queensland Day celebrations in Beaudesert. Jubilee Park took on a carnival atmosphere with Scenic Rim Regional Council’s free family fun day providing an early celebration of Queensland’s 164th birthday on […]

Getting ready for tax time doesn’t have to be a headache.
Business

What’s new at tax time

With the end of the financial year approaching, there are several tax changes that individuals and businesses should be aware of. Individuals Working from home: The fixed rate method for claiming home office expenses is 67 cents per hour.  This includes all costs for working from home including phone and […]

Jeremy Smith, John and Debby Reid, Shelly Butler-Currie and Max Short
News

Residents oppose townhouse development

A proposed development that would see 84 townhouses built on a 23,230m² block in Jane Street has made local residents see red. The application was submitted to Scenic Rim Regional Council by Zone Planning Group on behalf of Sherlock Construction Homes Pty Ltd on 28 February 2023. Tina Street resident […]

News

Everyone’s reading The Speedy Sloth

Beaudesert Library was one of many Australian libraries to take part in National Simultaneous Storytime at 11am on 24 May. Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools and many other places around the country. This year […]

Personality Profile

Personality profile – Suzanne Jones

Suzanne Jones describes herself as a ‘jack of all trades and master of none’ and this description is typical of this humble, self-effacing woman. The dedicated mother of Rachel, Brendan and Nada, Suzanne has been in Beaudesert for 27 years, creating a beautiful home and garden with her husband, Murry […]

Julie Jackson, Erica Bates and Tracey Larkin
News

Moving Mountains

The Moving Mountains – Keep the Scenic Rim Scenic – exhibition at The Centre, Beaudesert, celebrates the incredible efforts of community members to keep the region free from coal seam gas mining. The exhibition focuses on events around 2011 including the Kerry Blockade and Protesters on Peaks movement in the […]

Personality Profile

Personality Profile – Jennifer Ironside

Jennifer Ironside appears at first glance to be a bubbly whirlwind. She is often dressed in her favourite colour – pink – and it matches her energy and effervescent personality to a tee. Jennifer wasn’t always as outgoing as she is today. Her father has epilepsy, a condition that she […]

Regular Columns

What Susie Saw – Frost

Here’s a beautiful frosty start in Beaudesert recently. When you read this, we will have just clicked over to winter but when I took this photo it was a cold morning in May. It dropped down to 1.5 degrees with a ‘feels like’ of minus 0.7 around 6am, on our […]

Barbara Honore with Swedish Vallhunds Teom and Hilts
People and their Pets

People and their pets – Barbara and her Swedish Vallhunds

Barbara Honore fell in love with Swedish Vallhunds when she saw the breed at Beaudesert Show.  A year later she bought her first Swedish Vallhund from a local breeder.  She now has brother and sister duo Bomber and Hilts who are three and a half years old. “What attracted us […]