Cast of Shrek, the Musical EL
Art and Culture

Shrek the Musical – Review

After many months of hard work and dedication, GTM Music Studios’ musical theatre group performed Shrek the musical as their end of year finale. In Act One, Shrek is found by Donkey. They go on a quest to find Princess Fiona in order to get Shrek’s swamp back from the […]

Sue Falzon, Mackenzie Niesler, Tayla Babin, Whiddon Deputy CEO Alyson Jarrett and Amelia Hasenkam KM
News

Supporting health training in South East Asia

Three student nurses from Whiddon Beaudesert have departed for Vietnam for three weeks to provide support and nursing care. Tayla Babin, Amelia Hasenkam and Mackenzie Niesler left Australia on 25 November. Whiddon Deputy CEO Alyson Jarrett presented the student nurses with a cheque for $500 towards medical equipment and educational […]

Nikita Tszyu takes a heavy punch by Dylan Biggs. Image supplied.
Sport

Biggs back as Middleweight in 2024

Dylan Biggs lost his Australian Super Welterweight title to Nikita Tszyu in a brutal five round battle, ending in a TKO. Biggs overcame major challenges in the weeks leading up to the fight. He looked to be in control in the first round after dropping Tszyu in the opening minutes. […]

Goma Baker, Sandra-Lee Spragg and Aileen Heard Photo by SOK Images. Photo by SOK Images
Sport

Kokoda good for mind and body

Several Beaudesert locals undertook the gruelling Kokoda Legacy Challenge on Remembrance Day, 11 November. Goma Baker and Aileen Heard completed the 20 kilometre trek, while Sandra-Lee Spragg completed the ten kilometre trek. The women started to think about doing the Kokoda Legacy Challenge while they completed the Walk for Dementia […]

McAuley College Confraternity Team 2023
Sport

McAuley ready for 2024 season

As the 44th annual Confraternity Shield football season approaches, McAuley College is preparing their 2024 team. Biweekly training has commenced under the guidance of David Harris, Michael Colley and Paul McClure. “Despite travails of heat and rain, our boys are already showing strong determination,” says Mr Colley. The Confraternity Shield […]

Nathan Rennie KM
Personality Profile

Personality Profile – Nathan Rennie

Cycling has been part of Nathan Rennie’s life since he was a child, but it was a friendship formed when he was twelve years old that led him to become a World Champion downhill mountain biker and five time Australian Champion. Nathan grew up in a small town in the […]

Cr Virginia West
Council News

Council Comment – Cr Virginia West

Christmas Creek Road Update Residents who travel on Christmas Creek Road will be pleased to hear that the funding has now been approved for the section of road badly damaged during the rain event of 2022 and that work will commence in early December with a proposed completion date of […]

Bill O’Sullivan with his tomato plants.
Grow Your Own

Grow your own – Tomatoes

We are pretty fortunate with an ideal climate and good soil here in the Beaudesert area to grow most fruit and vegetables.  One vegetable crop that we manage to grow all year round here at Tullamore Farm is tomatoes. Heat tolerant and disease resistant varieties like Roma, Cherry and Grosse […]

Constable George Doyle and Albert Dahlke. Photo courtesy of State Library of Queensland
History

Dahlke and Doyle

Who has seen the graves of Albert Dahlke and Constable George Doyle in the Tamrookum Churchyard and not wondered who they are and why they should have been buried in a single grave?  Albert Christian Dahlke came to Beaudesert as an assistant to the pastor of the Church of England.  It […]

Aunty Janis Page with Jye Atkins, Oskah Snowden, Tane McKeagg and Aunty Geraldine Page KM
News

Yarns and Eats at Gleneagle State School

Photo gallery below. Gleneagle State School’s Yarns and Eats event gives families the chance to connect with the school and give feedback how the school can better celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. Student and parents enjoyed morning tea and a traditional welcome […]