Harrison Hine
Sport

First-time minor premiers for U14 Kingies

Beaudesert Kingfishers U14 Division 1 boys have become first-time minor premiers after remaining top of the ladder, undefeated, throughout their whole season.  Coach Geoff Burr has moved on from Mustangs Brothers to coach his first season for Beaudesert Kingfishers and has since helped bring the U14s to the major finals.  […]

Tom Ferguson Tennis Shield Winners
Sport

Locals ace the big guns

The Beaudesert Tennis Club has been competing in the inter-district Tom Ferguson Shield competition for more than 50 years and for the most part they have just made up the numbers only winning the shield twice. Now the engravers have been told to put the Beaudesert name once more on […]

Alison Day
News

Show devotion runs deep

CONNECTION, tradition and a feeling of familiarity have kept people like Alison Day coming back to country shows for her entire life. Alison is pictured with a memory of the Beaudesert Show with her brother Philip in 1968. ALISON Day is one of many people who simply love going to […]

border collie
News

New DNA Test Can Eliminate Dog Blindness

IN JULY 2024 at the University of Cambridge, scientists identified the genetic mutation that causes Progressive Retinal Atrophy – PRA in dog breeds like the English shepherd, border collie, labradors, poodles, cocker spaniels and the Australian cattle dog, cats can also suffer from it.  The disease results in incurable blindness […]

Incoming committee - Penny Sherrin, Charmaine Lamond, Rosemary Ryan, Linda Lynch and Dinah Buchanan
News

Beaudesert CWA hosts 97th AGM

Beaudesert Country Women’s Association (CWA) hosted their 97th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on July 25 to celebrate a year’s worth of accomplishments and their incoming committee for 2025.  The Centre was warm and welcoming with the CWA branch members from Beaudesert, Coomera, Wonglepong and Beenleigh all engaged in small talk with […]

Lynton Cosier with his family
News

A deeply caring soul – Obituary – Lynton Cosier

LYNTON Cosier lived life to the full. Born in Dubbo on September 10, 1974, Lynton passed away just a few weeks short of what would have been his fiftieth birthday. Growing up in New South Wales with his much-loved sister Belinda, Lynton enjoyed playing sport, with cricket and football amongst […]

Father Kevin Njoku. Photo by Susie Cunningham.
Regular Columns

After all, God put two in the Garden. 

No matter how disconnected we feel, we are always present in the lives of others, and them in our own.  Whether that be online, through memory, the way we shaped someone, or even just being known by God. Without others we would have no one to love, or be loved […]

Liam Neil , Brenden Schutz and Russell Smith
News

Love of food opened a new life

MANY go through life avoiding making major life changing decisions. Brenden and Roxy Schutz, the owners of popular cafe and restaurant Main St Provedore in Tamborine Mountain, are not amongst that group. Living in Shoalhaven on the NSW South Coast Brenden decided at 32 years of age that it was […]

A recent Farm Safety report has revealed that claims involving falls have reduced by 75%.
News

Less claims reflect better safety practice

A REPORT detailing rural insurance claims over the past 12 months has revealed farmers are becoming more safety conscious. The annual Safer Farms Report compiled by WFI Insurance has shown claims have fallen in most segments particularly those involving falls from heights which are down 75%. It also revealed impact […]

Beaudesert Homestead
History

What’s in a name? Beaudesert.

Edward (Ned) Hawkins, arrived on the Logan River in 1842. He was travelling with stock belonging to his employer Henry Suttor of Bathurst. He took up an area of 50,000 acres running along the eastern side of the Logan, from near Cedar Grove and Cedar Vale to the Jinbroken range […]