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Updated event dates in the Scenic Rim: Farm Gate Trail

NEXT WEEKEND – Scenic Rim Farm Gate Trails | Sunday March 30 and Sunday July 20 The famed Scenic Rim Farm Gate Trails see farmers, growers, producers, winemakers, brewers, distillers and flavour-makers across the region open their gates for a day celebrating where food comes from. Visitors leave with full […]

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The Power of Nature Brings Purpose to Tatiana

WITH adventure and nature in her blood, moving to Tamborine Mountain from Rathdowney a year ago was a dream come true for Tatiana Reuillier. “We (Tatiana and her partner Tobin) spent years saving up to make it happen. I used to come up just for coffee to the Polish Place […]

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Gallery Walk on its knees

BUSINESS owners fear Scenic Rim Regional Council’s construction of a new car park and amenities upgrade on Gallery Walk may be the death knell for the struggling street. “It won’t sustain itself. It’s on its knees and there’s no good news coming up,” Gordon Chalmers, General Manager of Tamborine Mountain […]

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Obituary

Obituary: Farewell to Big Pete

His legacy remains for all to enjoy Peter O’Reilly 1933- 2025 A TRUE legend of the region said farewell to his family and his beloved Lamington National Park this month. Peter “Big Pete” O’Reilly, the beloved patriarch of the O’Reilly family and a pioneering icon in the Australian ecotourism industry, […]

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10th ANNIVERSARY CRICKET GAME 

THE Mt TAMBORINE CRICKET TRANSPLANT BASH ON THE MOUNTAIN On the 5th and 6th of April 2025, Tamborine Mountain are hosting the 10th Anniversary Game for the one of the best cricketers the mountain has known, Chris Wills. Chris passed away in 2009 whilst playing cricket and in the next few years the TMSA sports ground was […]

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Local rekindles a passion for acting in Gold Coast play

AFTER enjoying acting at high school and then taking a break to study science, Jordan Walsh is thrilled to be starring in the new Gold Coast play, Divorce Party. At just 21, the Tamborine Mountain local is the youngest member of the cast. Landing the part of Peaches, which Jordan […]

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THE BEGINNING OF AUTUMN 

Autumn is a time of the onset of milder temperatures and lower humidity.  It’s a time that all gardeners reel back with complex PTSD after an onslaught that is fraught with an army of pests and disease in tow.   As the intense heat of summer fades, plants can thrive without […]

Reflections

Peace

“Peace” is a word that we hear so often these days, especially with the wish and hope for peace in the Middle East and Peace in Ukraine.   But it is not only in international matters that we need peace.   We need peace in our everyday lives, but so often that […]

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News from St Luke’s

A busy month is coming at St Luke’s as the Easter season commences with Ash Wednesday on March 5.  There will be a service at 10am to commence the Lenten period. This is a very important part of the Christian calendar and is a season of self-examination, penitence, self-denial, study […]

December 2021 flash flooding, Beaudesert CBD
History

Beaudesert town drainage

With the Beaudesert town drain rectification works coming towards completion, flooding of the centre of town may finally be a thing of the past. As with many towns, original settlers made decisions which, while of little consequence at the time, would later prove to be detrimental to the future of […]