Riders stop in a Spanish town
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A four-legged adventure

ADVENTURE waits for no one – this was the attitude of equestrians Chris Grimmett and Di Chatterton when they embarked on an international horse trail ride in Spain.  With both ladies being members of Beaudesert Trail Horse Riders, once they told other riders their initial trip-for-two expanded into 11 with […]

Carly Griffiths with Fudge
People and their Pets

Carly Griffiths and Fudge

Fudge is just as sweet as his name, unless you’re asking Carly Griffiths.  The two-year-old long hair dachshund spends his days doing as he pleases, which includes creating a secret stash filled with forgotten trinkets. “He’s not a great listener – you can’t take anything off him. He’s a hoarder,” […]

Selina Harding, Maz Verrall and Kym Rosengreen
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Beaudesert Furniture Court ends 2024 on top

In this small country town, run by locals for locals, Beaudesert Furniture Court has exceeded expectations and has won the Top Shop award at this year’s Furniture Court Awards Night. Competing against 30 Furniture Court stores in Queensland and New South Wales, Manager Selina Harding was amazed to take home […]

Bob Christensen
Personality Profile

Bob Christensen – Bob’s great love of country life

Proud Territorian Bob Christensen keeps regional Australia close to his heart. His early life consisted of living in an extremely remote area – too small to be considered a town – where Bob’s family were part of a First Nations tribe. “The first 12 years of my life, I was […]

Mary Bagnall and Ross Wernowski
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Old-time dancing returns to Scenic Rim 

Old-time dancing is making a comeback in the Scenic Rim community as Tamrookum Hall has successfully trialled two Old-time Afternoon Dances during August. Their initial calling for all Old-time Dancers kicked off on August 11 from 1.30pm until 4.30pm with 63 guests prepared to dance the afternoon away. The Hall […]

AJ Platell, Justine Cox, Eden Platell and Lucy Henry
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PHOTO GALLERY: Zonta Hi tea

Zonta’s annual high tea and fashion parade was a sold out event once again. Over 100 women gathered in Erica Bates’ beautiful garden to view fashions by Kalico Country and Erica’s own label. All money raised goes to Zonta projects both locally and internationally.

June Collins
Personality Profile

June Collins – Family providing purpose

June Collins is a woman of action – her life is filled with endless stories. June’s early life as a dancer took her all around the world. The first place she visited was the Philippines and the trip opened her eyes to a reality she had never seen.   “I was […]

McAuley College Campus Minister Jess O’Donoghue (centre)
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A community built on faith 

Beaudesert has and continues to be a tight-knit community built on faith.   An expression of this faith is McAuley College Campus Minister Jess O’Donoghue attending the Annual Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE) Excellence Awards and coming home with the ACU Award for Excellence in Strengthening Catholic Identity. Jess received this award […]

Diane Marriage
Personality Profile

Diane Marriage – A great love for teaching

Creativity runs through Diane Marriage’s veins; however, when she was young, there were very few career options for women.  Very few women got to university or held senior positions in the workforce and the main career options were teaching, nursing, office work, or getting married. Growing up in Rockhampton, Diane’s […]

Layne Addy and Patrick the poddy lamb
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Show spirit shines (story + photo gallery)

Riding high after great Beauy Show COMMUNITY groups and businesses, volunteers and sponsors, entertainers and entrants, committee and showgoers all pitched in to make the 2024 Beaudesert Show a success. The grounds were buzzing with people young and old keen to enjoy their favourite show traditions, from eating their way […]