Vicki McAteer and the Crochet Crew
Community

The More the Merrier!

Beaudesert’s Christmas Spirit Committee is rallying the troops to paint the town red, green and white for a festive season as merry as ever. The community-led initiative, which has been going for about five years, encourages everyone to help decorate the town for Christmas. Everyone is welcome to help with […]

When Phil Day isn’t tending the gardens around town, where he works as a Council horticulturalist, you’ll find him in his garden at home, tinkering with tractors, busy with the grandkids or making award-winning cartoons.
Personality Profile

Phil Day

Phil Day’s green thumb sprouted in the red soils of the Redlands, where he grew up on a small cropping farm with his mum and dad Frank and Judy and his sisters Tracey and Sue. But it really took root when his dad swapped their 24 acres at Wellington Point […]

Nicholas Andrew
Community

The secret to living past 100

Nicholas Andrew’s neighbours reckon if he planted a tree in his concrete driveway it would flourish. That is how much of a green thumb he is. Nicholas, who is 100 years old, has transformed just about every inch of soil on his town block in Beaudesert country suburbia into a […]

Innisplain State School alumni Barry Hanson, Catherine Drynan and Brenda Dennis.
Community

Innisplain Alumni to Share Memories

Tales of ice cream once a year at the break-up picnic, games of marbles in the schoolyard and riding ponies to school will be among memories shared at the Innisplain State School 100-year reunion. The school, which closed in 1962, will be remembered at a reunion on 7 November, 100 […]

Jaxon Hohl, Robert McClure and Clancy Hardy, who have been selected for the Under 14s QJC Southern Challenge Championships. Image supplied.
Sport

Young Cricketers Shine

Beaudesert’s next generation of cricketers has a busy few months ahead, with several young players gaining selection in representative teams competing into the New Year. Local selections for the SEQ Queensland Junior Cricket (QJC) Southern Challenge Championship were Luke Bostock (Under 15), Jaxon Hohl, Robert McClure and Clancy Hardy (Under […]

Charles, Poppy and Jen Boyle
People and their Pets

People and their Pets – Poppy

Here is Poppy the old Jack Russell cross foxie and her owners Charles and Jen Boyle of Beaudesert. The Boyles took Poppy in when she was eight years old. She’s still going strong at the ripe old age of 14, and they still love caring for her as much as […]

Descendants Michael Enright, Barb Watt, Ray Bruxner, Jeff Walker and Tom, James and Mark Plunkett.
Community

Descendants Reflect on Community Spirit

The iconic Beaudesert Cenotaph stands as a testament to the town’s community spirit, as evident 100 years ago as it is today. That was the strong sentiment when the Beaudesert Historical Society and Beaudesert RSL Sub Branch marked 100 years of the monument on 28 September. Descendants of those involved […]

Holly Gammon (vampire), Brayden Honeyball (ninja), Kaetlyn Allen (crash survivor) and Ben Giglia (space pirate).
Community

Scouts Get Spooky

A vampire, a ninja, a car crash survivor and even a space pirate were among the spooky characters lurking around the Beaudesert Scouts Den at the group’s early Halloween party. The 26 October party was open to the community and attracted the usual crowd of long-time local Scouts. They enjoyed […]

Beaudesert RSL Sub-Branch President Carol Castles with an example of an historic Australian Army nursing uniform.
Community

A Time For Remembrance

Pictures and records of Lieutenant Martha Adeline Willey in her Australian Army Nursing Service uniform fill a special nook of the Beaudesert RSL Sub-Branch headquarters. Lieutenant Willey, who served in the Nursing Corps during World War II, was the aunt of immediate past Sub-Branch President, the late Errol Guilfoyle. Countless […]

Kylie Moss (centre) with some of the GTM Music Studios team.
Community

Love of Music Celebrated

When Kylie Moss, Tony Griffin and Jim and Tracee Trammell opened GTM Music Studios in 2020, amid a global pandemic, they held their breath and hoped for the best. Fast forward one year, and their studio in the heart of Beaudesert has become a local success story about the power […]