CLOSING the northbound lane of Brisbane Street in the middle of Beaudesert is necessary to address the town’s long-running drainage woes. That is the word from Scenic Rim Regional Council as major deep excavation and drainage works intensify as part of the Beaudesert Town Centre Revitalisation Project 2020-2025. At time […]
CULTURAL burning is helping foster local relationships and nurture the land. The Mununjali Men’s Group, Maibin Jahyilah Yahgilah Inc, organised traditional burns around Beaudesert and toward Canungra in August, in a joint exercise with the Firesticks Alliance and Queensland Parks. The three days of cultural workshops in the region with […]
PROGRESS keeps plodding on towards connecting Beaudesert to the South East Queensland Water Grid for the first time. Seqwater is nearing completion of the South West Pipeline, a part of the Beaudesert Water Supply Upgrade which will ultimately connect Beaudesert to the grid. The primary water source for Beaudesert is […]
THERE is an easy camaraderie between experienced bowls coach Margaret Durante and junior bowls newcomer Typhoon Le Garde as she teaches him the sport she knows so well. Beaudesert local Typhoon, 16, is enjoying making the most of Beaudesert Bowls Club’s free Junior Bowls program at his weekly lessons. “I […]
SCENES from the dance floor set up on the rich dirt of Tommerup’s Dairy Farm evoked the best bits about good old fashioned country dances. The dance floor came from Mick Moss, a national legend in the staging industry who happens to live just down Kerry Road from the Tommerup […]
THE solid old storage building that now sits at the back of Beaudesert Showgrounds started its life at 90 Brisbane Street as a produce store owned by Bill Rooks, who was on the Queensland Egg Board. It was built in May 1949 on railway land at Beaudesert Station and raised […]
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 […]
Those winter mornings when it gets down around zero degrees (or a bit below) can be so invigorating. Here’s a moment from early winter, possibly our first frost of the season, when the grass still had a green tinge under a fleeting light frost. Our fingers, toes and noses were […]
THE book is not yet shut on Beaudesert Pig and Calf Saleyards after moves by Scenic Rim Mayor Tom Sharp to reopen community consultation. It is the latest chapter in a saga dating back to 2020, when local auctioneers Hayes and Co found out Council would not renew their lease. […]
DYLAN Biggs is feeling stronger than ever after winning unanimously in what he described as his toughest battle yet against Marcus Heywood. The Beaudesert boxer won his July 20 comeback fight at Southport Sharks in front of a vocal crowd of family and friends, with plenty of locals also tuning […]
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