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What Susie Saw – Foggy tree

This foggy sky one recent Friday morning grabbed my attention, and for once I had my actual camera on me. You might have noticed I like taking photos of the sky most mornings, even just on my mobile phone, but there is something special about slowing down to photograph something […]

Phil Hyam, Ken Ardrey, Kym Hyam, Jo Perry, Aaron Collis, Zac Cunningham.
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Casino ride goes full circle

What started as just a few mates going for a ride to Casino more than 50 years ago has gone full circle in a legacy started by one of Beaudesert’s best. Ken Ardrey, Jo Perry and Zac Cunningham rode 160km from Beaudesert to Casino on May 5, flanked for much […]

Author and artist Oliver Gray.
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Young authors launch book

Beaudesert authors have gained a boost to their confidence and a fun creative outlet through a newly launched Scenic Rim Youth Anthology. The anthology, spread across two volumes, features work from McAuley College students, members of Beaudesert Library Whimsical Words and young authors on Tamborine Mountain and in Harrisville. Beaudesert […]

Photo by Susie Cunningham.
Regular Columns

Leafy path

I’ve seen this tree-lined footpath many times before, but it stopped me in my tracks as I walked back to my car after an interview recently. How funny that one of this town’s most leafy pathways happens to be at the entry to Beaudesert Enterprise Precinct.

Karla Muller and Winnie.
People and their Pets

People and their Pets – Karla and Winnie

Winnie the mini dachshund is one lucky puppy. The 13-week-old pooch gets pushed around in a pram, carried in a sling and cuddled at every opportunity by her young owner Karla Muller and Karla’s mum, Yen. Karla, 10, has a lot of love for her furry little sidekick. “I wanted […]

Beaudesert State High School Principal Damien Burke.
News

Every student counts

Damien Burke wanted to be a pilot until he realised that he had a fear of flying. Instead, he has devoted his career to helping others reach new heights. Beaudesert State High School’s newest Principal is on a mission to ensure no student slips through the cracks under his watch. […]

Brendan and Aspen Forgan (Barney Creek Vineyard Cottages), Dave and Kay Tommerup (Tommerup’s Dairy Farm), Dallas and Carolyn Davidson (Towri Sheep Cheeses), Olivier Boudon (The Overflow Estate 1895), James Parer (Ned’s Steakhouse).
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Beauy ready to eat local

A growers’ market, long lunches and local dinner, workshops in cheese making, vegetable growing and cooking over a fire, a sunset session overlooking Wyaralong Dam and a campfire lunch in the mountains. These are the events locals from Beaudesert and surrounds can experience in their own backyard at 2024 Scenic […]

Janice and Joanne Heit of Beaudesert RSL Sub Branch Women's Auxiliary pay their respects.
News

Beaudesert remembers

Beaudesert locals young and old have honoured the ANZACs in moving tributes across the township. The town’s dawn service was sombre and evocative as ever as people turned out quietly in the darkness to remember. The catafalque party kept guard as Beaudesert RSL Sub Branch President Ian Johnson led the […]

BABY IN A BAG! Zac Cunningham and baby Rosie on a recent training walk at O’Reilly’s. Photo by Susie Cunningham.
Lifestyle

The story behind the big backpacks

If you’ve seen two walkers getting around town with big backpacks lately (that’s us!) I promise we’re not running away from home. Well not permanently, anyway. Zac and I have again become those strange people walking through Beaudesert with the big packs, but this time we are training for a […]

What susie saw.
Regular Columns

What Susie Saw

Here’s a sunset appreciation photo on the way back from our first visit to Barney as a family of three recently. In years gone by, we’ve camped for a few days out there at Easter and Christmas but this time we opted for a simple day trip. Time in nature […]