Rick Price (centre back) with GTM Music Studios' students who attended the performance and singing masterclass
Community

Rick Price charms home crowd

Beaudesert’s GTM Music Studios was filled with the talents of one of Beauy’s best exports when renowned singer songwriter Rick Price returned for a show in his hometown. Rick, who has been living in Nashville, Tennessee since 2009, played to a sold-out crowd at GTM Studios on 19 June as […]

Mununjali Ngari share traditional dances at the NAIDOC Awards for 2022. Photo by Katie O'Brien
Community

South East celebrates NAIDOC on Mununjali Country

More than 250 people received a warm welcome to Mununjali country when Beaudesert hosted the Department of Education South East Region NAIDOC Awards for 2022. Beaudesert’s Mununjali community shone at the prestigious celebrations, held at Beaudesert High and organised by the South East Region Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education […]

CoffeeNChats attracts women from around Beaudesert for friendship and fun.
Community

Connections – Bringing Women Together

Jennifer Ironside loves to connect people.  Naturally vivacious, she says she has met so many women who yearn for genuine connection. “I know how good it feels to be with people who lift you up,” she said, “Without community, we cannot thrive. We need supportive, positive women in our lives.” […]

Rosemary Ryan
Community

Love of community drives decades of service

A folder filled with newspaper clippings lovingly catalogued by Pat Ryan chronicles his wife Rosemary’s decades of community service. Beaudesert woman Rosemary Ryan, 72, has just been recognised for 30 years of volunteer service with the Cancer Council Queensland. Her association with the movement dates back to when the Beaudesert […]

Community

CWA keeps community cosy

Winter has just started and already Beaudesert CWA volunteers have knitted and crocheted hundreds of items for local aged care residents and newborn babies, people who are homeless and those who have escaped domestic violence. Crafting these cosy goods is part of what goes on when members meet every other […]

Scenic Rim Councillor Michael Enright and Regeneration Project Coordinator Jessica Brown
Art and Culture

Regeneration Brings Healing

There was strength in vulnerability as locals gathered in Beaudesert recently to share their own stories of regeneration after the unforgettable bushfires of 2019-20. The tight knit communities of Beechmont and Lower Beechmont revealed their hard cover publication, “Regeneration – Creative Bushfire Recovery Project”, at a book launch which also […]

Jo Perry on the RideWest charity ride
Community

Jo rides 1311km for charity

Local cyclist Jo Perry has raised more than $6,000 for mental health out west through an epic 1311km charity bike ride from Amberley to Longreach Jo rolled into Longreach on 29 April to end the eight-day biennial charity ride, RideWest, which to date has raised $500,000 to help the Royal […]

Charles Boyle training for his 500 kilometre ride.
Community

Compassion behind charity ride

Local cyclist Charles Boyle is set to ride 500km around Beaudesert to raise money for children with burns as part of the Children’s Hospital Foundation Bike4Burns. He will start at 10am Saturday, 28 May and ride a 100km loop five times by Sunday. Charles will follow a variation of the […]

Best dressed team - Hilldowney Hipsters.
Community

Tennis Turns to Trivia for DV Connect

Beaudesert and District Tennis Club’s charity event started as planned, with eight teams from Beaudesert and surrounding townships psyched up for a great night of tennis. This was the Club’s third Charity Shield Event which is an annual tradition.  COVID affected the event in 2020, however in 2019 proceeds went […]