Rachel Larrescy (volunteer), Peter McKenna (vice-president), Katrina Wright (president), Sandi Booth (treasurer).
Community

Drive Through Snags a Success

A small school Parents and Citizens Association with a big heart is making a difference in the lives of school students, one delicious sausage on bread at a time. The Gleneagle State School P and C has made more than $2000 out of their ‘Snag and Go’ drive through sausage […]

Elysium Village residents are preparing to light up the Village for Christmas.
Community

Elysium Village Lights Up for the Community

Elysium Village’s Christmas Lights Extravaganza is set to delight locals and visitors alike when it returns in December. After being cancelled due to COVID restrictions in 2020, residents of the Over 50s Lifestyle Village are excited to welcome people to their Christmas wonderland again this year. Sales Manager Dennis Ring […]

Artist rendering of the completed Amaze Early Education Centre. Photo: Supplied.
Community

Childcare Centre to Immerse Kids in Bush Life

dy will open in Beaudesert early next year and already has more than a dozen families ready to play! The Amaze Early Education Centre at 202-216 Brooklands Drive will provide an immersive bushland experience for the children enrolled there, with room to run and natural playgrounds. Co-founder Lucy Cook said […]

Convenor Berny Trapnell and students Tazmyn Butler and Rhiannon Smith.
News

Students Eat Fresh at Beaudesert High

The paddock to plate philosophy is well and truly in practice at Beaudesert High, where students are treated to a canteen menu featuring fresh produce grown on site. The collaboration between canteen convenor Berny Trapnell and the school’s agricultural department means students get to buy healthy, fresh, in-season lunches at […]

Beaudesert RSL Sub Branch President, Carol Castles.
Community

Beaudesert Remembers

The community of Beaudesert paused to reflect on the service and sacrifices of war at the 2021 Remembrance Day service. Wreaths were laid and a minute’s silence observed at the Beaudesert RSL Sub-Branch service.  Among those who came to reflect were students from local schools, members of the Scenic Rim […]

Brian Radke and other old Gleneagle schoolhouse alumni.
Community

Old Gleneagle Schoolhouse Farewelled

If the tongue and groove walls of the old Gleneagle schoolhouse could talk, they’d tell stories of simpler times. Locals who went to school there remember piling into the single classroom with all their friends and riding horses or bikes to school. On 5 November, former students shared their memories […]

The Desert Fourby’s team - Ryan Hyland with Larissa and Shaun Dunn.
Community

Hit the Road with Desert Fourby’s

When the pandemic halted international travel, thousands of Queenslanders decided to truly explore their own backyard – with a four-wheel drive and caravan in tow. Larissa and Shaun grew up in the Beaudesert area, moved away for a ten year period for work, and finally came back home three years […]

School captains Ryan Iselin and Sienna Eizenberg (far left and right) with Mununjali Elders Aunties Geraldine Page, Janis Page and Sue Blanco and Mununjali Housing General Manager Brad Currie (centre)
Community

Sign Signals Community Partnership

A sign bearing the handprints of students, staff and the Mununjali community stands at the entry to Beaudesert State School as a reminder of a strong local partnership. The red, black and yellow mural was unveiled in a ceremony on 9 November to celebrate the work being done collaboratively between […]

Lesley and Wayne Pearson from RV Tanks.
Business

A Local Success Story

Tucked away in Enterprise Drive, Beaudesert is the manufacturing facility of RV Tanks Australia, winner of the Excellence in Transport, Logistics, Manufacturing and Mining Award. Founded by a camper trailer manufacturer who couldn’t find a tank to suit his needs, RV Tanks Australia is a locally-owned family business with directors […]

Ian and Margie Douglas from The Lime Caviar Company. Photo: Supplied.
Business

Superfood Growers Shine

An entrepreneurial couple who found a way to export their unique local citrus to the world despite the odds has won the 2021 Scenic Rim Business Excellence Awards. Ian and Margie Douglas of The Lime Caviar Company near Rathdowney won the Business of the Year, Regional Prosperity Award as well […]