Council Watch

Councillor column

Whenever I’m out and about in Beaudesert lately, I’ve been pleased to hear strong support for the proposed new sporting precinct at Dick Westerman Park.  The message is loud and clear – this project has the community behind it. With the Department of Resources recently approving the updated Land Management […]

What Susie Saw

What Susie Saw – Spring Creek

There is nothing like a blue winter sky in Beaudesert. It was a beautiful Sunday along Spring Creek when we decided to take a stroll around Jeune Park, where they do parkrun each Saturday. 

Susie Cunningham
Editorial

From the Editor

A FULLY stocked wall-to-wall solid timber bookcase with an amazing back-story could easily have come home with me from Ian Duff’s second-hand furniture shop. “This would fit in your house I reckon, Suze,” he bantered as we wrapped up our interview about his impending retirement. I would’ve bought it in […]

People and their Pets

People and their Pets – Lorren and Violet

Violet the 1-year-old tricolour Pembroke Welsh Corgi has what you might call main character energy. Lorren Girling named her after book character Violet Sorrengail from Fourth Wing and says she is full of sass and personality. Violet is adored by Lorren, her husband Richard and their kids Stella, 7, and […]

Personality Profile

Jack of All Trades

STEVE Roberts is truly a jack of all trades. He has gone from delivering newspapers as a child, to an electrical mechanic in the military at 15, to running his own business in the drilling industry.  Now retired, he volunteers many hours to Beaudesert Lions Club and Beaudesert Meals on […]

History

The Beaudesert School of Arts / Technical Hall

AFTER meetings to gauge interest in establishing a community hall for activities and opportunities for theatrical outlet, sufficient drive was garnered to progress this idea by forming a group, as well as finding a venue.  The Beaudesert Technical Hall was designed to hold a crowd of 500, and was officially […]

Reflections

Reflections

“These three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13.13)  Love has always been important in all of its aspects. In the ancient Greek there were four words for love, ranging from the erotic to companionship, and we can see how much it was […]

Kerri Cryer
Council Watch

Councillor column 

The official opening of Beaudesert’s long-awaited Town Centre Precinct was held on Friday 25 July and it was very inspiring to be part of the celebration for such a major milestone for our region. Through strong collaboration between Council, community, and all levels of government, this project is the result of […]

Personality Profile

Committed to community

WHEN I contacted Cheryl Ardrey and asked her if I could write a story on her life for our personality profile series she politely declined. “I am just an ordinary person, I really have nothing much to say,” she modestly said. After many years of journalism I had come to […]