Rantings from the Editor
Editorial
From the Editor
In the midst of the referendum, in fact the day after, I organised to have lunch with my kids at a cafe in Brisbane – the Corgi Garden Cafe. I didn’t know it when I booked, but it was exactly what I needed. I found the lead up to the referendum stressful. I’m […]
From the Editor
Did you check? The blue flags and bunting are down and the Beaudesert Bulletin is back to our red and black after supporting ‘Turning Beaudesert Blue’ in September. But the reason for this event doesn’t go away. Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia, and it is […]
From the Editor
Time is flying It has been seriously busy over the last month. I don’t know where the time has gone but I feel like the older I get, the faster time goes. In fact, my grandfather used to say something similar, but at the time he was well into his […]
From the Editor
Give a little dignity Some things hit hard. In this job, despite trying to be fairly positive in the majority of our news stories as well as in my own head, there are some I just can’t get past. Sam Newsham rang me to say Zonta have set up a […]
From the Editor – Thank You
Thank You This edition sadly is the last edition where Barry Kenny has provided our History article. Barry advised me this week that he is unable to continue the column due to family commitments, which is completely understandable. I wanted to acknowledge the contribution he has made to the Bulletin […]
A Time to Reset
Well, COVID finally paid our household a visit. Talking to friends and family I feel like we were one of the last ones to get it. When I say ‘get it’, at this point I have had two negative RATs, so maybe I don’t have it, maybe the symptoms are […]
The secret to living past 100
Nicholas Andrew’s neighbours reckon if he planted a tree in his concrete driveway it would flourish. That is how much of a green thumb he is. Nicholas, who is 100 years old, has transformed just about every inch of soil on his town block in Beaudesert country suburbia into a […]