Compiled by Bernard O’Reilly Excerpt from Bernard O’Reilly’s book “Green Mountains”.Used with permission from Rhelma Kenny (O’Reilly) Bernard O’Reilly looked up at the pale grey scum that had spread itself over the sky from the sea, heralding one of the most violent cyclones that had ever swept the mountain tops […]
Beaudesert’s Selina Harding has had Millie since she was a 16-week-old pup. Here’s what Selina has to say about Millie: “She doesn’t like storms, but she does love to sit on the couch, she’s a typical staffy. “She’s the cutest little dog. She’s so sweet, so good-natured, she’s got a […]
Long-time sweethearts Sarah and Daniel McNamara live at Kerry with their daughters Sylvia, 3, and Eleanor, 1, and their 13-year-old Golden Retriever Lyla. Sarah, 34, and Dan, 36, were married in 2010 and they’ve been together for nearly two decades – since 2003. They met via the old video shop […]
Michael Undery’s deep appreciation for where he lives is rooted in a lifetime of connection to Beaudesert and surrounds. It’s in childhood memories of riding bareback around his uncle and aunt’s place in the Kerry Valley and of fishing and swimming in local waterholes. It’s in the history book written […]
Original author Brian Ward. From Museum records. Compiled by Barry Kenny Sheep were only cutting three or four pounds of wool once a year which was sold in England, seedy wool bringing twopence to twopence halfpenny a pound weight, better quality wool was around two shillings (2/-). There was up […]
Mitzie the 6-year-old kelpie cattle dog cross could fetch a ball all day. She’s a wonderful companion for Christmas Creek’s Dinah Buchanan, who is 90 years old. Dinah’s family gave her Mitzie as a puppy, and Dinah’s great grandchildren love playing with Mitzie when they come to visit. Here’s what […]
Melanie Watt gets her creativity and kindness from her mother and grandmother – her two biggest inspirations in life. Some of her earliest memories are of falling asleep to the busy sound of her grandmother’s sewing machine at home in Glengowrie, South Australia. Melanie, now 54, started life over the […]
Compiled by Barry Kenny. “In 1986 the Beaudesert Historical Society erected three monuments to honour and remember the Chinese shepherds who lost their lives doing their work protecting the flocks of sheep belonging to their employers, and the Aboriginals, trying as best they could to drive out the invaders. These […]
Lalawah the 17-month-old Mastiff cross is like a 44kg lap dog. Kooralbyn couple Faye Collins (pictured with Lalawah) and Fred Sailor have had Lalawah since she was an 8-week-old pup. Lalawah means ‘beautiful big girl’ in islander language (Fred is from the Torres Strait Islands). Here’s what Faye has to […]
We all have a family. This is dedicated to all of us. Family means something different to everyone. It’s the first-time parents bringing their baby home from Beauy Hospital, the car full of kids and the old man who lives alone with his little dog. It’s the empty nesters and […]
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