Meet the people who make Beaudesert such a great community!
Maree Blow has spent her whole life in Beaudesert, with the exception of five years in Mackay. Maree is one of five children. They all attended Beaudesert Primary School and Beaudesert State High School, where she enjoyed playing netball and her brothers all played football. Her mother, Julianne, was a […]
Jacqui Stephan Born in Beaudesert, Jacqui Stephan still lives in the same street she grew up in, across the road from the house she lived in as a child. She is the youngest of six children in the well known Gee family. Growing up with brothers Andrew and Keith playing […]
At 15 years, Typhoon le Garde shows a maturity well beyond his years. Originally from Moranbah, he and his mother, Trysett, lived in Thailand when Typhoon was young; he learned to read and write Thai script before he could read and write English. Typhoon became interested in playing the trumpet […]
A love of singing is one of the enduring factors in Lyn Dickman’s life. Born in Townsville, Lyn’s father served in Bougainville during the war. After the war he joined the bank and the family, including Lyn’s sisters Glenda and Judy, moved around Queensland many times. “Mum never threw a […]
When Lisa Quast’s father, Helmut, arrived in Australia he had absolutely nothing. Helmut’s family had a warmblood stud in Germany and he was selected in the German Olympic equestrian team, but he came to Australia instead. When he arrived he cut cane in Murwillimbah. Later, together with his wife Carla, […]
Deb Love has two great passions in her life – family and volunteering. Her parents, Ray and Nolene Youll, and grandparents, Jim and Jo Ferguson, were Beaudesert locals and she has spent most of her life in the town, attending Rathdowney State School, St Mary’s Primary and Beaudesert State High […]
Suzanne Jones describes herself as a ‘jack of all trades and master of none’ and this description is typical of this humble, self-effacing woman. The dedicated mother of Rachel, Brendan and Nada, Suzanne has been in Beaudesert for 27 years, creating a beautiful home and garden with her husband, Murry […]
Jennifer Ironside appears at first glance to be a bubbly whirlwind. She is often dressed in her favourite colour – pink – and it matches her energy and effervescent personality to a tee. Jennifer wasn’t always as outgoing as she is today. Her father has epilepsy, a condition that she […]
If you have ever been to a funeral led by Father Kevin Njoku, you have experienced his warm spirit, candid humour and depth of humanity. […]
She was raised by her dad in Australia’s outback, completed boarding school with the Dominican nuns and was in the Royal Australian Air Force. […]
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