When Phil Day isn’t tending the gardens around town, where he works as a Council horticulturalist, you’ll find him in his garden at home, tinkering with tractors, busy with the grandkids or making award-winning cartoons.
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Phil Day

Phil Day’s green thumb sprouted in the red soils of the Redlands, where he grew up on a small cropping farm with his mum and dad Frank and Judy and his sisters Tracey and Sue. But it really took root when his dad swapped their 24 acres at Wellington Point […]

Dot Hyland
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Dot Hyland

Dot Hyland’s kind, alert and efficient manner tells the tale of a woman who has never been short of things to do but has always had time for the people around her. The lifelong local, who was born at Beaudesert Hospital in 1943, spent the first 77 years of her […]

Kat Finlay is one of those quiet but strong types. She dedicates much of her time to helping her three daughters chase their dreams, while showing them a life lived for others.
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Kat Finlay

Kat Finlay is cut from the same ilk as her small but mighty grandmother, Patricia Power, who was her main influence growing up. […]

Joy Drescher
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Joy Drescher

Joy Drescher was in public office across three decades and she’s the only female Mayor the Scenic Rim, and former Beaudesert Shire, has ever had. Her contributions to the community continue to this day. If you’ve ever been to BAMS Theatre with Joy Drescher in the audience, you’ll know her […]