What Susie Saw

BEAUDESERT was treated to some impressive rainbows between weather warnings, as nervous anticipation built for Tropical Cyclone Alfred.  It was a relief that our town didn’t get hit with cyclonic winds, but it was still a pretty big week all round wasn’t it?

Look at these gorgeous local fresh protea outside Kalico Country, grown by Chris Grimmett herself and wrapped in newspaper.  The scene was like a floral oasis in our CBD, which is still in the thick of major stormwater drainage works (which have been going for just about a year now […]

IT was almost other-worldly, the way the sky lit up in rapidly changing fluorescent tones between flashes of lightning and claps of thunder.  We were inside doing the usual evening winddown with our little girl when I noticed the kitchen window all lit up in pink and raced outside to […]

Even as a work in progress, this mural brightened the bandstand at Jubilee Park, Beaudesert on a gorgeous blue-sky day.  Little Rosie and I were playing in the park and admired it from basically all angles. It is a Council collaboration with artist Ash Taylor and McAuley College students.  The […]

Sometimes the sky just stops you in your tracks, doesn’t it?  I wish you all the best for the year ahead, whatever it looks like for you.  It’s good to know that no matter what’s going on, we can always pause for a moment and appreciate whatever the sky is […]

These ancient grass trees rise grandly from the side of Christmas Creek Road like a year-round festivity for nature lovers. They don’t look anything like traditional Christmas trees, of course, but they bring good cheer to those of us who appreciate the magnificence of the Australian bush.